Guest Bio
Vanessa Wilkie is the William A. Moffett Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. She has a PhD in British history and gender history and an MA in public history from the University of California, Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles. A Woman of Influence is her first book.
Website: https://www.vanessawilkie.com/
Dr Wilkie’s Tudor Takeaway
The National Archives’ palaeography tutorial:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/palaeography/
Other online resources for early modern English palaeography:
https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/List_of_online_resources_for_early_modern_English_paleography
Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Wilkie about Alice Spencer.
*Content warning: This episode does contain a brief description of the Castlehaven trials and touches on themes of sexual assault and rape, which some listeners may find triggering.
Tune in to hear Natalie and Vanessa discuss:
– Alice Spencer’s early life & family
– Her marriage to Ferdinando Stanley
– Her patronage of artists
– The Hesketh plot and Ferdinando’s mysterious death
– Legal battle and challenges faced
– Her relationship with her daughters
-Marriage to her second husband, Thomas Egerton
-The Castlehaven scandal and trial
-Alice’s death and legacy
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