In 1613 Henry, Lord Ros, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Rutland, ‘sickened very strangely’. Within months, the boy was dead. His younger brother, Francis Manners, then fell ill with similar symptoms, possibly caused by epilepsy. Over the next few years eminent physicians were called in, but the child did not improve. In March 1620 he too died, leaving the Earl of Rutland with no direct male heir to succeed to his title and estate at Belvoir Castle.

Literary Review

Aug 2013

Categories

Anne Somerset

Marriage Plots

The Heat is On

In Many Ways our Henry was an Incurable Romantic

Iron Ladies

Webster’s Muse

How to Poison a King

A Royal Rivalry

The Scottish Widow

A Force for Destruction

Man in the Know

Doomed From Birth

Trust Not the Physician

Diamonds Aren’t a Girl’s Best Friend

An Agent Of Tyranny

Out, Damned Nightspot