[4] Her portrait, aged 2, now at Arbury Hall, includes one of the earliest depictions of an English knot garden.

At the Union of Crowns in 1603, James VI and I and Anne of Denmark travelled to London, and aristocrats and gentry were keen to meet them on the way.

It is not known if Anne Newdigate travelled to meet the queen, or went to London when her husband was knighted in July 1603.

Knolly's was not only married but he had agreed to serve as a protector to Anne when she went to court and he broke that trust.

[7] Anne's account books and the letters she wrote reveal her role as the financial manager and the respect that she was given by her peers.

[2] Anne became a widow in 1610 and his will made ample provisions for his children but at the risk of leaving his wife and estate without an income.

Sir Robert Cecil who was the master of the wards commented that her letter was "passionate and moving" and she saw off competitive claims from the Harringtons of Coombe Abbey.

Sir John Tunstall, another of chosen god parents, was to arrange for Anne and her daughter Mary to attend a Royal masque, probably The Vision of Delight, in January 1617.