Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Carrick

She was a maid of honour and lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, as was her sister Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare.

She married Sir Robert Southwell (1563—12 October 1598) of Woodrising, Norfolk, on 17 April 1583.

[1] After Robert Southwell's death in October 1598 Elizabeth Howard was left "a rich widow", and there was a rumour she would marry Sir William Woodhouse of Waxham, a cousin of her fellow courtier Lady Walsingham.

A letter of the Earl of Worcester describing the household in 1604 mentioned that "of late the Lady Sothwell [is] for the drawing chamber".

[4] "Southwell the elder" was one of queen's ladies "taken out" of the audience to dance on 1 January 1604 at Hampton Court during The Masque of Indian and China Knights.