Frances Southwell

[1] Christopher Sutton dedicated the 1600 edition of his Disce Mori to Frances' mother, and the 1613 edition to "the two virtuous modest gentlewoman, Mistress Katherine and Mistress Frances Southwell, sisters attending upon the Queen's Majesty in her honourable privy chamber".

He omitted to mention Elizabeth Southwell who had left the court in disguise and contracted a doubtful marriage with Robert Dudley abroad.

[2] Frances died in 1659 and was buried at the Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke, where there is a wall monument including the portraits of her and her husband in low relief.

The Earl of Rutland gave a wedding present of a gilt bowl and cover worth £21.

[7] Their children included: Another member of the family, George Rodney, married Anne Lake Cecil, Lady Ros in 1621, and she is also buried at St Leonards.