Bridget Manners [17195] ²⁴

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went to court at the age of thirteen to be one of
Queen Elizabeth's http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm
maids of honor. This was a good appointment, especially since at this age Bridget's only accomplishment was her ability to play the lute. Her mother was reluctant even to buy her the appropriate clothes; but the Bridget Hussey, Countess of Bedford, who had been the wife of the
second Earl of Rutland
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryManners(2ERutland).htm
her grand father, and after whom lady Bridget was named, was so charmed with Bridget that she decided to sponsor the girl in spite of her deficient education. To make a long story short, although Bridget's family persisted in believing that she would disgrace them all, the Countess of Bedford's confidence in her proved justified; Bridget eventually became the Queen's http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm
carver, a post of high honor. Thus her patron protected her interests much more objectively and much more strongly than Bridget's own mother would have. Had the girl remained at home, she have remained ignorant, uneducated, and unmarriageable.

Bridget married Robert of Kettelby Tyrwhitt [17196] [MRIN: 8196], son of William of Kettelby Tyrwhitt [17197] and Elizabeth Freschville [17198], in Aug 1594. (Robert of Kettelby Tyrwhitt [17196] was born about 1573 ²⁵ and died in 1617 ²⁵.)