Her strategy, to support the Dutch on the surface with an English army, while beginning secret peace talks with Spain within days of Leicester's arrival in Holland, had necessarily to be at odds with Leicester's, who wanted and was expected by the Dutch to fight an active campaign.

She became fond and indulgent of the charming but petulant young Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was Leicester's stepson and took liberties with her for which she forgave him.

The work consists of four ‘ books ’, the first addressed to the Queen, the second to Leicester, the third to Lord Burghley, and the fourth to Oxford, Sir Christopher Hatton, and Leicester's nephew Philip Sidney, with whom he would famously quarrel.

Leicester's building was four floors high and built in a fashionable contemporary Tudor style with " brittle, thin walls and grids of windows ".

Leicester's building set the style for later Elizabethan country house design, especially in the Midlands, with Hardwick Hall being a classic example.

By contrast the interior, with its contemporary wood panelling, is in the same, highly contemporary Elizabethan fashion of Leicester's building in the inner court.

A marble fireplace in Leicester's gatehouse, with Robert Dudley's initials ( R & L for Robert Leicester ) and the badge of the Order of the Garter.

Public disorder regarding the Roses dynasties was always a threat until the 17th century Stuart / Bourbon re-alignment occasioned by a series of events such as the execution of Lady Jane Grey, despite her brother in law, Leicester's reputation in Holland, the Rising of the North ( in which the old Percy-Neville feud and even anti-Scottish sentiment was discarded on account of religion ; Northern England shared the same Avignonese bias as the Scottish court, on par with Valois France and Castile, which became the backbone of the Counter-Reformation, with Protestants being solidly anti-Avignonese ) and death of Elizabeth I of England without children.

After Leicester's death in 1588, the Queen transferred the late Earl's royal monopoly on sweet wines to Essex, providing him with revenue from taxes.

In the absence of the forensic findings of 1560, it was often assumed that a simple accident could not be the explanation — on the basis of near-contemporary tales that Amy Dudley was found at the bottom of a short flight of stairs with a broken neck, her headdress still standing undisturbed " upon her head ", a detail that first appeared as a satirical remark in the libel Leicester's Commonwealth of 1584 and has ever since been repeated for a fact.

He did not dare to tell the Queen of his marriage ; nine months later Leicester's enemies at court acquainted her with the situation, causing a furious outburst.

For the first 30 years of Elizabeth's reign, until Leicester's death, he and Lord Burghley were the most powerful and important political figures, working intimately with the Queen.

By the early 1580s Mary feared Leicester's influence with James VI, her son, in whose privy chamber the English Earl had placed a spy.

The Earl also kept a separate company of musicians who in 1586 played before the King of Denmark ; with them travelled William Kempe, " the Lord Leicester's jesting player ".

Many years after Leicester's death Spenser wistfully recalled this time in his Prothalamion, and in 1591 he remembered the late Earl with his poem The Ruins of Time.

Unity among their ranks was at risk by Leicester's and the other officers ' quarrels with Sir John Norris, who had commanded previous English contingents in the Netherlands and was now the Earl's deputy.

English peace talks with Spain behind Leicester's back, which had started within days after he had left England, undermined his position further.

Leicester's own standing militia fought along with other minutemen at the first conflict between Massachusetts residents and British troops, the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.

The Theatre opened in the autumn of 1576, possibly as a venue for Leicester's Men, the acting company of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester of which James Burbage was a member.

He grew up in Leicester's and his friends ' houses, having " leave to see " his mother whenever she wished.

Leicester's hope of an heir was fulfilled in 1581 when another Robert Dudley, styled Lord Denbigh, was born.

She spread stories about his supposed lust for the English throne, and when the Catholic anti-Leicester libel, Leicester's Commonwealth, was published in 1584 Dudley believed that Mary was involved in its conception.

However while these players were away, Leicester's form suffered and they were 11th in the league and dumped out of the Heineken cup in the group stages when they decided to sack Dean Richards who was succeeded by the forwards ' coach John Wells.

He became assistant coach at Leicester's arch rivals Bath under Andy Robinson, and when Jack Rowell retired as coach of the England team in 1997, Woodward acquired the job.

Oadby remained a small settlement until the late 19th century when it became a fashionable suburb for the factory-owners of Leicester's shoe and stocking manufacturers.

Ten years ( 1840 – 1850 ) were mainly devoted to further studies, the result of which was revealed in 1851 – 1854, when she published a series of three novels dealing with the first Earl of Leicester's adventures in the Low Countries.

On 7 April 2006, Dawson announced that he would be retiring from rugby completely at the end of the season and on 14 May 2006 he played his last game of premiership rugby, when Sale denied Wasps their chance of winning the Premiership title 4 years in a row and so equalling Leicester's record.

George Bryan had been in Leicester's Men in the 1580s, and at Elsinore with Kempe in 1586 ; because he is not mentioned in later Chamberlain's or King's Men documents, it is assumed that Bryan retired from the stage in 1597 or 1598.

Lineker was made a freeman of the City of Leicester ( which entitles him to graze his sheep — should he have any — on Town Hall Square ) in 1995 and he is often referred to as " Leicester's favourite son ".

Leicester's lands in Warwickshire were worth between £ 500 –£ 700 but Leicester's power and wealth, including monopolies and grants of new lands, depended ultimately on his remaining a favourite of the queen.

There also existed a family relationship between them after Walsingham's daughter had married Philip Sidney, Leicester's favourite nephew.

Shortly after the child's death in 1584, a virulent libel known as Leicester's Commonwealth was best-selling in England.

The book which later became known as Leicester's Commonwealth was written by Catholic exiles in Paris and printed anonymously in 1584.

A tradition that Sir Richard Verney, a follower of Robert Dudley, organized Amy Dudley's violent death evolved early, and Leicester's Commonwealth, a notorious and influential libel of 1584 against Robert Dudley, by then Earl of Leicester, perpetuated this version of events.

According to the contemporary screed Leicester's Commonwealth ( 1584 ), Leicester desired Doughty's death because Doughty could incriminate him in the alleged murder of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Herd scored his second to conclude Leicester's 3 – 1 defeat at the hands of the team they had beaten just a month earlier.

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This was quickly followed by Leicester's first victory under Eriksson, beating Leeds 2 – 1 at Elland Road.

However Leicester's fitness and class eventually told as the top-flight team fought back to win 3 – 2 in the second half.

The following season, 1997 – 98, saw interest from Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur for Heskey, as he again managed to score 10 Premier League goals, which made him Leicester's top scorer that season.

An exciting play-off semi-final against Grays Athletic ended with a 5 – 4 aggregate victory over two legs to set up a play-off final with Hereford United at Leicester's Walkers Stadium on 20 May 2006.

Leicester's record run was then broken by Bath from 1984 – 87, who won the John Player Cup four times in a row, until Harlequins won their first in 1988.

However, a sliced box kick from Gloucester fly-half Ryan Lamb ( on his birthday ), followed by a catastrophic error by Iain Balshaw who passed metres behind Willie Walker, allowed Leicester's former All-Black Aaron Mauger to score under the posts and close the gap to 22 – 20.

He then scored a double in Leicester's 4 – 2 win over Watford.

Clemence was named the new team captain on 28 July, and was picked by the BBC as Leicester's key player for the 2007 – 08 season.

Johansson's only league goal was a last minute winner against Preston in the 2006 – 07 season, which all but guaranteed Leicester's survival in the Championship.

The game finished 1 – 1, with Tiko scoring the first goal at the stadium, and Jordan Stewart scoring Leicester's first goal.

After a 1 – 0 defeat to Manchester United which confirmed Leicester's relegation, Bassett became Director of Football, handing over his managerial duties to assistant Micky Adams.

He made his debut against Fulham in Leicester's League Cup second round 3 – 2 defeat, playing the full 90 minutes.

Alongside Leicester's League One title, Hobbs was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year and was voted Leicester City supporters club young player of the season for the 2008 – 09 season.

Jóhannes Karl made his first appearance of the 2005 – 06 season on the opening day of the season in Leicester's 4 – 1 defat away at Sheffield United.