#bessofhardwick
Time for tapestry. Bess of Hardwick brought the Gideon Tapestries to Hardwick Hall in 1592/3. Beautifully restored by the National Trust.

@hardwickhallnt

#textiletuesday #tapestry #tapestries #elizabethan #bessofhardwick
September 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A purple silk loose gown owned by Bess of Hardwick on display at National Trust Hardwick Hall. Wonderful conservation work on a 400 year old gown. Thank you National Trust!

#bessofhardwick #elizabethancostume
August 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Bess of Hardwick rose from minor Derbyshire gentry to become one of England's richest and most powerful women, with Hardwick Hall as her legacy. #bessofhardwick #hardwickhall #elizabethan #ku #HistoricalFiction
April 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
#OTD 18 Nov 1590

#GeorgeTalbot died

He was entrusted with the safekeeping of #MaryQueenofScots during the majority of her 19yr imprisonment by #ElizabethI
It took its toll, financially crippling it placed a huge strain on his marriage to #BessofHardwick

He is buried at Sheffield Cathedral
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 AM
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM
#OTD 13 Feb 1608

The 4 times wed Elizabeth Talbot, #BessofHardwick died at Hardwick

She lay in state until her funeral at Derby Cathedral on 4 May

Considered 2nd in wealth to only #ElizabethI, her legacy being her building projects Chatsworth House & Hardwick & her embroidery

#Elizabethan
February 13, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Visiting Chatsworth House today
Photos to follow later.
~Kate~

#ChatsworthHouse #Chatsworth #Derbyshire #DukesofDevonshire #History #BessofHardwick #Tudors #History
July 25, 2026 at 11:07 AM
September 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#OTD 13 Feb 1608

The 4x wed Elizabeth Talbot, #BessofHardwick died at Hardwick Hall & laid in state until her funeral at Derby Cathedral on 4 May

Considered 2nd only in wealth to #ElizabethI, her legacy is building projects Chatsworth House & Hardwick, custodian of #MaryQueenofScots & embroidery
February 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Bact to the Tudor & Elizabethan period yesterday, & buildings associated with the powerful, ambitious Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608), with a visit to Hardwick New & Old Halls. Plus a surprising link to military WW2 British Airborne Forces history
#BessOfHardwick #HardwickHall #NationalTrust #WW2
August 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#OTD 25 Oct 1557

Sir William Cavendish, Privy Councillor & 2nd husband of #BessofHardwick died

He served under #HenryVIII (with #ThomasCromwell) & later #EdwardVI

He and Bess began work on Chatsworth House in 1552, a project he would not live to see completed

#Elizabethan
#History
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Today I have published a blog post on Hardwick Hall which I originally posted to my blog back in 2022 but have today shared on my Substack, too.

Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/hardwick-h...

Blog: tudorblogger.com/2022/10/27/h...

#Tudors #HardwickHall #BessOfHardwick
Hardwick Hall
More Glass Than Wall!
tudorblogger.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #BessofHardwick (1527-1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1580s
Hardwick Hall
#ElizabethofHardwick #ElizabethCavendish #ElizabethTalbot
July 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
February 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Attributed to #RowlandLockey (ca. 1565-1616)
Portrait of #BessofHardwick (1527-1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1590s
Hardwick Hall
#ElizabethofHardwick #ElizabethCavendish #ElizabethTalbot
July 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM
#OTD 25 Oct 1557

Sir William Cavendish, Courtier, Privy Councillor & 2nd husband of #BessofHardwick died

He served under #HenryVIII (working with #ThomasCromwell) & later #EdwardVI

He and Bess began work on Chatsworth House in 1552, a project he would not live to see completed
October 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
February 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Natalie Grueninger recently interviewed Wyn Derbyshire about the remarkable life of Bess of Hardwick.
talkingtudors.podbean.com/e/bess-of-ha...
mngbookshop.co.uk/978191015105...
@onthetudortrail.bsky.social
#Tudors #BessOfHardwick
August 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wandering through the quirky, winding rooms of #TudorWorld in #Stratford-upon-Avon was an intriguing way to spend a rainy afternoon.
You are assigned a character on arrival (I was delighted to be #BessofHardwick) and follow their fate through the trials and adventures of living in #TudorEngland.
September 1, 2026 at 9:17 AM
#OTD 13 Feb 1608

The 4x wed Elizabeth Talbot, #BessofHardwick died at Hardwick

She lay in state until her funeral at Derby Cathedral on 4 May

Considered 2nd in the land, in wealth only to #ElizabethI

Her legacy being her building projects Chatsworth House & Hardwick & her exquisite embroidery
February 13, 2024 at 9:21 AM
#OnThisDay (04 May) in 1608, the funeral was held for Elizabeth Hardwick, Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury, better known as #BessofHardwick, at All Saints Church, Derby. #Tudors #History
The Death and Funeral of "Bess of Hardwick" - 1608
At the time of her death in February 1608, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, best known by her sobriquet "Bess of Hardwick", was one of the richest and powerful women in England, her fortunes having significantly risen throughout her lifetime.
www.thedudleywomen.com
May 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Find out what inspired Wyn Derbyshire to write about tycoons in this author Q&A: tinyurl.com/3fp2wsfb

📚All of his books are available on the MNG Bookshop: tinyurl.com/59a7jk8u

@spiramuspress.bsky.social

#Tycoons #BessOfHardwick #HistoricalBooks
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Elizabeth Talbot (Bess of Hardwick), Countess of Shrewsbury.

Expensively dressed in court fashions, she faces towards the viewer's right, a placing traditionally reserved for men.

#hardwickhall #bessofhardwick #ambition #Kindleunlimited #historicalfiction
August 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM