Among Judson's sources, Henley in *Spenser in Ireland* says a fair amount
about E. Boyle. It's very little, but see also Maley, *A Spenser
Chronology* 61-2.
Though skipping the Spenser connection, Nicholas Canny discusses the family
marriage-patronage network of the Boyles in fascinating detail, in *The
Upstart Earl: A study of the social and mental world of Richard Boyle first
Earl of Cork, 1566-1643* (1982), esp. pp. 43ff:
"The births, marriages and deaths of remote as well as close relatives were
also dutifully recorded in Cork's diary, and anybody who could establish a
blood relationship was assured of preference for any patronage that was in
Cork's dispensation." (45)
Ergo, is Spenser mentioned in Cork's diary?
Also interesting, Boyle gave his ten-year-old daughter Mary a copy of
Sidney's *Arcadia*, and yet was afraid of the "corrupting influence of
romantic literature" on his young women relatives (Canny 87). Poor cousin
Elizabeth!
--Tom Herron
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>Does anyone know what information is available about Elizabeth Boyle,
>beyond what's in Judson? Or does anyone have any suggestions where I
>might look? Thanks for your help.
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>Chris Warley
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