Hardwick Hall site study

• Bess Hardwick

  A historical figure
• Robert Barlow, Bess's cousin, died and she inherited 1/3 of his income - £66-00

  1543
• Bess married William Cavendish, the King's chamber treasurer, who gained a lot of money from the dissolution of monasteries and owned land in Derbyshire

  1547
• Bess married Sir William St Loe, captain of the guard

  1559
• Bess married George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

  1568
• Bess Hardwick what she owned

  • Owned agricultural land, coal mines, glassworks, iron foundries, and ships
• Born


  1597
• Bess Harwick


  • Born in Small manor house, Derbyshire
  • Belonged to the Gentry class
  • Her father left her £26.00
• Reflection of political development under Elizabeth

  Close to major political figures at court
• Cecil

  • Protected her from the Earl of Shrewsbury in the 1580's
• Hardwick Hall


  Built with the possibility that Elizabeth might visit during one of her royal progresses
• Hardwick Hall was so far up North, so it was unlikely that Elizabeth would visit
• Reflection of wealth 


  • Long gallery
  • Over 100 feet long
  • Overlooks formal gardens
• Glass


  • Expensive
  • In high demand
  • Imported
  • More glass than wall
• Garden


  • Required lots of gardeners
  • 30-40 people working the gardens
• Staircases


  • Extravagant
  • Without a newel (post)