Lady Bridget Manners was the daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland

John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland

John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland and Lady Margaret Neville.He married Elizabeth Charlton, daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley Castle they had ten children:...

 and his wife Elizabeth Charlton, Countess of Rutland.

She went to court at the age of thirteen to be one of Queen Elizabeth I's maids of honour.

Bridget Hussey, Countess of Bedford

Bedford

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...

, the wife of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG was the son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. He also held the title of 14th Baron de Ros of Hamlake, a title to which he acceded in 1543....

 (Bridget Manners' grandfather), was so charmed with Bridget that she decided to sponsor her despite her deficient education.

The Countess of Bedford's confidence in her was justified, as Bridget became the Queen's carver, a post of high honour.

In August 1594 she married Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettelby.

Barnabe Barnes

Barnabe Barnes

Barnabe Barnes , was an English poet. He is known for his Petrarchan love sonnets and for his combative personality, involving feuds with other writers and culminating in an alleged attempted murder.-Early life:...

addressed one of the five dedicatory sonnets of his sonnet sequence Parthenophil and Parthenophe to 'the Beautiful Lady, the Lady Bridget Manners'.