New light on Lucy Walter, 1649-1659

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 391 - 415
• Main Author: Vander Motten, J. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 04.05.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; Archives & records; Biographies; Charles II; Essays; Exile; Home ownership; Howard, Thomas; Litigation; Living conditions; low countries; Lucy Walter (c. 1630-1658); royalists in exile; Walter, Lucy (c 1630-1658); Delft Netherlands; Netherlands

In a recent article on “the tensions between royal authority and individual agency in exile”, Nicole Greenspan has demonstrated how Lucy Walter was able to “reinvent herself and to evolve from a Welsh gentlewoman of modest lineage to a royal mistress and mother of the king’s son …”. Her account of W...