Greys Court was granted to the Knollys family in 1514 for the annual rent of one red rose to be delivered on Midsummer.

On his deathbed, Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon lamented that he could not leave Anne more money as she had been ‘so good a wife to me’.

Philadelphia Carey Scrope, Queen Elizabeth's niece, was completely confident in her ability to manipulate the Privy Council’s agenda.

John Calvin, the well-known theologian and godfather to Dorothy Stafford's youngest son, fought her for custody. She won.

Elizabeth Knollys Leighton was part of the well-oiled political machinery of the Elizabethan court.