Index of Gardiner's History of England

Rochester, Earl of, 1611-16i3 (Robert Carr),

• becomes a Privy Councillor, and assists James in his correspondence,
• forms an alliance with the Howards,
• is advised by Overbury,
• is dissuaded by Overbury from seeking to marry Lady Essex,
• obtains the imprisonment of Overbury,
• employs Helwys in his communications with Overbury,
• sends an emetic to Overbury,
• assures Overbury that he is urging his liberation,
• uncertainty of the evidence against, as to his part in Overbury's murder,
• becomes Earl of Somerset,
• See Somerset, Earl of