- Eleanor Bull
Eleanor Bull, born perhaps about 1550, and was buried March 19, 1596 at Deptford. She married Richard Bull October 14, 1571 at
St Mary-le-Bow , London.Eleanor is known for owning the establishment in which
Christopher Marlowe , the Elizabethan playwright and poet, died in 1593 as the result of a quarrel withIngram Frizer . Also present wereNicholas Skeres andRobert Poley .The house was on Deptford Strand, in
Deptford , which was inKent , but is now within London.Eleanor was a great-niece to
Blanche Parry , a companion of Queen Elizabeth I. Blanche gave Eleanor a largelegacy in her Will.Eleanor may be related by family to Dr. John Dee, astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I.
She was born Eleanor (or "Elinor") Whitney, daughter of James and Sybil (Parry) Whitney of Clifford. Although the main branch of the Whitney family had a castle at
Whitney-on-Wye [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/whitney.htm Whitney Castle, Whitney on Wye] ] , inHerefordshire , Eleanor was from a related branch of that family who resided in nearbyClifford, Herefordshire .See the [http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney%2C_James_(s1500-1564) family summary for James and Sybil (Parry) Whitney] on the Whitney Research Group wiki website.
References
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*The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl [Vintage; New Ed edition (3 Oct 2002)]
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