Elizabeth Devick

{{Short description|Servant of Anne of Denmark}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Elizabeth Devick''' or '''De Vic''' ({{fl.|1600-1620}}) was a servant of Anne of Denmark.

She was a member of the household of Magdalen Wood, the wife of the English diplomat Thomas Edmondes. In May 1615 Edmondes gave her £100 after the death of his wife, for her long service.<ref>G. Dyfnallt Owen, ''HMC 75 Downshire'', vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 212 no. 443.</ref>

On 14 February 1613 she added a Valentine's day greeting to Jean Beaulieu's letter from Paris to William Trumbull and his wife and daughter "pretty Betty".<ref>A. B. Hinds, ''HMC 75 Downshire: 1613-1614'', vol. 4 (London, 1940), p. 33.</ref>

At the end of June 1615 she travelled from Paris to Pougues with the Countess of Pembroke.<ref>G. Dyfnallt Owen, ''HMC 75 Downshire'', vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 266 no. 538.</ref>

Elizabeth Devick joined the household of Anne of Denmark in March 1617 as a lady in waiting, or "chamberer". She went to join the queen's household at Oatlands Palace where she swore the customary oath of loyalty and service on 24 August 1617.<ref>G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, ''HMC Downshire'', vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 267 no. 576.</ref> At the Queen's death in 1619 she reckoned to have two years service in wages.<ref>G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, ''HMC 75 Downshire'', vol. 6 (London, 1995), pp. 132 no. 290, 137 no. 302: TNA SP14/107 f.126r.</ref>

She was with the queen, who had been ill, at Hampton Court and told a visitor that she now "began to sit up and walk about her chamber, which for 6 weeks before she was not able to do."<ref>G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, ''HMC 75 Downshire'', vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 581 no. 1254.</ref>

When the queen died in 1619 the other chamberers were; Elizabeth Murray (probably the Countess of Annandale); Marie Mayerne, sister of Théodore de Mayerne who married Gian Francesco Biondi in 1622;<ref>Norman Egbert McClure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 479, Chamberlain describes Marie Mayerne as "a very lumpe or great peece of flesh."</ref> Bridget Annesley; and Mary Gargrave as Maid of Honour.<ref>Frederick Devon, ''Pell Records: Issues of the Exchequer'' (London, 1836), p. 251: Joseph Jackson Howard, ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica'', vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 226: See also a household list of 1619 written in French, [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107231442/f171.image.r=reine%20maison%20angleterre BNF MS Français 15990]</ref> Elizabeth Devick attended the queen's funeral, listed with the ladies of the Privy Chamber.<ref>John Nichols, ''Progresses of James First'', vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541.</ref>

Subsequently there was "much talk" in London about provision for her servants, "Mistris de Vicg" was to have rewards and pensions ''pro rata''. The King delayed making a settlement but the terms were announced to satisfy the Danish ambassador.<ref>Norman Egbert McClure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 258.</ref>

The exact date of Elizabeth Devick's death is unknown.

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