Confusion of Personalities
The identification of Elizabeth Hatton with the supposed victim of the horror of Bleeding Heart Yard is no doubt caused in part by the sheer number of Christopher Hattons and Lady Hattons (Elizabeth or otherwise) in the family tree, including:
- Sir Christopher Hatton (1540-1591)
- His daughter Elizabeth
- Elizabeth Hatton, née Cecil, (d. 1646)
- Christopher Hatton (d. 1619)
- His wife Alice, née Fanshawe
- Their son, Christopher Hatton (1605-1670)
- His wife Elizabeth, née Montague (d. 1672)
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