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Bridget Holmes (1591-1691)
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Bridget Holmes was a 'Necessary Woman' at Court who lived to the age of one hundred. Her period of royal service began during the time of Charles I and continued into the reign of William III and Mary II. She is shown brandishing her brush, playing a game with a Page of the Backstairs.
Title: Bridget Holmes (1591-1691)
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Bridget Holmes was a 'Necessary Woman' at Court who lived to the age of one hundred.
Her period of royal service began during the time of Charles I and continued into the reign of William III and Mary II.
She is shown brandishing her brush, playing a game with a Page of the Backstairs.
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