Аннотация:Abstract The Lake and Cecil families were both powerful, but not equals. The Cecil family was an established, rich, and influential noble family by the Jacobean period. The Lake family were ambitious newcomers, who did not hold noble titles. The Cecil family rose to power during the Tudor period, especially under the rule of Elizabeth I, when William Cecil served as the queen’s closest and most significant adviser, receiving a noble title and wealth. Thomas Cecil, earl of Exeter, was William Cecil’s eldest son, although it was his half-brother Robert Cecil who had the most political power in the early reign of James I. Exeter’s young grandson, William Cecil, Lord Roos, spent significant time abroad on educational travels, which shaped his ideas and religion, politics, and culture. Reports about his problematic behavior while abroad made their way to England. While Roos was abroad, his grandfather remarried a woman nearly forty years his junior. Sir Thomas Lake came from humble origins, but worked his way up into the royal administration during the latter reign of Elizabeth and the beginning of King James. He and his ambitious wife had a large family, and strove to improve the family’s standing.
