12/03/1593 AD visited

Lady Clifford has probably been practicing alchemy for some time by the time she visits Dee.

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Earlier that year, Dee met Lady Margaret’s preacher, Mr Gray, noting in his diary his surprise that the preacher wrangled with him and denied and despised “alchemical philosophers.” Dee’s surprise was no doubt the result of his knowledge of Lady Margaret’s own alchemical leanings. On 26 November, Dee recorded that “John . . . came to me from the Lady Countess of Cumberland.”
"John” may have been the John Davis employed by the Cumberlands and involved in the loss of books from Dee’s library; these had by now been mostly returned, and good relations restored. Then, a few days later on 3 December 1593, Lady Margaret visited Dee at his house in Mortlake with the Countess of Kent, sister of Lord Willoughby, who himself visited Dee that day. Alchemy may not have been the only subject that Lady Margaret discussed with Dee, who had a wide range of other knowledge to impart, including the astrological consultation that he appears to have given at some point, for he notes her exact time of birth.
A warm relationship appears to have developed, as when Dee’s Daughter Margarite was baptised on 27 August 1595, the Countess, after whom the child was probably named, was a godparent, with a Mistress Davis, perhaps John Davis’s wife, standing in as proxy.

Mortlake, London, UK

Lattitude: 51.4677° N
Longitude: 0.2668° W
Region: Europe

Modern Day United Kingdom

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