Letters are lovely: parcels are even better. What types of things would Bess and her family have sent and received in the 16th century?

A peek into Bess's parcels

Dukes and spies, queens and servants, friends and lovers - all of the Elizabethan world populates the letters of Bess of Hardwick. Bess herself wrote hundreds of letters throughout her life: they were her lifeline to her travelling children and husbands, to the court at London, and to news from the world at large.

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