ABSTRACT
TheyoungCountessofEssexfellinlovewithRichardCarr,Viscount RochesterandlaterEarlofSomerset.TheCountessprocuredtheannulmentofhermarriage,butSirThomasOverburytriedtothwarther re-marriagetoherlover,whothensucceededinhavingSirThomas imprisonedintheTowerwherehediedafewweekslater.Itwas thoughtatfirstthathehaddiedbynaturalcauses,butevidencethen cametolightthathehadbeenmurdered.
