... Elizabeth Woodhouse (d. 1608), the Mrs. Jones who was Mother of the Maids in 1588–1591. In 1588, she married Thomas Jones and by November of that year she was Mother of the Maids. On October 17, 1591, she was sent to the Tower after Katherine Leigh, one of the maids of honor in her charge, gave birth to a child at court. Katherine Leigh and Sir Francis Darcy, father of the child, were also sent to the Tower. Elizabeth died in 1608. In her will she describes herself as ‘of London’, making bequests to Lord Hunsdon and Lady Scrope. ...
