Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, notorious murderous English aristocrats. Sir Thomas Overbury was poisoned in prison by Howard's maid Anne Turner. In the trial in 1615, Frances and Robert were found guilty, but later pardoned by King James I.. Copperplate engraving by Gerard Vandergucht, published for William Granger, 18th century.
Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, notorious murderous English aristocrats. Sir Thomas Overbury was poisoned in prison by Howard's maid Anne Turner. In the trial in 1615, Frances and Robert were found guilty, but later pardoned by King James I.. Copperplate engraving by Gerard Vandergucht, published for William Granger, 18th century.