Marion Evelyn ColthorpeFSA (1933/4 – 20 January 2021) was a British historian and
Elizabethan scholar.[1]
Biography
Colthorpe studied English at
St Hugh's College, Oxford and subsequently trained as a barrister, being called to the Bar at
Lincoln's Inn.[2] She spent a great deal of time researching her life's work 'The Elizabethan Court Day by Day', published online by the
Folger Institute.[2]
Colthorpe, M. 1987. "The Theobalds entertainment for Queen Elizabeth I in 1591, with a transcript of the Gardener's Speech", Records of Early English Drama 12(1), pp. 2–9.
Colthorpe, M. 1986. "A 'prorogued' Elizabethan tournament", Records of Early English Drama 11(2), pp. 3–9.
Colthorpe, M. 1984. "Edmund Campion’s Alleged Interview with Queen Elizabeth I in 1581", British Catholic History 17(2), pp. 197–200.
doi:
10.1017/S0034193200001047
Colthorpe, M. and Bateman, L. 1977. Queen Elizabeth I and Harlow.