Rebecca Rideal
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1,038 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 21 Sep
Rebecca Rideal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We see this idea of this restoration rake or court wit celebrated on stage.
But then we also have people criticizing the behavior and not liking it whatsoever.
Pepys referred to her as the Great Prize of the North.
She was a wealthy heiress.
She had pots and pots of money.
I think it's around £2,000 that they would have got as a diary, whoever managed to succeed in marrying her.
And lots of young courtiers were after her, understandably.
This was just after the Restoration.
There were lots of aristocratic families that were title-rich but cash-poor.
So she was a prize.
And the Earl of Rochester was one of those that wanted to woo her.
And I get the sense that she quite enjoyed this time of her life as well.
She quite enjoyed being wooed by several suitors.
She spoke about it later in letters to her friends.
But he took it to a different level.
So the family were against a match between her and the Earl of Rochester.
They thought that he was very poor.
He was not good enough for her and that she could perhaps make a better match.
The king pushed his case with the family.
The family still refused.
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