![]() Tonia, since graduated from University College London with a first class degree in archaeology and anthropology, has now researched and written Elizabeth’s story for the heritage centre’s website. The exceptional life of the Lady of Clare proved instantly fascinating for history-lover Tonia Lawes who began volunteering at Sudbury Heritage Centre as a sixth former. This year a campaign during a public vote to find a new name for the town’s Black Boy pub led to it being called the Lady Elizabeth. She also generously endowed Clare College, Cambridge - the university’s second oldest college - including scholarships for ten ‘poor’ students.īut her influence had been mostly forgotten in Suffolk, until Sudbury Heritage Centre featured her imagined image in paintings of people important to the town.Īnd a biography ‘For Her Good Estate’ by Frances A. ![]() Strong traces of the original medieval layout still remain in what is now the commercial heart of the town. Her lands included Sudbury, where one of her legacies is the Market Hill which was established and laid out under her guidance. ![]() ![]() The area around it is now a country park. Today, only a small section of the keep remains of Clare Castle where she spent most of her life. ![]()
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