Elizabeth Devick or De Vic () was a servant of Anne of Denmark.
She was a member of the household of Magdalen Wood, the wife of the English diplomat Thomas Edmondes. In May 1615 Edmondes gave her £100 after the death of his wife, for her long service.G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 212 no. 443.
On 14 February 1613 she added a Valentine's day greeting to Jean Beaulieu's letter from Paris to William Trumbull and his wife and daughter "pretty Betty".A. B. Hinds, HMC 75 Downshire: 1613-1614, vol. 4 (London, 1940), p. 33.
At the end of June 1615 she travelled from Paris to Pougues with the Countess of Pembroke.G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 266 no. 538.
Elizabeth Devick joined the household of Anne of Denmark in March 1617 as a lady in waiting, or "chamberer". She went to join the queen's household at Oatlands Palace where she swore the customary oath of loyalty and service on 24 August 1617.G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 267 no. 576. At the Queen's death in 1619 she reckoned to have two years service in wages.G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), pp. 132 no. 290, 137 no. 302: TNA SP14/107 f.126r.
She was with the queen, who had been ill, at Hampton Court and told a visitor that she now "began to sit up and walk about her chamber, which for 6 weeks before she was not able to do."G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 581 no. 1254.
When the queen died in 1619 the other chamberers were; Elizabeth Murray (probably the Countess of Annandale); Marie Mayerne, sister of Théodore de Mayerne who married Gian Francesco Biondi in 1622;Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 479, Chamberlain describes Marie Mayerne as "a very lumpe or great peece of flesh." Bridget Annesley; and Mary Gargrave as Maid of Honour.Frederick Devon, Pell Records: Issues of the Exchequer (London, 1836), p. 251: Joseph Jackson Howard, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 226: See also a household list of 1619 written in French, BNF MS Français 15990 Elizabeth Devick attended the queen's funeral, listed with the ladies of the Privy Chamber.John Nichols, Progresses of James First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541.
Subsequently there was "much talk" in London about provision for her servants, "Mistris de Vicg" was to have rewards and pensions pro rata. The King delayed making a settlement but the terms were announced to satisfy the Danish ambassador.Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 258.
The exact date of Elizabeth Devick's death is unknown.
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