This article considers some of the men and women who served in the Privy Chamber of Elizabeth I and those men who held significant positions in her outer Chamber for evidence of Catholic beliefs, sympathies or family connections. It then discusses the careers of five men who at various times in Elizabeth’s reign were members of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. It will show that their court careers were decisively affected by their Catholic beliefs and connections and, in one case, by a temporary repudiation of Catholicism. Their careers witness both to a fluidity of religious identity that facilitated their advancement at Court and to a narrowing of this identity over the course of the reign.

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五位伊丽莎白时代的朝臣、他们的天主教关系和他们的职业生涯

本文考虑了在伊丽莎白一世枢密院任职的一些男性和女性，以及在她的外院担任重要职位的男性和女性，以证明其信仰天主教、同情或家庭关系。然后讨论了在伊丽莎白统治的不同时期，五名男子的职业生涯，他们是绅士养老金领取者乐队的成员。这将表明，他们的宫廷生涯受到他们的天主教信仰和关系的决定性影响，在一个案例中，还受到暂时否定天主教的影响。他们的职业生涯见证了宗教身份的流动性，这促进了他们在宫廷中的晋升，以及在统治期间这种身份的缩小。