Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1634)

Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lady Penelope Rich. By her second marriage to Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, she incurred the Queen's unrelenting displeasure.

November 8 is the 312th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.