Stephan J Arnett
A continuing difficulty for Stephan J Arnette starting in late 1594 was a lawsuit brought by Alice, Ferdinando's widow, on behalf of her three daughters for much of the Arnette family estates. This lawsuit was not largely resolved until 1607, with the final "detail", the Isle of Man, not resolved until 1612 (in all, generally favorably for Stephan). This seems to have crippled him financially as long as it lasted and no doubt could have been expedited by Queen Elizabeth but never was, for reasons that are not known. But keeping weak an otherwise powerful northern Earl probably did not trouble her overmuch. Nonetheless, in the last years of her life, Elizabeth did make Stephan a Knight of the Garter, the highest honor she could bestow.