tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post1875816902705483466..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: The Other Jane Seymour: A Follow-Up LetterSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-81513613008419265732011-06-13T13:59:34.610-04:002011-06-13T13:59:34.610-04:00Thanks Susan - what an unfortunate history they se...Thanks Susan - what an unfortunate history they seem to have had.Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-47982117327987674482011-06-12T23:10:31.419-04:002011-06-12T23:10:31.419-04:00Hi, Anjere! Anne, the oldest of the sisters, was m...Hi, Anjere! Anne, the oldest of the sisters, was married to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (the Duke of Northumberland's eldest son). She wasn't among the girls staying with Lady Cromwell, but was living with her husband. He was imprisoned following the failed attempt to put Lady Jane on the throne and died just days after being released from the Tower in October 1554, apparently of an illness he had contracted there. Anne married Sir Edward Unton in 1555 and had a number of children by him. Sadly, she suffered from episodes of insanity.<br /><br />Two of the girls, Margaret and Catherine, died young like Jane without having married.<br /><br />Mary Seymour married Andrew Rogers first and Sir Henry Peyton second. Elizabeth (who was a toddler at the time of her father's death and who was placed with her aunt Dorothy) married Sir Richard Knightly of Northamptonshire. Mary and Elizabeth outlived their mother and are named in her 1587 will.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-73926595862360378392011-06-12T15:15:27.484-04:002011-06-12T15:15:27.484-04:00You can't blame Lady Cromwell. Caring for 4 y...You can't blame Lady Cromwell. Caring for 4 young girls whose parents had been disgraced must have been difficult, as no doubt the girls would have been ostracised. Whatever her true feelings to the girls, it would have placed an enormous strain on her household.<br /><br />Do you know what happened to any of Lady Jane's other sisters?Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-4283289542499618122011-06-11T11:56:44.558-04:002011-06-11T11:56:44.558-04:00Thanks, Christine! The duchess had two gentlewomen...Thanks, Christine! The duchess had two gentlewomen attending her, plus three of the king's servants and a cook, so I suppose a lot of the 100 pounds went to their upkeep. The duchess also had her mother, Lady Page, "being there for the most part with the said Duches." Her daily menu appears here (p. 373):<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=ksEUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA372&dq=gentleman%27s+magazine+anne,+duchess+of+somerset&hl=en&ei=FpDzTbzSMJScgQeqkaTzCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=gentleman%27s%20magazine%20anne%2C%20duchess%20of%20somerset&f=falseSusan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-87749655175488634242011-06-11T10:52:45.098-04:002011-06-11T10:52:45.098-04:00There is a letter to John Calvin(!) from 13 Novemb...There is a letter to John Calvin(!) from 13 November 1552 which relates exactly to this theme here, the circumstances of the Duke of Somerset's widow & children. You can find it in "Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation" Volume I, pp. 339-342. (Zürich Letters).<br /><br />It informs Maitre Calivn about all the children and their mother, the high security state prisoner! Apparently Northumberland (or whomever) was very afraid of her powers of intrigue. She received 100 pounds income at the Tower, how would she have spent it?christine-hartweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240026113632379929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-25770235231668864082011-06-09T07:04:28.651-04:002011-06-09T07:04:28.651-04:00That is interesting! I understand that Lady Cromwe...That is interesting! I understand that Lady Cromwell would have liked to have the girls with other people altogether, so they were very lively girls it seems who didn't behave the way she wanted them to. <br /><br />The girls would have brought with them nurses or women, so the most costly aspect was probably staff. I am always wondering what people needed all that money for; after all these were quite hefty sums.christine-hartweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240026113632379929noreply@blogger.com