The History of Mary I, Queen of England: as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents — John Shaqi
The History of Mary I, Queen of England: as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documentsStone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
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The History of Mary I, Queen of England: as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents
Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
In March 1531, Mary was allowed to visit her mother; but in April she
had an illness, and wrote to the King that no medicine would do her
so much good as to see him and the Queen, and desired his permission
to come to them both at Greenwich. “This,” said Chapuys, “has been
refused, to gratify the Lady, who hates her as much as the Queen, or
more so, chiefly because she sees the King has some affection for her.
Of late, when the King praised her in the Lady’s presence, the latter
was very angry, and began to vituperate the Princess very strangely.
She becomes more arrogant every day, using words and authority towards
the King, of which he has several times complained to the Duke of
Norfolk, saying that she was not like the Queen, who had never in her
life used ill words to him.”[75]
On the 14th May, he writes: “The King, dining the other day with the
Queen, as is usual in most festivals, began to speak of the Turk,
and the truce concluded with your Majesty, praising your puissance,
contrary to his wont. Afterwards, proceeding to speak of the Princess,
he accused the Queen of cruelty, because she had not made her physician
reside continually with her; and so the dinner passed off amicably.
Next day, when the Queen, in consequence of these gracious speeches,
asked the King to allow the Princess to see them, he rebuffed her very
rudely, and said she might go and see the Princess if she wished, and
also stop there. The Queen graciously replied, that she would not leave
him for her daughter, nor for any one else in the world, and there the
matter stopped.”
Worried at the opposition which he encountered in his efforts to get
rid of Katharine, Henry told the Duke of Norfolk that it would have
been a great blessing if this marriage had never been made, but on
second thoughts, he added, “nevertheless, this would have been a great
pity, since of it there had come such a pearl as the Princess, who was
one of the most beautiful and virtuous ladies of the world”.[76]
In 1530, Mary was still called Princess of Wales, and until the autumn
of the following year, her father kept up an appearance of civility
towards her mother, visiting her in her apartments every three days. At
last, however, he left her at Windsor, and went away hunting with Anne.
Katharine sent to inquire after his health, and he replied by an angry
letter, forbidding her to write to him. To add to the insult, there was
no address on the letter, “probably,” says Chapuys, “because a change
of name was contemplated; but the Princess is with her, and this will
make her forget her grief for the absence of the King. They amuse
themselves by hunting, and visiting the royal houses round Windsor,
expecting some good news from Rome.”[77]
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