#altho her father seemed to be instrumental in the GM which i suppose would suggest perhaps (proxy) affinity w/ anne / the boleyns?

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[In 1534-35,] Cromwell took firm hold of politics, and Norfolk was relegated to subsidiary service. In July 1534 he served as Lord High Steward for the trial of William, Lord Dacre, son of the Thomas Dacre who had served with Norfolk in the North, a man whose honesty Norfolk had questioned in the 1520s. Dacre was charged with treason on the basis of vague but probably essentially true charges of disloyalty to Henry, opposition to the divorce, and plans to lead a rebellion in favour of Princess Mary. At the least, Dacre had used his position as Warden of the West Marches for private profit, making him vul-nerable to attack. To the astonishment of everyone and the deep chagrin of Norfolk, the hand-picked jury of peers acquitted Dacre. In general tenor the charges against Dacre were probably true, but they were brought forward by the Countess of Northumberland, an old family enemy, at the urging of Queen Anne, and the peers were unwilling to pursue a personal vendetta. Dacre's acquittal is also evidence for the strength of the Aragonese party at court, although hardly proof that Norfolk was a sympathizer. The Duke was left with no excuses to offer Henry for his failure to deliver the expected verdict; the fiasco only confirmed the King's suspicions about Howard's dispensability.

The Ebbs and Flows of Fortune: The Life of Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk, David M. Head