#anne seymour

[wonder-worker]

"Anne Stanhope was a devoted and loyal wife and mother. She was also a politician, a committed religious reformer, and a survivor of Tudor intrigue. It was her actions and her connections at court that saved the Seymour family from ruin throughout the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Her activities as a patroness of religious literature distinguished her from many of her contemporaries. Anne also worked with both of her husbands – but with Edward Seymour in particular – to form influential political partnerships. [...] The Duke and Duchess of Somerset’s struggle with Thomas Seymour in the late 1540s, however, set the groundwork for Anne’s unfortunate historical image. Almost immediately, writers and historians slandered her reputation. She became a stereotypical “bad wife” – proud, nagging, vengeful. By looking beyond this image, however, scholars may now view Anne Stanhope’s story in a more balanced light."

-Caroline Elizabeth Armbruster, '"A woman for many imperfections intolerable": Anne Stanhope, the Seymour family, and the Tudor court', (MA thesis, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2013)

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

I've fallen into learning about TIM THOMERSON's career. He was a comedian who became an actor and played a lot of hard-boiled characters, heroes, and villains. One of earliest things I've remembered him in is 'The Incredible Hulk Returns'. He just had a memorable face and look. He's so underrated.

The movie isn't as shitty as some people seem to say. I'm pretty intrigued. The concept and story and budget are pretty well put together for what it's worth.

[of-fear-and-love]

Interiors from Blindfold (1966) Art Direction by Henry Bumstead and Alexander Golitzen Set Decoration by John McCarthy Jr. and George Milo

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

A Bolt of Lightning - CBS - November 12, 1951

A presentation of "Westinghouse Studio One" Season 4 Episode 9

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Charlton Heston as James Otis Jr.

Romney Brent as Governor Bernard

Rita Vale as Ruth Otis

Elizabeth Johnson as Mary Otis

Anne Seymour as Mercy Otis Warren 

Harry Townes as Samuel Adams

Frank Overton as John Emory

Rudolph Justice Watson as Peter

Harry M. Cooke as William Wooley

George Ives as Mr. Robinson

Roy Johnson as Mr. Williams

Rita Morley as Emma Emroy

Marvyn Dorkin as Doctor

Lloyd Bochner as Prescott

Shirley Ballard as Elizabeth Otis

Jon Lormer as Mr. Huntington

Robert Baine as Judge

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Trancers (1984) Charles Band

December 18th 2024

[thedudleywomen]

ON THIS DAY - 21 October 1554

On This Day (21 Oct) in 1554, John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, died at Penshurst Place, Kent - the home of his brother-in-law Henry Sidney.

John became his father's heir on the death of his eldest brother Henry in 1544, and adopted the title of 'Viscount Lisle' in 1547, on his father's promotion to the Earldom of Warwick. As his father's profile rose within the regency of Edward VI, initially as part of the regency council and later assuming the role of Lord President in Oct 1549, John and his brothers also participated in court events.

In May 1550, he was married to Anne Seymour, the eldest daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and the supplanted Lord Protector, in an attempted ally-ship between the two families. During his imprisonment, Anne was known to have been given permission to visit her husband at the Tower of London; the first of these visits appears to have taken place in Sep 1553, alongside the wives of Ambrose (Elizabeth Tailboys) and Robert (Amy Robsart).

John had been arrested on 20 Jul 1553, alongside his father and brothers Ambrose and Harry at Cambridge; they had been heading towards Mary's stronghold of Framlingham Castle, when news reached them of the Privy Council's abandonment of support for the claim of Lady Jane Grey. Subsequently, John's father proclaimed Mary as "Queen of England" before surrendering to her supporters.

On his return to London, John was held within the Tower of London, in the Beauchamp Tower, along with his brothers Ambrose, Robert, Guildford and Harry, whilst their father was held separately within St Thomas's Tower. It was during his period of imprisonment that John carved (or perhaps commissioned) the infamous graffiti, with his name and the 'Warwick' emblem of bear and staff being depicted in the centre, surrounded by flowers representing his brothers (Ambrose-rose; Robert-robur/oak; Guildford-gillyflowers; Harry-honeysuckle).

Alongside his father and Elizabeth Brooke, Marquess of Northampton (wife of William Parr, and alleged architect of the marriage of John's brother Guildford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey in Jun 1553), John appeared at Westminster Hall on 18 Aug 1553. John pleaded guilty to the charges of high treason put to him, in contrast to the others; they were all found guilty and condemned to death. Whilst his father was executed on Tower Hill 4 days later, John was continued to be imprisoned with no execution date set.

On 11 Oct 1554, John (along with brothers Robert and Harry) were released from the Tower; this appears to have been as a result of negotiations and alliances made by his mother Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland, and Henry Sidney, brother of his eldest sister Mary, within the new Marion court, including with the new king consort Prince Philip II of Spain. Ill and weak, he travelled south of London to Penshurst Place, where his sister Mary was 8 months pregnant; he died on 21 Oct, only 3 days after arriving at Penshurst, leaving his young wife Anne a widow.

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Another thought on The Tudors Seasons 3 and 4. The portrayal of the Seymours while inaccurate is somewhat good. I honestly prefer the actor portraying Thomas Seymour here to Tom Cullen in Becoming Elizabeth he's more of a creep lol.

Edward Seymour is villainized a tad too much and they messed up his relationship with Anne Seymour who is depicted as being an adulterous but I enjoyed seeing his more ruthless side.

The Seymours were desperate to stay in power after Anne Boleyn's fall and Edward's birth that is shown well here.

[queen-paladin]

I love you "boring" female characters. I love you ingenues. I love you female characters who aren't "modern" enough. I love you female characters who aren't "badass" enough. iI love you female characters who aren't "empowering" enough. I love you quiet female characters. I love you unappreciated female characters. I love you polite female characters. I love you female characters who "can't appeal to modern audiences." I love you frightened female characters. I love you female characters labeled as not complex just for being nice. I love you female characters who get criticism just for not being their tomboy or femme fatale counterpart. I love you silk hiding steel trope.

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Perioddrama Appreciation Week

Day 1: Favorite Tv Show: The Tudors

[mind-less-boy]

If I had a nickel for every musical about a group of six that compete in song form, each getting their own song, to be the winner only to find out at the end that not everyone get to win/not one wins and that okay, I’d I’ve two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s Wierd that it’s happened twice

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The "Lucky" One

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Blindfold (1966)

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All Henry VIII Wives together

Tumblr really doesn't like this one. Click for higher res.

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