#however later elizabeth knollys would be at nine and (apparently) mary norris was maid of honour as young as ten so... hmm

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Two early-modern authors identified 1507 as her birth year. In the margin of his history of Elizabeth, published in 1615, William Camden inserted this date. In the text, he noted Henry was 38 and Anne only 22 when they fell in love. An expert genealogist, Camden was the Clarenceux king of arms, a principal officer in the College of Arms, and began this study at the behest of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, who provided him with materials.

Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens, Aristocrats, Commoners, by Retha M Warnicke