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fideidefenswhore · 11 months ago

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"By the end of April [1536], Geoffrey Pole had joined Jane's promoters. It was then that Chapuys, noting that Sir Nicholas Carew had been made knight of the Garter instead of George Boleyn, wrote: ' [Carew] continually counsels [Mistress Seymour] and other conspirators 'pour luy faire une venue,' and only four days ago he and some persons of the chamber sent to tell the Princess to be of good cheer, for [...] the King was already as sick and tired of the concubine as could be; and the brother of Lord Montague told me yesterday at dinner that the day before the bishop of London had been asked [whether] the King could abandon the said concubine, and he would not give any opinion to anyone but the King himself...'" Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower, Susan Higginbotham

#geoffrey pole #henrician #this is an interesting and frustrating allegation because it doesn't include who asked the bishop of london this question #just that it was asked.#stokesley also doesn't seem to have been much in favour of anne beyond some superficial things that aren't necessarily indicators #of support of her (similar to gardiner in that way)#he christened princess elizabeth for example but was opposed to the promotion of the english bible #so it's interesting that he was reluctant to voice an opinion on the matter. again. it'd be helpful to know who asked him the question.#all we know from this report was that it wasn't hviii. at this time; at any rate #wow. the new quote formatting on these tumblr updates sucks ass. excuse MOI......

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