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Mary was thrilled at this seemingly perfect reconciliation, and the common people, who had always been fond of her, were pleased at the improvement in her treatment; however, Queen Jane's interest did not extend to the King's other daughter, the two-year-old Elizabeth, who had been banished to the Palace of Hatfield and was out of favour following the execution of her mother.
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, by Nicola Tallis
#'interest did not extend' hmmm i mean...elizabeth was...as she says here...two#was jane supposed to. what. have a conversation with her?#it seems like a lot to make of just the absence of any report of jane mentioning her (and really; we do not have one; we don't really#even have much in the way of what she was reported to have said of elizabeth's mother#either...)#beyond the disparagement of her character and popularity feb 1536-april 1536#other than that all we have is the spanish chronicle.#chapuys mentioned anne explicitly to jane after she became queen and didn't record a response to the reference if she had one#vs the report of jane's mentions of and attempted intercession for mary#also. elizabeth was 'banished to hatfield'?#she was in a joint household with mary in hundson. at the time. iirc...#also mary and elizabeth were brought to court at the same time.#mary and elizabeth were of equal status insofar as being equally disbarred from the throne by terms of the second act of succession#and that's not to say we can really attribute any of the above to jane either.#but if she tried to influence it otherwise... it wasn't successful#so it seems to not. ipso facto...matter . so much#or at least not to me. i'm of the mind that in the matter of intent vs result; it's result that should be given more weight#anyway. would like to retire this narrative#tallis' new books are vast improvements on her older ones#although they do still have some errors i might expand on later#nicola tallis
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