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Please follow the "Timeline" topic in "Announcement". Especially the historical characters! - Anne Boleyn
January 1533 - Henry & Anne Boleyn marry in a secret ceremony March 1533 - Thomas Cranmer is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. May 1533 - Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon to be invalid May 1533 - Thomas Cranmer validates King Henry VIII& Anne Boleyn's marriage June 1533 - Coronation of
Anne Boleyn Summer 1533 - Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex begins an investigation into the activities of Sir Thomas More June 1533 - Parliament extinguishes Papal authority in England. June 1533 - Mary Tudor, younger sister of Henry VIII, dies at Westhorpe, Suffolk.
July 1533 - It is reported that Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and George Boleyn, caught up with the French court. While they were there both Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond became violently sick, at the same time. Richmond was so ill, that for a while, it was feared he might die. July 1533 - Pope Clement VII excommunicates King Henry VIII & his advisers (including Thomas Cranmer) JSeptember 1533 - Anne Boleyn gives birth to Princess Elizabeth Tudor November 1533 - Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII's illegitimate son, marries Mary Howard (daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk)
Anne Boleyn is said to have worked for this pairing.
Posts : 383 Join date : 2014-04-27 Age : 43 Location : England
Subject: Mary Dawn's Diary Thu May 08, 2014 9:24 pm
I have newly arrived at Whitehall to be lady-in-waiting for the Lady Anne Boleyn, I have yet to meet the good Lady but I have heard that she is most kind.
My chambers are much finer than my previous ones and I am finding my way round the Palace yet I sometimes feel alone. A few of the other ladies walk out with each other in the grounds talking and I long to feel part of it maybe once I have been here a while I will be more used to my new life.
I have spent my day settling into my room, writing to my parents, finishing some embroidery and looking out onto the courtyard watching the people of court go about their business....I have never seen a court as busy as this........oh my I must go for I had been asked to meet Lady Margery Seymour in the Great Hall and I do not wish to be late.
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Mary Dawn Lady-in-waiting
Posts : 383 Join date : 2014-04-27 Age : 43 Location : England
Subject: Re: Mary Dawn's Diary Fri May 30, 2014 10:49 pm
I have a reoccurring dream where I am alone with the Duke, it banishes the nightmares that I have been plagued with since my old Court so I am glad of this intrusion on my sleep.
Tis so out of character for me to behave in such a way but his Grace is most gentlemanly and good to me
Mary Dawn Lady-in-waiting
Posts : 383 Join date : 2014-04-27 Age : 43 Location : England
Subject: Re: Mary Dawn's Diary Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:06 am
I have been so busy of late that I have felt that I have hardly had time to breathe, in order to try and get myself back I went to France....while I was at least able to relax slightly I still did not feel quite like myself and I missed my friends in the English Court.
However I did meet up with a most handsome gentleman, who offered me his protection Sir Thomas Seymour brother to my friend Margery, I shall be forever in debt to this great family
Mary Dawn Lady-in-waiting
Posts : 383 Join date : 2014-04-27 Age : 43 Location : England
Subject: Re: Mary Dawn's Diary Sun May 09, 2021 4:22 pm
It feels like my last entry was a whole different lifetime ago and it had happened to another person entirely - I realise I'm not that naïve girl anymore to much had occurred to me for me to have remained unchanged.
The horror I feel as I recall the events that threatened to overwhelm me, the lies that were told about my person and to my face, the way I have been beaten and bruised by everything to be made so scared that I couldn't even trust my own shadow.
I realised that I had to get away, to find a place where I was safe and unknown - it hurt so much to leave my friends behind at court but I could not take the chance that any messages would be received safely and lead them to my safe place. I daren't return to my parents in case I brought trouble and further shame to their door. I needed time to heal and get stronger before I make my return to life.
My heart is heavy as I pack what is left of my belongings, long gone are the jewels and precious dresses that had been stolen from me or I had to sell in order to live and survive. What my prospects are now I dread to think - what decent man would want me now I am damaged goods?
Oh diary I wish I could go back to before I met him but I have learned a major life lesson and I shall always be on my guard around men.
Imagine my fear when I happened to cross paths with his Grace The Duke of Suffolk while I was in hiding, despite his Grace always being kind and considerate towards me I was scared that it meant other men from court were also near by. His Grace took pity upon me and was fully aware of the events in court which made me leave and I could see the pain in his eyes when I briefly explained my absence and although I trust him somewhat I did not tell him the full horrors I have gone through in fear I would not be able to return to court which I now feel able to do
I pray that I can return for I have nowhere else to go
Subject: Mary Dawn's Diary 
Thu May 08, 2014 9:24 pm
