Annabelle Wallis As Jane Seymour InThe Tudors(TV Series)

Annabelle Wallis as Jane Seymour inThe Tudors (TV Series)

Annabelle Wallis as Jane Seymour in The Tudors (TV Series)

✧ Mary asked them by what authority they could proceed? “By the authority of our commission, and the common law of England,” was the reply. But said she, “You make laws at your pleasure, where unto I have no reason to submit myself; and if you proceed by the common law of England, you must produce precedents of like cases, for as much as that law dependeth much on cases and custom.” The civilians, finding themselves baffled by the keen rejoinders of the lonely captive in her sick-chamber, told her “she was wandering into vain digressions,” and demanded “whether she would appear to answer?” alluding to their commission. “Your commission,” repeated Mary, “is founded on a recent law, framed expressly for my destruction, and my heart is still too full of courage to derogate from the kings of Scotland, my progenitors, by owning the authority of the Crown of England.”  — Agnes Strickland, The Life of Mary Stuart: Queen of Scotland

Okay, I don’t usually add to these bcus they’re fandom-related , but given this one is making actual historic claims ....

1) To say ‘even if we ignore Chapuys’ claims’ and then cite the example of the christening cloth .... that comes from Chapuys. And no other. Idk if anon is aware of that , but ... yeah. Something to think about .

2) It wasn’t her coat of arms (her coat of arms was a falcon, but that was her family’s heraldry), it was actually embroidery that has been attributed to Elizabeth Howard (her mother) most recently by historians , that depicted what you mention :

Here are her coat of arms

No pomegranate , as you can see. To have put that in actual official heraldry would have been very odd .

3) If you don’t like Anne Boleyn, that is of course , your prerogative. But it is true that the bulk of the contemporary reports about her that are negative come from Chapuys. There are some from other diplomats that are also not positive , but his are where there is the highest volume of negative reports about her. Whether or not you take them at face value , totally disregard them, or somewhere in between (my personal recommendation) is totally up to you.

Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) was an English peeress. In 1605 she inherited her father’s ancient barony by writ and became suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford. She was a patron of literature and as evidenced by her diary and many letters was a literary personage in her own right. She held the hereditary office of High Sheriff of Westmorland which role she exercised from 1653 to 1676.

♕ Daughters of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort (requested by anonymous)