Like With The Christening Cloth . We Have No Letter Of Koas Refusal - Tumblr Posts
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.
