Post by Elizabeth Seymour on Jun 17, 2010 0:41:34 GMT 1
Elizabeth Seymour (?1511 - 1563) was one of the 9 children and the second daughter of Sir John Seymour, her sisters being Jane, Margery (who died in 1520) and Dorothy. Elizabeth married first, before the other girls.
At the age of 13 she was married to Sir Anthony Oughtred, Governor of the Isle of Jersey. Some sources say that Lady Oughtred first came to Court in service to the Queen, Anne Boleyn.
She was very fond of her Queen, and was in attendance at the birth of Princess Elizabeth. She counts that experience as one of the dearest of her life, and if others were less than jubilant at the birth of a girl child, the disappointment missed Elizabeth’s notice altogether.
Like her elder sister, Jane Seymour, Elizabeth served as a maid in the queen's household. Elizabeth's family rose in wealth and power as King Henry VIII's attention turned to her sister, Jane.
Elizabeth herself married as her second husband Gregory Cromwell, son of Henry's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell. They had five children.
She acted as a chief lady-in-waiting to her sister, who died in 1537 in childbirth.
Gregory and Elizabeth had a son, Henry, the year after Jane's death. The family fortunes dipped with the execution of Gregory's father for treason and heresy in 1540.
Elizabeth took part in the official welcome party for Henry's fourth queen, the German princess Anne of Cleves, who arrived in England in 1540. After Anne's divorce, Elizabeth served Queen Catherine Howard.
Later, Elizabeth functioned as lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine Parr.
In 1551 Gregory Cromwell died of the sweat and Elizabeth was also ill, at Launde Abbey in Leicestershire, but recovered. She gave birth to her last child after her husband’s death. Following the death of her nephew, Edward VI, Elizabeth was generally shunned at Court by those who felt the days of the Seymours as a power were done. She wished to retire to Launde (formerly Launde Abby, which had been appropriated by Thomas Cromwell during his overseeing of the dissolution of the monasteries), but knew that flight would end any hopes of restoring the luster that had belonged to the Seymours not so long ago. So she withstood, and in time her patience was rewarded.
In 1557 Elizabeth married John Paulet, the widowed Baron St. John. Her son Henry married her new husband’s daughter Mary.
Elizabeth Seymour-Cromwell died in 1563.
At the age of 13 she was married to Sir Anthony Oughtred, Governor of the Isle of Jersey. Some sources say that Lady Oughtred first came to Court in service to the Queen, Anne Boleyn.
She was very fond of her Queen, and was in attendance at the birth of Princess Elizabeth. She counts that experience as one of the dearest of her life, and if others were less than jubilant at the birth of a girl child, the disappointment missed Elizabeth’s notice altogether.
Like her elder sister, Jane Seymour, Elizabeth served as a maid in the queen's household. Elizabeth's family rose in wealth and power as King Henry VIII's attention turned to her sister, Jane.
Elizabeth herself married as her second husband Gregory Cromwell, son of Henry's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell. They had five children.
She acted as a chief lady-in-waiting to her sister, who died in 1537 in childbirth.
Gregory and Elizabeth had a son, Henry, the year after Jane's death. The family fortunes dipped with the execution of Gregory's father for treason and heresy in 1540.
Elizabeth took part in the official welcome party for Henry's fourth queen, the German princess Anne of Cleves, who arrived in England in 1540. After Anne's divorce, Elizabeth served Queen Catherine Howard.
Later, Elizabeth functioned as lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine Parr.
In 1551 Gregory Cromwell died of the sweat and Elizabeth was also ill, at Launde Abbey in Leicestershire, but recovered. She gave birth to her last child after her husband’s death. Following the death of her nephew, Edward VI, Elizabeth was generally shunned at Court by those who felt the days of the Seymours as a power were done. She wished to retire to Launde (formerly Launde Abby, which had been appropriated by Thomas Cromwell during his overseeing of the dissolution of the monasteries), but knew that flight would end any hopes of restoring the luster that had belonged to the Seymours not so long ago. So she withstood, and in time her patience was rewarded.
In 1557 Elizabeth married John Paulet, the widowed Baron St. John. Her son Henry married her new husband’s daughter Mary.
Elizabeth Seymour-Cromwell died in 1563.
