The courtships of Queen Elizabeth; a history of the various negotiations for her marriage . his wife weresent by the Protector to worm out of her all sheknew of the plot. Threats, cajolery, forged lettersand invented confessions, were all tried upon her invain. She would tell nothing of importance. Shehath, says Tyrwhitt. a very good wit and nothing-is gotten of her but by great policy. She bitterlyresented the imprisonment of her governess, , and the substitution of Lady Tyrwhitt;and said that she had not so behaved that theyneed put more mistresses upon her ; wept all nightand sulk
The courtships of Queen Elizabeth; a history of the various negotiations for her marriage . his wife weresent by the Protector to worm out of her all sheknew of the plot. Threats, cajolery, forged lettersand invented confessions, were all tried upon her invain. She would tell nothing of importance. Shehath, says Tyrwhitt. a very good wit and nothing-is gotten of her but by great policy. She bitterlyresented the imprisonment of her governess, , and the substitution of Lady Tyrwhitt;and said that she had not so behaved that theyneed put more mistresses upon her ; wept all nightand sulked all day, but withal was too much forTyrwhitt, who avowed that if he had to say hisfantasy he thinks it more meet she should havetwo governesses than one. The confessions of Parry and Ashley with regard toElizabeths conduct, and their own, are bad enough ;but they probably kept back far more than theytold, for on Elizabeths succession, and for the restof their lives, they were treated with marked Tyrwhitt to the Protector, January 2^,, 1549. HatfieldPapers. Historical MSS. oSTioma^. £o:c S>^i|nioii: o[ 5ii?crci|. OUKKX i:iJ/.\i^i:rii. n favour : Parr\^ was knighted and made Treasurerof the Household, and on Mrs. Ashleys death inJuly, 1565, the Queen visited her in person andmourned her with great L;rief. It is probable thatthe inexperienced girl was really in love with thehandsome, showy Seymour ; but how far theirrelations went will most likely never now beknown. She indignantly wrote to the Protectorcomplaining of the slanders that were current abouther, to the effect that she was with child by theLord Admiral and demanded to be allowed to cometo Court and show herself as she was ; butvirtuous indignation, real and assumed, was alwaysone of her favourite weapons. Tyrwhitt said hebelieved a secret compact had been entered intobetw^een her and Ashley and Parry never to confessduring their lives. They all sing one song andshe hath set the note for them. After
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