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40 Facts About the Tudor Era’s Awful Courtier, Thomas Seymour

Khalid Elhassan March 22, 2019 24 min

20. Elizabeth’s Governess Tried to Get Seymour to Back Off, to No Avail

Greenwich Palace, a royal Tudor residence. Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth’s governess described in her depositions that she grew so alarmed by Thomas Seymour’s behavior, that she started visiting the princess’ room at the crack of dawn or earlier, to make sure that her mistress was not left alone with him. He was not pleased. Elizabeth’s governess also testified that she remonstrated with Seymour about his scandalous behavior, told him to “go away for shame“, and warned him that word of his unseemly conduct was spreading. However, he dismissed her concerns, and told her that he “meant no evil“.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.