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Parr's second publication, Prayers or Meditations, appeared in June 1545, and, like her first book, it was a bestseller. [39] In this case, Parr's compositional method was a complex one as she reworked the third book of Thomas à Kempis's Imitatio Christi to produce a monologue spoken by a generic Christian speaker. [40]
In 1549, the Parliament of England passed an act (3 & 4 Edw. 6.c. 14) removing the attainder placed on her father from Mary, but his lands remained property of the Crown.. As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this ...
During Parr's tenure, one of her attendants was Lady Jane Grey, Thomas Seymour's ward, [18] who would be queen for nine days in 1553. [19] Tomb of Catherine Parr, added in 1863. Catherine died at Sudeley on 5 September 1548 from what was described as "childbed fever", five days after giving birth to her daughter Mary Seymour.
Elizabeth, known also as "Bess", was the daughter of the diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Anne Carew. Her father, Nicholas, was the nephew of Sir Thomas Parr making him a cousin to the late Queen, Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, to whom he served in her household.
Catherine Parr. Catherine Parr (1512 – 5 September 1548), also spelled Kateryn, was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, 1543–1547. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and his wife, Maud Green. Through her father, Catherine was a descendant of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III.
People connected to the Household of Catherine Parr, 6th queen consort of Henry VIII of England. It was a part of the Court of Henry VIII and is a subcategory of that ...
Luckily, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the latter. Earlier this month, the Wednesday actress, 55, posted a special tribute on Instagram in honor of her and Michael Douglas’s 24th anniversary.
Joely Kim Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson (1928–1991), and the granddaughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985) and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (1910–2003).