Secrets of the Tudor Court
“When a man named John Lascelles learns of Kitty’s past with Dereham through his sister Mary Hall, a chambermaid at Norfolk House, he runs with it. It is his moral responsibility, he feels, as he is a reformer against the Catholic faction (in short, the Howards) and takes it upon himself to seek out Archbishop Cranmer, informing him that Kitty had a precontract in marriage to Francis Dereham.On November 2 at the Mass for All Souls’ Day, Cranmer passes His Majesty a note with the charges. It is k...ept private at first. I suspect nothing till the king leaves the palace on the fifth.I keep close to Kitty and the other ladies. Kitty is unaware that anything is amiss, as is most of the court. We make merry in her rooms, dancing and giggling as we always do in her presence, when the archbishop enters, his face somber.“Your Majesty,” he says, bowing. He sighs. “We have learned the truth about you and Francis Dereham.”The room is silent. I begin to tremble. My stomach aches. My eyes stray to Kitty’s white throat.“What?”MoreLess
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