#character: eleanor arundell.

[daisyjoners]

❛ how can you simply be friends with someone when every time you look at them, you’re thinking about how much more you really want ? ❜ // mia & ellie

embora considerasse mudanças como um acontecimento raro em seu cotidiano, sempre planejado e tão regrado quanto seria possível sem eliminar os resquícios de liberdade a que seu título a permitia ter, as situações envolvendo sua vida pessoal se encaixavam como uma perfeita exceção à regra. estava longe de ser uma surpresa para eleanor que pessoas deixassem a sua vida com a mesma facilidade com a que haviam surgido e, após, vinte e duas primaveras, não era mais nenhum espanto a temporariedade que a presença de outros em sua vida costumava ter. se mantinha praticamente habituada a apenas agir com a costumeira indiferença quando alguém a abandonava, ou simplesmente se afastava quando conseguia o almejado ao manter uma relação com uma pessoa com um posto tão importante na sociedade quanto a princesa. até mesmo era boa em enganar a si mesma quanto a genuína mágoa que cada afastamento a causava, uma nova lâmina adentrando o seu coração sempre que seus maiores medos se concretizavam e se enxergava sozinha novamente. o que mantinha acesa a chama de esperança de eleanor, entretanto, era a constância de uma relação específica durante todos aqueles anos: a com sua melhor amiga. mia e eleanor não passavam de crianças ao entrarem na vida uma da outra e, sem explicação ou razão maior, haviam se tornado a rocha uma da outra, o porto seguro durante anos turbulentos que sequer poderiam sonhar enquanto tão jovens. estar junto de amélia talvez fosse a coisa mais fácil que eleanor fizera em toda a sua vida. não teria escolhido nenhuma outra pessoa para ter ao seu lado durante os momentos de maior incerteza em sua vida, nem para compartilhar de todas aquelas alegrias subsequentes que, numa incontável variedade de momentos, eram fruto justamente da presença de mia. a princesa faria de tudo pela melhor amiga, e o que a tornava mais afortunada era não possuir dúvidas da reciprocidade alheia. compartilhava de suas angústias como se fossem dela própria, sentia-se tomada pela raiva quando mia era atingida pelas injustiças que a rodeavam por algo além de sua responsabilidade; não era difícil ler a amiga suficientemente bem quando a conhecia como a palma de sua mão. o que, naquela noite, tinha a sua provação novamente ao compreender sem dificuldades sobre o que se referia durante seu desabafo. ou, melhor, a quem.

deveriam estar desfrutando o restante do baile com os demais convidados, contudo, nenhuma parecia à vontade para permanecer o restante de sua noite com sorrisos forçados marcando seus lábios. e eleanor não possuía pressa alguma de voltar mesmo anteriormente à conversa de ambas; agora, somente se um dos guardas da sua mãe a arrastasse cometeria a insanidade de retornar concluírem aquilo. ou, considerando a situação, talvez nem mesmo com um batalhão voltasse. “eu posso te perguntar uma coisa?” com o indicador, ellie afastou alguns fios loiros que escapavam do penteado da amiga e caíam sobre seus olhos. “como a sua melhor amiga, eu gosto de pensar que te conheço muito bem. talvez que conheça melhor que qualquer outra pessoa. e não é de agora que eu tenho essa impressão… sobre você e o theodore. ele sempre te olhou de um jeito diferente.” na opinião de eleanor, talvez os olhares que amélia e theodore trocavam através do salão exibiam conversas mais complexas que frases educadas entre participantes da temporada durante os bailes. às vezes os enxergava em sua discrição, e se tornava inevitável a ideia de que existisse algo mais entre eles mesmo com o passar dos anos e tudo que se desenrolar entre suas famílias. e era ainda mais óbvio o quanto todo o afastamento forçado dele havia machucado mia. “por isso, eu preciso te perguntar: vocês realmente nunca tiveram nenhum tipo de conversa real sobre isso? sobre sentimentos que poderiam existir entre vocês, o que realmente estava acontecendo, o erro que era o seu noivado… sem ser somente sobre a possibilidade de vocês?” a questionou, não sabendo que maneira deveria utilizar para abordar aquele assunto. não possuía experiências positivas quanto a romances além de seus livros favoritos, portanto, sua costumeira posição de conselheira entre ambas era uma com a qual não sabia navegar tão bem quanto o motivo do tormento alheio era o amor - por mais óbvia que pudesse parecer a situação deles para quem observava exteriormente. “eu percebo o jeito que ele te olha, mia, e não me parece ser assim tão platônico. não duvidaria se estivesse se perguntando as mesmas coisas que você.” muito menos, que deveria estar dividindo suas angústias com o desgraçado de seu melhor amigo. “por isso, eu não acho que seja esse o problema entre vocês. me corrija se eu estar errada, mas, me parece pesar muito mais tudo o que envolve tentarem… estar juntos.” a história de ambas as famílias era complicada, e os acontecimentos entre o término entre mia e michael e o início da temporada social, com o seu debute para a sociedade, tornavam tudo ainda pior. “você é, e sempre foi, a pessoa mais corajosa que eu conheço. e também a mais apaixonada. uma coisa que eu sempre invejei em você, é a maneira que você não desiste facilmente das coisas. seu medo não te afugenta facilmente de nada.” eleanor não poderia deixar de se enxergar como o exato oposto. “não afasta tudo isso, não diminui os seus sentimentos. em nenhum momento. vocês precisam realmente ter uma conversa sobre tudo isso, mia. por mais difícil que seja o caminho depois, você merece viver um amor de verdade.”

#in character: answers. #partner: lune. #character: eleanor arundell. #dynamic: eleanor & mia. #depois de dias!!!!!! #finalmente consegui acabar #realmnte odeiam ver loiras ganhando

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#character: margaret howard. #character: nicholas seymour. #character: eleanor arundell. #character: theodore ruddick. #character: stephen armitage. #character: evelyn north. #character: claire rutherford. #character: gareth dawson. #character: sydney cameron. #character: benjamin vinchhi. #character: vincent dashwood. #character: carter andrews. #character: ethan hoffman.

[mossflowermouse]

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been reading ‘When Christ and His Saints Slept’ by Sharon Penman, writing my thoughts down as I went. Currently writing a proper review of the book as a whole, but for now I’m posting those original bullet-point reactions. It got kind of long so this is part one of three. I’ve also gone back through and divided things up by chapter, because otherwise it’ll get really confusing. 

Below the cut, the civil war begins, everyone is picking sides (but not necessarily staying where they first choose), and I am emotional about the mess this has very quickly become for everyone involved.

Did a bit of reading up on this period – for historical fiction, I like to know more or less what will be covered, especially for Penman books since there's such close attention to detail (also because it can lead to some lovely dramatic irony, knowing how things will play out, and I don’t think of it as spoilers in the same way as other fiction). I’m now aware of the broad strokes – bits of the family tree, the ship sinking, some of the key events during the Anarchy. Also thanks to that one Horrible Histories song, I know Stephen becomes king but Maude is never crowned queen, and her son Henry succeeds Stephen.

I’ve read one other book by this author, ‘The Sunne in Splendour’, but fully expect this to be a completely different experience – I’d spent months studying and reading up on the Wars of the Roses before that, whereas here all the knowledge I have is from like half an hour of Googling, the family tree in the front of the book, things from a few Tumblr posts, and some other faintly-remembered facts about the earliest Plantagenets. I’m really looking forward to it, though, and fully expect to be destroyed with family drama, incredible historical accuracy, and the heartbreak of getting attached to these people while knowing the inevitable conclusion. Here goes.

Chapter I:

Oh no Stephen's got so many relatives on the White Ship 

William’s giving me Edmund of Rutland déjà vu – there seems to be a running theme of Penman’s books opening with the death of a 17-year-old noble sibling of one of the main characters. 

Oh no I got attached to William 

(HOW did I get attached to William, he was alive for like five pages)

Just finished reading the sinking of the White Ship, decided to research it a bit more. I really ought to stop being surprised by how much of the stuff in Penman's novels is real – in this case, Berold as the sole survivor and William's attempt to go back for his sister were the details I'd wondered about. In conclusion: already hooked.

[then I forgot to write anything for a while because the book was too gripping]

Chapter IV:

Ranulf is fairly prominent in these chapters - according to the character list, he seems to be the only notable fictional character. When reading The Sunne in Splendour, I didn't find out Veronique was made up until the author's note at the end, so comparing the experience of reading about those two will be interesting. I like him though. 

Note to self: look into William Rufus' death - Stephen and Ranulf's conversation about how Ranulf’s father took the throne has me intrigued.

Chapter V:

First impression of Geoffrey was that he was awful; a hundred pages in and he's done nothing to really change that. Currently resisting the temptation to Google and find out how much longer the characters and I have to deal with him.

I know Maude's not going to get the throne and it's making me sad because of her line about freedom. 

And then listing the people she trusts and Stephen's one of them...oh you poor dysfunctional family. And the worst part is, it really doesn't seem like he's going to take the throne for his own gain - he's going to think it's for the best for all of them and he cares about Maude and all their siblings and cousins will have to choose sides :(

And there it is.

Chapters VI and VII:

Stephen: what other choice does Maude have but to accept my kingship? ...well, according to Wikipedia, wage war against you for twenty years, Stephen.

Oh god even Robert's accepted Stephen as king, I was expecting him to side with Maude. He doesn't seem happy with it, though - maybe a change of heart later on? 

Ranulf's the only one so far who definitely seems to be on Maude's side.

Okay, yeah, less than half a page later and Robert's already explaining that his loyalty to Stephen is largely a waiting game.

Ranulf's going to get himself killed with his recklessness and open loyalty to Maude isn't he. And I can't even look him up to know for sure and prepare myself because he's fictional. Why. 

Oh no and Amabel just mentioned he's seventeen, that's absolutely a death flag as far as Penman characters are concerned (William in this one, Edmund of Rutland and Edouard of Westminster in TSiS come to mind).

Amabel's like "well what does Ranulf have to lose by supporting Maude" and while Robert replies by talking about his betrothal, I'm suddenly very worried that the real answer is "his life"

(Also, I appreciate that much of the book up to this point has been dedicated to the bonds between family members who will soon be on opposite sides of a civil war. This is going to hurt, but I do like being invested in characters.)

Annora :(

Awww, Maude and Ranulf (and poor Ranulf's looking back on his memories of Stephen)

First mention of Eleanor of Aquitaine!

Ugh, Geoffrey.

UGH, GEOFFREY

And first mention of William de Ypres!

Ranulf is still so optimistic and he's going to get his heart broken. 

And Ancel says Annora's married. Yup, I suspected she might not be as willing to wait as Ranulf, given the circumstances.

Hmm, Stephen's having difficulty with his court. 

Any reference to Robert as 'Gloucester' is making me instinctively like him more after TSiS. (Also, even besides that, the king's relative Gloucester being one of the most powerful nobles is something that keeps cropping up in medieval England. Although Robert's the Earl rather than Duke like later ones)

Chapters VIII and IX:

Robert and Amabel have decided to support Maude! Yes! Now I'm wondering if this will be permanent, though, because there's still 750 pages and like fifteen years of civil war to go. Something other than Geoffrey is going to have to go wrong for Maude for the war to continue that long, because Stephen's really not doing well here.

More traitors in Stephen's court (Miles and Brien) - I wasn't sure at first if it was just unfounded suspicion from Stephen and the other barons, but yeah, it seems they're loyal to Maude.

Matilda's taking a much more active role in the war - first the Dover siege, now the treaty with David of Scotland. I'm enjoying seeing her grow in confidence and discover what she’s able to achieve. Maybe it's not that things will go wrong for Maude, but instead a case of things starting to go right for Stephen and Matilda's side.

Meanwhile, Stephen's being peer pressured into becoming a harsher ruler (well, it's more that several of the nobles are pretty much ruling though him. And the Beaumonts aren't happy about Matilda's influence. Please give me all the court drama, this is good.)

(Also I keep reading Beaumont as Beaufort. The vague similarities between them don’t help. Noble family with even more questionable ambitions than the average noble family and whatnot)

u g h 

Poor Henry's having quite the turbulent childhood (though both Maude and Geoffrey love him, so at least there's that. Honestly wasn’t sure what to expect from Geoffrey, relieved he’s apparently a decent father. But considering everything else, the bar really is on the floor here.)

Maude, Robert, Ranulf and Rainald are so good. I've always got a soft spot for siblings who band together in a crisis (and because of TSIS, can't help but draw vague parallels between this lot and the later Plantagenet siblings)

Awww, Uncle Ranulf with Maude's kids 

Adeliza's offering to let them land at Arundel Castle - based on what's been said about the situation in England (and Maude's main difficulty being the crossing from Normandy, with nowhere to land safely), this could really be a turning point!

Chapter X:

Just met Adeliza and I like her already.

Robert and Amabel's farewell has me concerned that something's going to happen to one of them

Well that went wrong quickly (they arrived at Arundel Castle a week ago and Stephen's already besieging it)

...wait, how did Stephen find out they're here so quickly? (Possibilities I can think of: Robert was discovered en route to Bristol (please no), there's a spy somewhere in the castle, Adeliza and Stephen had this planned all along (would also be upsetting, I like the glimpse we've had of her friendship with Maude))

Okay, so it's not Adeliza. That's good. I'm worried about Robert though.

"His barons seemed to take turns standing as sentinels between Stephen and his better instincts." This is such a good line and it really sums up my thoughts on Stephen's position right now.

Aw, Stephen's still fond of Maude. I can't decide whether this is more heartwarming or tragic.

“...it was only when he was on his way back to the castle that the significance of the Bishop’s words penetrated. Stephen’s allies made a point of referring to Maude by the title she herself detested: Countess of Anjou. Her own supporters accorded her the rank she much preferred, that of empress. And so, Ranulf finally realized, had the Bishop.” wait what

So does this mean Henry's going to defect or????

I knew he was angry with Stephen about not becoming Archbishop but still. Maybe he's just being petty and this isn't a sign of an actual betrayal.

Robert :)

And Miles and Brien are openly supporting Maude!

...aaand time for war. And there's the chronicle the title's from!

#I'll try to post the next part of this today or early tomorrow #and a proper coherent review eventually #when christ and his saints slept #sharon penman #everyone please read this book it's so good #(it also seems to have got me out of a reading slump) #iz.txt #penmanblogging

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[daisyjoners]

❝ no one has ever made me feel the way you do. ❞ // alec & eleanor

eleanor sempre fora uma pessoa pragmática, que não gostava de sentir que estava dando múltiplas voltas no mesmo lugar sem atingir resultado algum. a ideia de se envolver com causas perdidas nunca fora de seu agrado, se sentia uma tola ao não saber como lidar com as situações mais adversas. gostar de zonas de conforto era simples, e imaginar-se em um cotidiano que acabaria se tornando mundano, estático, sempre parecera ser o melhor que conseguiria encontrar na situação que a sua posição social oferecia. com o início da temporada social, por conseguinte, tivera ainda mais convicção de que era o ideal se colocar na posição de aceitar a opção mais razoável que aparecesse para um casamento, que enfrentar o medo constante e tentar encontrar um suposto amor arrebatador e que não estava destinada a ter em sua vida.

seu conformismo a levava a ter como consolo a realidade de que sua liberdade se encontraria deveras maior quando comparado à perspectiva de um casamento arranjado, anteriormente tudo o que poderia almejar. gostaria de imaginar que envolver muito menos política, mais afeição, contudo, uma coisa que não se enxergava como sendo, era ingênua; e absolutamente tudo que sua posição envolvia, exigia um envolvimento político consequente. nunca estaria apta a escolher um noivo e contrair matrimônio com um cavalheiro que a coroa não considerasse vantajoso de alguma maneira, tanto por títulos, quanto por mérito próprio e reputação quanto aos demais membros da corte. e estava confortável com a ideia. não participaria de um romance como os das heroínas dos livros cujas leituras se aprofundava junto de sua melhor amiga, mas estava tudo bem. porque não existira, durante e vinte e dois anos, nada que pudesse representar uma ameaça para a perspectiva que mantinha sobre a sua própria vida. tudo havia mudado, entretanto, com o reencontro com alexander. 

a chegada do braddock viera como um tornado em sua vida; toda a paz em que estava com as decisões, a realidade de sua vida, seus próprios sentimentos, tudo, pareciam ter sumido em uma mera questão de momentos ao estar novamente em torno da figura de seu passado. aquilo poderia ser o suficiente para a deixar completamente louca. porque alexander cada vez mais se mostrava ser capaz de eliminar todo o seu bom senso, ao mesmo tempo em que o trazia à tona outra vez ao retornar à sua mente a incontável lista de razões pelas quais qualquer coisa que envolvesse ele era uma péssima ideia - e o que acontecia em sua mente, e se concretizava na vida real, como naquele momento, somente funcionava como mais combustível para acrescentar àquela fogueira em seu interior. era cada vez mais difícil para a arundell se agarrar aos resquícios de sua prudência, e escutar palavras como aquelas que eram pronunciadas por ele, agravava progressivamente mais a sua situação.

simultaneamente, a sentença do mais velho era capaz de deixá-la praticamente levitando, sentindo que poderia estar nas nuvens ao escutar de alguém o que tanto secretamente sonhara em ter em sua vida, só nunca tivera a coragem de tentar encontrar, e novamente prendia os seus pés no chão. porque junto das palavras encantadoras de alec, vinha a lembrança constante de quantas chances existiam de tudo aquilo dar errado. do quão provável era de somente estar se deslumbrando por uma possibilidade que sequer a realidade poderia comportar. aquilo doía, independentemente de ser pronunciado ou não por alexander qualquer evidência de estar correta em esperar sempre o pior que ele teria a oferecer. “o que você fala é lindo,” o murmuro escapou de seus lábios enquanto percorria o maxilar dele com o polegar, com um toque suave, enquanto seus olhos não conseguiam deixar ir os traços do rosto masculino. “não acho que já te falei, mas é o que eu sempre quis ouvir alguém falando sobre mim. sempre quis que alguém tivesse certeza sobre mim.” contou, seus dígitos se afastando da pele masculina ao retornar o corpo para a postura usual. 

“por isso, é difícil acreditar que você não está falando isso por falar, ou por achar que é o tipo de baboseira que eu devo querer escutar. não seria a primeira vez que iria fazer uma coisa dessas, alec.” não se referia unicamente ao cortejo frustrado de ambos, no início daquela temporada, mas ao comportamento notável de alexander quanto a diversas outras damas durante todas as participações que ele realizara aos eventos sociais de londres. e aquilo a frustrava. porque conseguia apenas imaginar a quantidade de garotas que deveriam ter escutado exatamente aquilo, e acreditado ser verdade. e agora até mesmo conceber a ideia de ele estar sendo genuíno consigo a deixava perdida. “e nós dois sabemos que você não dá importância o suficiente a praticamente nada, pra que chegue ao ponto de realmente ter que fazer algo sobre isso. então, por que comigo seria diferente? qual a razão nós temos pra acreditar nisso?” o questionou, deixando de lado a preocupação de como poderia soar com aquilo. não saberia afirmar o que eram os medos mais genuínos e as dúvidas coerentes quanto ao histórico de ambos, e o que era tão somente as idealizações negativas e covardes de sua mente se pronunciando tão mais alto. “você não deveria falar das coisas das quais não tem certeza.”

#partner: lune. #character: eleanor arundell. #in character: answers. #⧽ ⠀ ⠀ ── ⠀ ⠀ the kind of reckless that should send me running but i know that i won't get far ⠀ ⠀ ﹕ ⠀ ⠀ eleanor & alec. #literalmente DOIS MESES entre começar e acabar a ask #os efeitos de uma fczinha nova pra minha loira regencial dois

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tag dump! lune’s version - personagens.

#character: margaret howard. #character: nicholas seymour. #character: eleanor arundell. #character: theodore ruddick. #character: stephen armitage. #character: evelyn north. #character: gareth dawson. #character: claire rutherford. #character: sydney cameron. #character: benjamin vinchhi. #character: vincent dashwood. #character: carter andrews. #character: ethan hoffman. #character: camille abernathy. #character: olivia wyatt. #character: james carmichael. #character: lara kaplan. #character: jonathan killian. #character: constance cavendish. #character: lucas bergman. #character: nina harlot. #character: henrik sørensen. #character: marcus müller. #character: jax shepard.

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TAG DUMP: CHARACTERS - PART ONE.

repostando minhas tags de char porque o tumblr fez o favor de apagar praticamente TODAS as minhas tags ����

#tag dump #character: shin ahryung. #character: aileen everett. #character: alina carroway. #character: alyssa vega. #character: allison hayworth. #character: aspen liu. #character: atlas ward. #character: benjamin vincchi. #character: bethany harrington. #character: camille abernathy. #character: cassie yang. #character: catalina reyes. #character: cecilia mulligan. #character: chrissy cunningham #character: colin atwood. #character: nam daejung. #character: daisy darlington. #character: danielle munson. #character: eleanor arundell. #character: evelyn north. #character: gareth dawson. #character: kang hana. #character: go hyena.

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Susannah Hornebolt-was the first known female artist in England and the Tudor dynasty

William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton-English courtier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville Sir Ralph Sadler,-was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador to Scotland. Sadler went on to serve Edward VI, although having signed the device settling the crown on Jane Grey, was obliged to retire to his estates during the reign of Mary I William Paget-was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham-was an aristocrat during the early Tudor dynasty in England. A soldier and magnate, he participated in the English wars of his days and in the political turmoil following the death of Henry VIII. Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy-  was an English courtier and patron of learning. He was one of the peers summoned for the trial of lords Darcy and Hussey and he was also on the panel of 3 December 1538 for the trial of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu, and Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter, his own brother-in-law. William Coffin- was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England. He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII and Master of the Horse to Queen Jane Seymour Anne Locke- was an English poet, translator and Calvinist religious figure. Victor Turner- Servant at English court. He is a fictional character, his story is all yours to make. George Throckmorton- was an English politician and a member of Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII. Ralph Ellerker - was an English soldier, knight and Member of Parliament. John Constable- was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester- was an English judge, politician and peer Rick Grimes- solider at English court. He is a fictional character, his story is all yours to make. Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex- was a prominent courtier and soldier during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Blanche Shore-Maid to Emilia Grace Lanier,  Duchess of Gloucester. A fictional character, hers story is all yours to make. Vasilisa Rosalinda-Schoolgirl at Lambeth, a fictional character, hers story is all yours to make. Thomas AUDLEY (1st. Baron Audley of Walden)- was Lord chancellor of England  under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the great seal in 1532. A loyal servant of Henry VIII, he supported the King's divorce  from Catalina de Aragón and as chancellor presided  over the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher. He also aided in the prosecution of Anne Boleyn , Sir Thomas Cromwell , and other notables; being instrumental with laws concerning the dissolution of the monasteries and the king's marital difficulties. Sir Thomas ARUNDELL-was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Cardinal Wolsey and served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire in 1531-32. He was knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533. Sir Edward BAYNTUN- Stood high in favour with King Henry VIII, where he enjoyed considerable influence and was Vice-Chamberlain to five of his Queens (Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr). Edward was Queen Anne's Vice-Chamberlain – replacing Sir Thomas Bryan after he was appointed the Queen's Chancellor. He is said to have shared some of Anne's religious stance, but was a career courtier, hence serving the remainder of Henry's wives in the same capacity. Francis BIGOD of Settrington, Knight- was in the service of Cardinal Wolsey, and under Thomas Cromwell, Wolsey's successor in the favour of Henry VIII, was engaged in advancing in Yorkshire the King's reforms in church matters. John DYNHAM- He quickly won the trust of Henry VII, who retained Dynham on the council and named him Lord Treasurer. Dynham became one of Henry VII's most active councilors, serving on many royal boards and commissions, including a commission charged with reforming the administration of Crown lands. Dynham also received numerous other offices and honors. Thomas ELYOT -English diplomatist and scholar  In 1531 he produced the Boke named the Governour, dedicated to King Henry VIII. The work advanced him in the King favor, and in the close of the year he received instructions to proceed to the court of the Emperor Carlos V to induce him to take a more favorable view of Henry projected divorce from Catalina of Aragon. Richard LONG- Politician and courtier, for many years a member of the privy chamber of Henry VIII Henry MANNERS-His first marriage was celebrated with the royal presence of the King Henry VIII and the new Queen, Jane Seymour, on 3 Jul 1536. He married Margaret, fourth daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, a great northern magnate. The same day his sister, Anne, married Henry, Westmoreland's heir.He succeeded as second Earl of Rutland on his father death, 20 Sep 1543; was knighted by Henry VIII in 1544 and was one of the mourners at the King's funeral. Thomas MANNERS-He was appointe Knight of the Garter on 24 Apr 1525, the same that Henry Fitzroy, the King illegitimate son with Bessie Blount, and on 18 Jun of that year, Fitzroy was made Duke of Richmond and Manners Earl of Rutland.He was appointed chamberlain for the coronation of Queen Jane Seymour, and Eleanor, his wife, had a place between her ladies. John MORDAUNT-As a young man, Mordaunt had been introduced by his father into Henry VIII's court, created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, and been among the courtiers present at the arrival of Anne of Cleves at Blackheath. During the closing years of Henry VIII's reign, and increasingly under Edward VI, however, both he and his father forfeited royal favour through their opposition to religious change.[/b] Thomas WHARTON- he was appointed steward of he household of Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII.He became a Roman Catholic and strongly supported Mary. Ralph SADLER-While still young, Ralph was taken into the household of Thomas Cromwell, later Henry VIII's great minister and Earl of Essex. Probably in 1536 Sadler was made a gentleman of the King's privy chamber, and he at once made so good an impression on the King that Henry VIII sent him in 1537 on a most delicate and important mission to Scotland, to try to find out how much truth there was in the complaints made by bis sister, Margaret, the Queen-Dowager, against her third husband, Lord Methven, and to investigate the relations between the King of Scotland and the French. Margaret Skipwith- was the daughter of Sir William Skipwith of Kettleby and South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, and his second wife, Alice Dymoke. In 1538, when Henry VIII was a widower looking for a foreign bride, Margaret Skipwith was rumored to be his mistress.

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Others

William Whitfield  -  Duke of Whitfield

William Blithe Pitt-Courtier

Walter Devereux-1st Viscount Hereford

Conrad Vos - Ambassador

Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton

William Paulet- 3rd Marquess of Winchester

Margaret Craddock- Lady Herbert

William Sharrington- Gentleman of the privy chamber

Melina Othonos  -  gypsy; ficitonal; her story is yours to make Daisy Wharton  -  artist; fictiona; her story is yours to make Peter Davenport -  courtier; fictional; his story is yours to make Jennifer Leodegrance  -  nurse Elizabeth Browne - Countess of Worcester; partner of Martin of Navarre Robin Locksley - Duke of Locksley Mary Herbert Gamage- housewife Katherina Prue wife to Thomas Cranmer John de Vere-  Earl of Oxford Marian Dubois Locksley - Duchess of Locksley Peter Locksley -  Duke of Locksley Richard Locksley  -  Duke of Locksley John Wallop-English soldier and diplomatist John Dudley - 1st duke of Northumberland, married to Jane Guildford Lyanna Grey-  schoolgirl at Lambeth Tobias Braddock-Duke of Moray. Brother to Rebecca Braddock David Bolton - brother to Ramsay Bolton William Paulet - 3rd Marquess of Winchester. Historical Anne Bostock - courtier; sister of Margaret Bostock Thomas Lee - courtier; brother of Anthony, Francis and Jane William Blithe Pitt[/b] - English courtier Quamu Romani - gypsy Tommy George Herbert - son of Margaret Cradock and Richard Herbert Sir Robert Tavistock - fiance of Ursula Misseldon Cecilia Weston-Neville - Countess of Westmorland Eleanor Swynford-was descend from Katherine Swynford (mother of the Tudor dynasty). John Swynford- Baron of FitzHugh, was descend from Katherine Swynford (mother of the Tudor dynasty). He is a shrewd and very ambitious man and will most likely try to gain a better position at court or a better title and wishes to secure a good marriage (or position) for his daughter. Susannah Hornebolt-was the first known female artist in England and the Tudor dynasty John Parker-husband to Susannah Hornebolt William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton-English courtier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville Edmund Bedingfield - was entrusted with the care of Katherine of Aragon, at Kimbolton Castle, following the proceedings of 18 June 1529, concerning King Henry VIII's Great Matter (divorce). 9]]Sir Ralph Sadler,-was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador to Scotland. Sadler went on to serve Edward VI, although having signed the device settling the crown on Jane Grey, was obliged to retire to his estates during the reign of Mary I Lucas Hornebolt - brother to Susannah Hornebolt William Paget-was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. ]b]George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham[/b]-was an aristocrat during the early Tudor dynasty in England. A soldier and magnate, he participated in the English wars of his days and in the political turmoil following the death of Henry VIII. Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy-  was an English courtier and patron of learning. He was one of the peers summoned for the trial of lords Darcy and Hussey and he was also on the panel of 3 December 1538 for the trial of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu, and Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter, his own brother-in-law. William Coffin- was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England. He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII and Master of the Horse to Queen Jane Seymour Anne Locke- was an English poet, translator and Calvinist religious figure. Camille Van Houten- Nurse at English court Edward Burgh-was an English peer Victor Turner- Servant at English court. He is a fictional character, his story is all yours to make. George Throckmorton- was an English politician and a member of Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII. Ralph Ellerker - was an English soldier, knight and Member of Parliament. John Constable- was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester- was an English judge, politician and peer Hans Holbein- was artist and printmaker at the English court.  He worked under the patronage of Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell. By 1535, he was King's Painter to King Henry VIII. In this role, he produced not only portraits and festive decorations but designs for jewellery, plate and other precious objects. His portraits of the royal family and nobles are a record of the court in the years when Henry was asserting his supremacy over the English church. Rick Grimes- solider at English court. He is a fictional character, his story is all yours to make. Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex- was a prominent courtier and soldier during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Blanche Shore-[/b] Maid to Emilia Grace Lanier,  Duchess of Gloucester. A fictional character, hers story is all yours to make. Vasilisa Rosalinda-Schoolgirl at Lambeth, a fictional character, hers story is all yours to make. William Norris[/b]-son to Madge Norris and Henry Norris [b]Elizabeth Brooke- wife of Thomas Wyatt[/b] Lucy Neville - mother of Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester Sir Anthony Browne - father of Elizabeth Browne Thomas AUDLEY (1st. Baron Audley of Walden)- was Lord chancellor of England  under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the great seal in 1532. A loyal servant of Henry VIII, he supported the King's divorce  from Catalina de Aragón and as chancellor presided  over the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher. He also aided in the prosecution of Anne Boleyn , Sir Thomas Cromwell , and other notables; being instrumental with laws concerning the dissolution of the monasteries and the king's marital difficulties. Sir Thomas ARUNDELL-was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Cardinal Wolsey and served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire in 1531-32. He was knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533. Sir Edward BAYNTUN- Stood high in favour with King Henry VIII, where he enjoyed considerable influence and was Vice-Chamberlain to five of his Queens (Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr). Edward was Queen Anne's Vice-Chamberlain – replacing Sir Thomas Bryan after he was appointed the Queen's Chancellor. He is said to have shared some of Anne's religious stance, but was a career courtier, hence serving the remainder of Henry's wives in the same capacity. Francis BIGOD of Settrington, Knight- was in the service of Cardinal Wolsey, and under Thomas Cromwell, Wolsey's successor in the favour of Henry VIII, was engaged in advancing in Yorkshire the King's reforms in church matters. John DYNHAM- He quickly won the trust of Henry VII, who retained Dynham on the council and named him Lord Treasurer. Dynham became one of Henry VII's most active councilors, serving on many royal boards and commissions, including a commission charged with reforming the administration of Crown lands. Dynham also received numerous other offices and honors. Thomas ELYOT -English diplomatist and scholar  In 1531 he produced the Boke named the Governour, dedicated to King Henry VIII. The work advanced him in the King favor, and in the close of the year he received instructions to proceed to the court of the Emperor Carlos V to induce him to take a more favorable view of Henry projected divorce from Catalina of Aragon. Richard LONG- Politician and courtier, for many years a member of the privy chamber of Henry VIII Henry MANNERS-His first marriage was celebrated with the royal presence of the King Henry VIII and the new Queen, Jane Seymour, on 3 Jul 1536. He married Margaret, fourth daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, a great northern magnate. The same day his sister, Anne, married Henry, Westmoreland's heir. He succeeded as second Earl of Rutland on his father death, 20 Sep 1543; was knighted by Henry VIII in 1544 and was one of the mourners at the King's funeral. Thomas MANNERS-He was appointe Knight of the Garter on 24 Apr 1525, the same that Henry Fitzroy, the King illegitimate son with Bessie Blount, and on 18 Jun of that year, Fitzroy was made Duke of Richmond and Manners Earl of Rutland.He was appointed chamberlain for the coronation of Queen Jane Seymour, and Eleanor, his wife, had a place between her ladies. John MORDAUNT-As a young man, Mordaunt had been introduced by his father into Henry VIII's court, created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, and been among the courtiers present at the arrival of Anne of Cleves at Blackheath. During the closing years of Henry VIII's reign, and increasingly under Edward VI, however, both he and his father forfeited royal favour through their opposition to religious change.[/b] Thomas WHARTON- he was appointed steward of he household of Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII.He became a Roman Catholic and strongly supported Mary. Ralph SADLER-While still young, Ralph was taken into the household of Thomas Cromwell, later Henry VIII's great minister and Earl of Essex. Probably in 1536 Sadler was made a gentleman of the King's privy chamber, and he at once made so good an impression on the King that Henry VIII sent him in 1537 on a most delicate and important mission to Scotland, to try to find out how much truth there was in the complaints made by bis sister, Margaret, the Queen-Dowager, against her third husband, Lord Methven, and to investigate the relations between the King of Scotland and the French. Margaret Skipwith- was the daughter of Sir William Skipwith of Kettleby and South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, and his second wife, Alice Dymoke. In 1538, when Henry VIII was a widower looking for a foreign bride, Margaret Skipwith was rumored to be his mistress. Margaret Mundy- Margaret Mundy of Markeaton, who married firstly Nicholas Jennings, a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners and a Sheriff and Alderman of the City of London; secondly, as his third wife, Edmund Howard, Lord Deputy of Calais, younger son of the Duke of Norfolk and therefore became stepmother to Queen Katherine Howard, fifth wife of King Henry VIII by whom she had no children; and thirdly Henry Mannox. Steinman conjectured that Margaret Mundy's third husband was the Henry Mannox, executed in 1541, who had been music master to Katherine Howard in her youth, and had been involved in sexual indiscretions with her which later contributed to her downfall

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Ladies-in-Waiting:

Merida Fox -  lady in waiting; fictional; her story is yours to make

Aurora Holt -  lady in waiting; fictional; her story is yours to make

Brooke Andersen  -  lady in waiting; fictional; her story is yours to make

Alice Darby -  lady in waiting; fictional; her story is yours to make

Mariam Waldegrave  -  lady in waiting; fictional; her story is yours to make

Abigail Lennox- lady in waiting, a fictional character, her story is all yours to make.

Alice Nolan - lady in waiting; fictional character, her story is yours to make

Eleanor Braywas lady-in-waiting to four wives of King Henry VIII of England

Margery Golding-was lady in waiting to all Queens. And wife to JOHN DE VERE.

Eve Dufay-was lady in waiting to all Queens.

Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester- was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn and the main informant against her. she testified against Anne Boleyn, claiming she engaged in numerous adulterous acts with a handful of men including Henry Norris (courtier), Mark Smeaton, and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, the viscount Rochford and the queen’s brother.

Eleanor Manners, Countess of Rutland- was lady-in-waiting to four wives of King Henry VIII of England: Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard.

Victoria Chandler-was lady-in-waiting to four wives of King Henry VIII of England

Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley- was a lady-in-waiting and companion of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. She was one of the witnesses at the secret wedding ceremony of the King and Anne Boleyn which occurred on 25 January 1533.

Anne Calthorpe, Countess of Sussex- She served as a lady-in-waiting in the household of Queen consort Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and shared her Reformed beliefs. She was implicated in the heresy of Anne Askew. In 1552, she was sent to the Tower of London for having practised sorcery and having made "treasonous prophecies".

Brigit Wiltshire -was a neighbour, close friend and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. .

Elizabeth Blount-commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England. She was the lady in waiting to all Queens.

Elizabeth Stoner- was a lady-in-waiting to each of Henry VIII of England's six wives, and was the 'Mother of the Maids', with responsibility for the conduct of the young maids-of-honour.

Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland- an English noblewoman, the wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Having grown up with her future husband, who was her father's ward, she married at about age 16. They had 13 children. Jane Dudley served as a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII and was a close friend of Queen Catherine Parr. Reformed in religious outlook, she was also a supporter of the Protestant martyr Anne Askew.

Mary Arundell- She was a gentlewoman at court in the reign of King Henry VIII, serving two of Henry VIII's Queens, and the King's daughter, Princess Mary.

Margery Horsman- was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn. And probably was supplied useful information against Anne in May 1536 and would serve her successor, Jane Seymour.

Margaret Dymoke -was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII of England. She was lady in waiting to Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour.

Madeleine Murray-Lady in waiting to Isabella Tavington

Jeanne Laurent- lady in waiting to Mary Tudor

Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos- was an English noblewoman, who served as a Maid of Honour to three queens consort of King Henry VIII of England; Anne Of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr

Elena Wolf -lady in waiting to Victoria Grey

Fenella Scarborough- lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon

Francoise Edwards -lady in waiting to Margarete Knivert

Lucy Somerset, Baroness Latimer- She served as a Maid of Honour to Queen consort Catherine Howard. Lady Lucy married in 1545, John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer, the stepson of King Henry's sixth consort Catherine Parr to whom Lucy served in the capacity of Lady-in-waiting.

Susan Clarencieux - was a favourite lady in waiting and longtime friend to Queen Mary I of England.

Vanessa Montez-lady in waiting to Eliza Courtney

Alegra Garcia - lady in waiting to Vanessa Tavington; mistress of Henry Norris; fictional character

Mary Fleming - lady in waiting for Anne Boleyn, a fictional character, hers story is all yours to make.[/b]

Eleanor Paston-was the daughter of Sir William Paston and Bridget Heydon. Eleanor was by birth a Paston, whose family's fortunes were inevitably linked with the house of Howard. By her mother she was a relative of Anne Boleyn.she was a lady of the privy chamber to Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Howard[/color]

Arabella O'Reilly - lady in waiting, a fictional character, her story is all yours to make.

Louise de Foixlady in waiting, a fictional character, her story is all yours to make.

Eleanor West-lady in waiting

Mary Dudley-lady in waiting

Eleanor Luke-lady in waiting

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