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Anne Basset (1520 – before 1558) was an English lady-in-waiting of the Tudor period, reputed to have been the mistress of King Henry VIII. [1] Biography. Anne was born in 1520, [2] the fourth child of Sir John Basset and Honor Grenville (daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall and his wife Isabella).
Jan 1, 2022 · Discover the story of the Cornish girl, Anne Basset, who was the mistress of Henry VIII and very nearly his forth wife.
Jul 24, 2017 · After Mary Shelton and before the execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry was courting Jane Seymour. — There were other ladies who were rumored to be the king s mistresses: Mary Berkeley, Jane Pollard, Joanna Dingley, Anne Bassett and Elizabeth Cobham – but we ll leave those ladies stories for another day.
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Anne Bassett, stepdaughter of the King's uncle, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, lady-in-waiting to Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Queen Mary I. Elizabeth Carew, wife of his close friend, Nicholas Carew, and half-first cousin of Anne Boleyn.
Jan 16, 2017 · January 16, 2017. This letter was written around 1539 and found in Lisle Paper, Vol. I. No 86. It states that Anne of Cleves had passed through Calais where Lady Lisle was to greet her. It is around this time (1538-1539) that Anne Bassett is first rumored as a mistress to King Henry VIII.
May 9, 2016 · Most of what we know about Anne Bassett comes from the letters she wrote or which were written about her and survived in the archive of Lisle letters. Anne Bassett was Arthur’s step-daughter. Her mother was Honor Grenville and her father was Sir John Bassett. Arthur married Honor in 1529.
Sep 20, 2017 · Most of what we know about Anne Bassett comes from the letters she wrote or which were written about her and survived in the archive of Lisle letters. Anne Bassett was Arthur’s step-daughter. Her mother was Honor Grenville and her father was Sir John Bassett.
