Daughter Possible Bride For King Henry VIII
In 1542 Chapuys, the Imperial ambassador, reported that on the eve of Catherine Howard's execution, the king appeared besotted with Anne Bassett, and that she was a possible sixth wife. This eventuality may have been ruined by Anne's own family as her sister Elizabeth Bassett favoured the King marrying her own mistress, Anne of Cleves, and made comments implying that this seemed to be what God wanted. She also said, "What a man is our king? How many wives will he have?", which was reported to the King and resulted in her being judicially questioned, a serious matter as under the treason laws her remarks might have warranted the death penalty. The Bassett family continued to serve at the courts of Henry VIII's children.
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