Anne Seymour

Religious Persecution: Anne Askew

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On the 16th of July 1546, the Protestant martyr, Anne Askew was burned at the stake for her beliefs. Anne had been unfairly racked “till her bones and joints were almost plucked asunder, in such sort as she was carried away in a chair”. She had been imprisoned in the Tower by Thomas Wriothesley and … [More]

Anne Seymour: Wicked Woman

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  Born in 1510 was the only child of Sir Edward Stanhope and his wife Elizabeth Bourchier. Through her mother, Anne was a descendant of Thomas of Woodstock, the youngest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.  Anne Stanhope met Edward Seymour (not yet the queen’s brother) around 1529, after the downfall of his … [More]