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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><table align="bottom" cellpadding="3" class="WPC-edit-style-grid1 WPC-edit-border-all WPC-edit-styleData-color1=%23191919&amp;color2=%23474747" width="750"><tr><td class="" width="33%"><br/></td><td bgcolor="#18393b" class="WPC-edit-custom-bgColor" width="33%"><div align="center"><b><font face="Times" size="5">The History<br/>of<br/>[[Thomas Seymour]]<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></font></b><div align="center"> <font size="2">Click EasyEdit to update this page! </font></div> <div align="center"> <font color="#ffffff" size="2">(Don't see the <i>EasyEdit </i>button above? </font><br/><font color="#ffffff"><a href="../#signin" target="_self"><font color="#90d6d6" size="2">Sign in</font></a><font size="2"> or </font><a href="../accountnew" target="_self"><font color="#90d6d6" size="2">Sign up</font></a></font><font color="#ffffff" size="2">.)</font></div></div></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="WPC-edit-custom-bgColor" width="33%"><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><font size="4"><b><font size="2">[[File:N3r8OlhsvutpOSCuds-xdA115030.jpeg|225px|Thomas Seymour - The Tudors Wiki]]</font></b></font></font></font></td></tr></table><br/><table align="bottom" cellpadding="3" class="WPC-edit-style-grid1 WPC-edit-border-all WPC-edit-styleData-color1=%23191919&amp;color2=%23474747" width="750"><tr><td class="" width="50%"><b>INTERESTING FACTS:</b><br/><br/><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="2">[[Thomas Seymour]] </font><font face="Arial" size="2">quickly won the favour of the King, who gave him many grants of land and employed him in the royal household and on diplomatic missions abroad.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="2">From 1540 to 1542 he was at Vienna, and in 1543 in the Netherlands, where he served with distinction in the war against France, holding for a short time the supreme command of the English army.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">Henry may have sent Thomas away in 1543 because he was aware that [[Catherine Parr]] had become very fond of him and wanted to remove his influence.</font><br/></li></ul><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1544 he was rewarded with the post of master of the ordnance for life, becoming admiral of the fleet a few months later, in which capacity he was charged with guarding the Channel against French invasion.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">From the time he was made Lord High Admiral he was mainly occupied in intrigue against his brother the Protector, [[Edward Seymour]] of whose power he was jealous; and he aimed at procuring for himself the position of guardian of the young king,Edward VI</font><font size="2">.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">Several matrimonial projects entered into Seymour's schemes for gratifying his ambitions, including [[Princess Mary Tudor]] &amp; Mary Fitzroy nee Howard (Henry's illegitimate son [[Henry Fitzroy]]'s widow). No sooner was Henry VIII dead than the Lord High Admiral tried to secure [[Princess Elizabeth Tudor]]</font><font size="2"> (later queen) in marriage; and when this project was frustrated he secretly married the late king's </font><font size="2">widow,[[catherine Parr|Catherine Parr]]</font><font size="2">, whose hand he had vainly sought as early as 1543. He also took steps to ingratiate himself with Edward, and proposed a marriage between the king and the Lady Jane Grey</font><font size="2">.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">He entered into relations with pirates on the western coasts, whom it was his duty as Lord High Admiral to suppress, with a view to securing their support; and when the Protector invaded Scotland in the summer of 1547, Seymour fomented opposition to his authority in his absence.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">On the death of his wife in September of the same year, he made renewed attempts to marry the [[Princess Elizabeth Tudor]]</font><font size="2">.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="2">Thomas developed a plan to kidnap the King. </font><font size="2">On the night of the 16th of January 1549, Thomas broke into the King's apartments at [[Hampton Court Palace]]</font><font size="2">. He entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels</font><font size="2">. Alerted by the dog, the guards arrested Thomas, and he was sent to the [[Tower of London]].H</font><font size="2">e was convicted of 33 counts of treason, and executed on the 20th of March 1549.</font></li></ul><br/></td><td align="left" class="" width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2"><br/></font><br/><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial" size="2"><div align="center"> [[File:L gtzslCOpDpc8B65nhEhQ27429.jpeg|273px|Thomas Seymour - The Tudors Wiki]]<br/> <div align="left"><font size="3"><br/><b><font face="Times" size="3">[[Thomas Seymour]]'s connection to [[Princess Elizabeth Tudor]] :</font></b></font><br/> <br/> In 1547, Thomas had ambitions to raise himself through a royal wife, either Mary or Elizabeth. His interest in Mary is mentioned in a report from the Imperial Ambassador, Van Der Delft, and his interest in Elizabeth is proved by correspondence from February 1547 where Seymour writes to Elizabeth:-</div> <br/> <div align="left"><b><font face="Times" size="3"><i>“I have so much respect for you my Princess, that I dare not tell you</i><i> of the fire which consumes me, and the impatience with which </i><i>I yearn to show you my devotion. If it is my good fortune to inspire</i><i> in you feelings of kindness, and you will consent to a marriage</i><i> you may assure yourself of having made the happiness of a man </i><i>who will adore you till death.”</i></font></b></div><i> <br/> </i><div align="left">Elizabeth refused him stating her surprise and that her young age, she was not ready for marriage. However after her father's death and [[Thomas Seymour]]'s marriage to [[Catherine Parr]], Elizabeth came under their the guardianship. [[Thomas Seymour]]'s ambitions would eventually lead to him being arrested for treason. Both Elizabeth and her governess Kat Ashley would be arrested and interrogated. Under this interrogation Kat Ashley stated that Thomas would get into bed with the teenage Elizabeth tickle her and stroke her buttocks. It was also said that [[Catherine Parr]] held Elizabeth whileThomas cut her dress to pieces with a sword. During [[Catherine Parr]]'s</div><div align="left">pregnancy, Thomas became more ardent and this became the reason that Elizabeth was sent away. Elizabeth denied anything untoward had happened and managed to survive unlike [[Thomas Seymour]] but she learned a great lesson in the adult world.  </div></div></font></td></tr><tr><td class="" width="50%"><br/></td><td class="" width="50%"><br/></td></tr><tr><td class="" width="50%">LINKS:<br/><ul><li><a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2G6fq3EADM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Thomas Seymour &amp; Elizabeth Tudor by David Starkey">Thomas Seymour &amp; Elizabeth Tudor by David Starkey</a></li><li><a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh6wWFT8Law" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Documentary of Hatfield House mentioning Thomas Seymour">Documentary of Hatfield House mentioning Thomas Seymour</a></li><li><a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNFSr18428&amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pics of Sudeley Castle - home of Catherine Parr &amp; Thomas Seymour">Pics of Sudeley Castle - home of Catherine Parr &amp; Thomas Seymour</a></li></ul></td><td class="" width="50%"><font color="#ffffff" size="4">LITERATURE:<br/></font><ul><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><li><font face="georgia" size="2"><font face="Georgia" size="1"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Elton, G. R.  <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/041506533X/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">England Under the Tudors</a>.1991.</font></font></font></li><li><font face="georgia" size="2"><font face="Georgia" size="1"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">      Haynes, Alan.  <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811715248/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untam'd Desire: Sex in Elizabethan England</a>.1997.</font></font></font></li><li><font face="georgia" size="2"><font face="Georgia" size="1"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">      Starkey, David. <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060959517/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne</a>. 2001.</font></font></font></li><li><font face="georgia" size="2"><font face="Georgia" size="1"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">      Wilson, Derek. <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312302770/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition, and</a><a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312302770/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII</a>.2003.</font></font></font></li><li><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><font face="georgia" size="2"><font face="Georgia" size="1"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Ross, Josephine. <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0753818337/luminariumA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Men Who Would Be King: Suitors to Queen Elizabeth I</a>.2005.</font></font></font></font></li></font></ul></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="" width="50%"><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><div align="center"> [[File:YSngxKgSjnF-XE7Msr9C8Q43840.jpeg|314px|Thomas Seymour - The Tudors Wiki]]</div> <div align="center">  Sudeley Castle</div></font></td><td align="center" class="" width="50%"><font color="#ffffff" size="4"><div align="center"> [[File:MPTq dwNqV-cL6nKr62kUA48217.jpeg|293px|Thomas Seymour - The Tudors Wiki]]</div></font></td></tr><tr><td class="" width="50%"><br/></td><td class="" width="50%"><br/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="" width="50%"><br/></td><td class="" width="50%"><br/></td></tr></table><br/><div></div><br/><div></div><br/><div></div><br/><div></div><br/><div></div><br/><div></div><br/><div></div></div>