Margaret Wyatt
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Margaret Wyatt (a.k.a. "Lady Lee") was sister of Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet. Since Margaret and Thomas grew up at Allington Castle, near Hever Castle, it was assumed they were childhood friends of Anne Boleyn.
Margaret was with Anne at the tower and the scaffold. After Anne delivered her carefully prepared speech ... (the following is from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by Alison Weir):
"She then turned to her ladies, who had ascended the scaffold with her, and told them not to be sorry to see her die, begging their pardon for any harshness towards them, praying them to take comfort for her loss, and admonishing them to 'be always faithful to her whom with happier fortune ye may have as your queen and mistress'. Anne then gave her prayer book to Lady Lee; entitled The Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it had been made and illuminated for Anne in France around 1528 and she had inscibed it: 'Remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day.' The prayer book still survives and is now at Hever Castle."
Margaret Wyatt (a.k.a. "Lady Lee") was sister of Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet. Since Margaret and Thomas grew up at Allington Castle, near Hever Castle, it was assumed they were childhood friends of Anne Boleyn.
Margaret was with Anne at the tower and the scaffold. After Anne delivered her carefully prepared speech ... (the following is from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by Alison Weir):
"She then turned to her ladies, who had ascended the scaffold with her, and told them not to be sorry to see her die, begging their pardon for any harshness towards them, praying them to take comfort for her loss, and admonishing them to 'be always faithful to her whom with happier fortune ye may have as your queen and mistress'. Anne then gave her prayer book to Lady Lee; entitled The Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it had been made and illuminated for Anne in France around 1528 and she had inscibed it: 'Remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day.' The prayer book still survives and is now at Hever Castle."