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promiscuous, the sister of the counsellor announced she is not the worst sinner in regards to promiscuous behavior. "But you see a small fault in me, while overlooking a much higher fault that is much more damaging," the translated poem reads. She accuses Queen Anne of adultery and tells her brother to look to Mark
Smeaton and the queen's own brother, George Boleyn. She claims, "I must not forget to tell you what seems to me to be the worst thing, which is that often her brother has carnal knowledge of her in bed." This accusation formed the basis of charges leading to Anne's demise, although many historical accounts concur that the charges involving incest between Anne and George are trumped-up. Elizabeth Somerset was identified as the privy counsellor's sister referenced in the poem after John Hussee, agent of the Lord Deputy of Calais and factotum of Lord Lisle declared "as to the queen’s accusers, my lady of Worcester is said to be the principal." He acknowledged there were a few other accusers—"Nan Cobham, with one maid more"—but referred to Elizabeth as "the first ground" when it came to raising charges against Anne.
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during the dinner holding a fine cloth before the queen’s face when she wanted to spit." There is documentation that
Elizabeth secretly borrowed £100 from Anne, suggesting the two were close. She had not repaid that debt by the time Anne was imprisoned in the Tower. There is also record of a payment made on 4 February 1530 by the king's personal purse to a midwife for the countess of Worcester, most likely Anne's doing. This closeness lent credibility to her accusations against the queen. G.W. Bernard, author of
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It exposes conflict between one of the king's privy counsellors and his sister whom he observes engaging in adulterous behaviour and "the sister of one of the most strait-laced of the king’s counsellors" whom he observes engaging in adulterous behavior. Once her brother warns her against appearing
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Elizabeth was expecting another child in the spring of 1536 during the events of Anne's investigation. Queen Anne became concerned about her former lady-in-waiting's difficulties during pregnancy even as she remained locked up in the Tower. She "much lamented my lady of
Worcester… because that her
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