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What was more, there were whispers circulating that she was not even the King's child; Chapuys had been told that while annulling Cranmer 'declared by sentence that the concubine's daughter was the bastard of Mr Norris, and not the King's daughter.' There is no evidence that Henry ever questioned that Elizabeth was his; indeed, according to Ales, 'your father always acknowledged you as legitimate' and nothing could 'persuade the illustrious King that you were not his daughter.'

Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown, Nicola Tallis

#hmm...so maybe ales can actually serve as corrorboration for that report by thevet?#i mean by statute that clearly was not true but i wonder if behind closed doors henry argued his own version of bona fides... probably with #rather mercenary motivations (securing betrothals for her for alliances) but...still #(altho thevet specifies deathbed and ales says 'always' so it's more incidental/sideways corroboration and that...might be a stretch #'chapuys had been told' = almost always preface to an L #does not name or even somewhat identify his own source here either iirc...#as he does elsewhere.#nicola tallis #something amazingly transparent about the correlation of his reports which portray ab in a sympathetic light #actually tending to be the ones where he cites 'many reliable quarters' or sources #and also being the one he personally believes in the least; as he appends to all of them #since im on a pgreg shading roll:#absolutely incredible that she tries to fashion a narrative in her kparr novel #where henry doesn't believe elizabeth is his and yet...puts her in the succession anyways??#so contrary to the standards of the time not to mention hviii specifically #'this random whore's daughter probably/might not be mine but let me make sure i sign an enshrined law that places her third in the successi #*succession....like...#the defining dimension of his kingship being fear of civil war. but sure. he's gonna play fast and loose with that. cus why not #his wife likes this child whose paternity - pgreg writes- him saying could be smeaton's like mary said #and that's apparently enough for him . she writes SUCH a malleable henry it's insane...#he is a claydoll masquerading as a man

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