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My review of ‘The Lord Protector and His Wives: Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour’ by Rebecca Batley

The story of Edward Seymour, brother to Henry VIII’s Queen Jane, and Lord Protector to Edward VI is well known, those of his wives, are less so. If these women do make the pages of history books, it is often … Continue reading

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Books 2025 – on sale today – The Lord Protector and His Wives: Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour by Rebecca Batley

‘Sometime before 1518 Edward Seymour, the brother of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, married Catherine Filliol. Catherine gained connections in the highest echelons of Tudor society and Edward the prospect of a large inheritance. It should have … Continue reading

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