Gents Mag 1855 part 2 p.457

---

	introduction
	list, 3rd qtr 19th century
	previous page
	Gentleman's Magazine 1855 part 2 p.457 brother the Protector having driven him thereto under the double persuasion that Seymour was a very bad man, and that Somerset was virtuous enough to be his heir. Latimer appears to have thought so too, for he said as much, or rather much more, in a sermon before King Edward, for which he has been censured by Milton and Miss Strickland, each of whom seems to have forgotten that Seymour was the greatest libertine in England, and that Latimer had good ground for the hard truths uttered by him. Let me add a word of little Mary Seymour, the only child of Katharine and the admiral. By her mother's forgetfulness and her father's treason, the poor, tender orphan found herself stripped of her inheritance. Her relatives, however, exhibited a great alacrity, not to serve her, but to cast the little burthen each upon the other. The only reluctance they felt was in extending charity to her. She was grudgingly entertained by a harsh grandmother, and was scurvily treated by a close-fisted uncle. But, amid the trials of a gloomy youth-time, the little bud went on growing into full bloom, till finally attracting the eyes and affections of one who cared for her far more than any kinsman, the daughter of Queen Katharine married a Sir Edward Bushel, and settled quietly down (we hope) a happy country lady. The grave of her mother at Sudeley has been disturbed more than once; but Death has conferred upon the unconscious queen a crown of his own - and yet, not Death, but Life. The irresistable ivy has penetrated into the royal coffin, and wound a verdant coronet about the brows of her who sleeps therein. ...

Lakes Guides menu.

---