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JANE SEYMOUR THE ‘OBEDIENT’ ONE

JANE’S EARLY LIFE

Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, was born in around 1508. Her distant kinsman, the courtier Sir Francis Bryan, secured a place for her in the service of Queen Catherine of Aragon. Jane later transferred into the household of Catherine’s successor, Anne Boleyn.

By 1535, Jane was in her late

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