280:. She wrote to Cromwell from there, asking him to intercede for her with the king. Her mother also wrote to Cromwell, saying that Elizabeth "has not been used to straight living and it would grieve me in my old days to lose her." She wanted the king to grant her daughter the manor of Bletchingley, which Henry had given to the Carews in 1522, in addition to the Sussex property. Cromwell agreed to assist Elizabeth and met with her in person at least once. After their meeting, she reported that royal servants who were receiving the income from her husband's forfeited estates had given her £32 but that the money was inadequate for her needs. Furthermore, the house in Wallington was "in great decay," unlike the manor at Bletchingley, which had "a very fair house . . . and all things necessary about it." Elizabeth's previous properties in Bletchingly remained in the king's hands until he granted them to Anne of Cleves as part of their divorce settlement in 1540. Elizabeth was ultimately left with her property in Wallington and land in Sussex worth £120 a year.
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These include a diamond necklace, a fur coat, lengths of velvet, cloth of silver and damask, an emerald, and "beautiful diamonds and pearls and innumerable jewels." Records show that the king gave Lady Carew extremely expensive gifts for New Year and on the birth of her son. This may have been because she was the wife of his close friend, although Henry was not usually so generous with the wives of his friends. There is no evidence that Henry and
Elizabeth had an affair, but this pattern of gift giving is reminiscent of similar items given to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn when the king was wooing them.
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been interpreted by some historians as an invitation to King Henry to take
Suffolk's place as the flirtatious pursuer of the two girls. Others have interpreted it as meaning Henry was involved with Bessie Blount and Suffolk was involved with Elizabeth Carew, that the king was having an affair with both Blount and Carew, or that Suffolk was pursuing both women. Of the interpretation that Suffolk was pursuing both women, it has been proposed that his pursuit was one of courtly love rather than lust. In this case, Suffolk's courtly love may have been meant as a way to ingratiate himself to the king.
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in which he implies he had been flirting with both
Elizabeth and Bessie Blount. In this letter he wrote "I beseech your Grace to unto Mistress Blount and Mistress Carew the next time that I write unto them or send them tokens they shall either write to me or send me tokens again." This quote has
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In the early, halcyon days of Henry VIII's reign, Elizabeth and her future husband were members of the king's inner social circle and performed regularly in the masques and dances that were among his favorite pastimes. Notably, she danced in
Greenwich in both 1514/1515 and 1518.
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for a week and hunted in the adjoining park. In 1520, Elizabeth hosted the duke of
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