whose cradell sawe I rockte - Herefordshire, Bacton
Blanche Parry shown with Queen Elizabeth whom she served for 57 years from the monarchs infancy
She wrote the inscription herself
"I Parryehys doughter Blaenche of Newe Court, born that traenyd was in Pryncys Courts wythe gorgeous wyghts
Wheare fleetynge honor sounds wythe blaste of horne eache of accounte too place of worlds delyghts
Am lodgyd bheere wythe in thy stone toombe , my harpynger ys paede I owghte of due
My frynds of speech here in doo fynde mee doombe the whiche in vaene they doo so greatlye rhve
For so mooche as hyt ys but thende of all, thys wordlye rowte of state what so they be
The whiche unto the reste hereafter shall assemble thus eache wyghte in hys degree
I lyvde allweys as handmaede too a queen in chamber chiff my tyme dyd to overpasse
uncarefull of my wellthe ther was I sene whyllste I abode the ronnynge of my glasse
Not doubtynge wante whyleste that my mystress lyvde in womans state whose cradell sawe I rockte
Her servannte then as when shee her crowne attcheeved and so remaend tyll deathe my door had knockte
Prefferrynge styll the causys of eache wyght as farre as I doorstep move her grace hys eare
For too rewarde decerts by course of ryghte as needs resytte of sarvys doonne eache wheare
So that my tyme I thus dyd passe awaye a maede in courte and never no mans wyffe
Sworne of Quene Elizabeths hedd chamber allwaye, wythe maeden Quene, a maede dyd ende my lyffe""
Bilingual Blanche was born c1507/08 to Henry ap Harry Esq of Newcourt Bacton and Alicia daughter of Simon Milborn esq (grand daughter of Miles ap Harry by Jane Stradling www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058642275/ neice of William Earl of Pembroke) . Bilingual in Welsh and English, though brought up in a Welsh cultural environment . She came with her aunt Blanche Herbert Lady Troy to the English court of Henry VIII. Lady Troy served as Lady Mistress to 2 of Henry VIII's children, Elizabeth and Edward. Aged about 25 Blanche worked alongside her aunt in the royal nursery and would later write in her own epitaph that she was the future Queen Elizabeth I's cradle-rocker. Blanche remained in Princess Elizabeth's household, and along with Katherine Champernowne-Ashley, shared in the many perils of Elizabeth youth. Blanche may have accompanied her to the Tower of London when she was imprisoned by her sister, Mary Tudor on suspicion of giving support to the Wyatt Rebellion, . She was with Elizabeth after she was released from prison and confined to Woodstock and then Hatfield and was also with her when she received the news of her succession to the throne..
Blanche was one of the first people to receive an appointment in Elizabeth I's household; as Keeper of Her Majesty's Jewels also looking after her most personal belongings, books, letters and papers, linens and furs.
When Katherine Ashley died in 1565 Blanche took over her duties as Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. As the woman in charge of Queens inner-sanctum, she was a powerful woman, sought out by those who wished to petition the queen or seek favour She also wrote minor correspondences on her behalf,
and rode and hunted with the queen
Blanche never married and became independently wealthy, she was granted wardships and estates in Herefordshire, Yorkshire, and Wales.
In 1576-77, Blanche wrote her first will, which was supervised by her cousin William Cecil, Lord Burghley and commissioned this monument Blanche began to lose her eyesight in old age which would have affected her work, but the queen did not part with her.
In her last will of 1589 she asked to be buried at St Margarets Westminster near her nephew John Vaughan, a wealthy woman she left more than 6 diamonds, 8 pieces of plate, some weighing as much as 60 ounces, one set of wall hangings, 3 carpets, c £2000, 9 pieces of jewellery that did not contain diamonds including "a chain of gold and girdle which the Queen gave me", 12 napkins, 1 towel, over 6 annual annuities from rents, and clothing. She left her "best diamond" to Elizabeth and "a pair of sables garnished with 8 chains of gold". There were generous bequests to her relatives and friends including William Cecil, Sir Christopher Hatton, Lady Dorothy Stafford and her "very good friend the Lady Cobham, one gold ring"
She was buried in the late evening of Friday 27th February, at the queens expense "befitting a baroness" although she herself had left £300 for her burial. Her chief mourner being her great niece Frances Lady Burgh.
She is also shown with the queen in a window brought from Bacton to Atcham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058632951/
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whose cradell sawe I rockte - Herefordshire, Bacton
Blanche Parry shown with Queen Elizabeth whom she served for 57 years from the monarchs infancy
She wrote the inscription herself
"I Parryehys doughter Blaenche of Newe Court, born that traenyd was in Pryncys Courts wythe gorgeous wyghts
Wheare fleetynge honor sounds wythe blaste of horne eache of accounte too place of worlds delyghts
Am lodgyd bheere wythe in thy stone toombe , my harpynger ys paede I owghte of due
My frynds of speech here in doo fynde mee doombe the whiche in vaene they doo so greatlye rhve
For so mooche as hyt ys but thende of all, thys wordlye rowte of state what so they be
The whiche unto the reste hereafter shall assemble thus eache wyghte in hys degree
I lyvde allweys as handmaede too a queen in chamber chiff my tyme dyd to overpasse
uncarefull of my wellthe ther was I sene whyllste I abode the ronnynge of my glasse
Not doubtynge wante whyleste that my mystress lyvde in womans state whose cradell sawe I rockte
Her servannte then as when shee her crowne attcheeved and so remaend tyll deathe my door had knockte
Prefferrynge styll the causys of eache wyght as farre as I doorstep move her grace hys eare
For too rewarde decerts by course of ryghte as needs resytte of sarvys doonne eache wheare
So that my tyme I thus dyd passe awaye a maede in courte and never no mans wyffe
Sworne of Quene Elizabeths hedd chamber allwaye, wythe maeden Quene, a maede dyd ende my lyffe""
Bilingual Blanche was born c1507/08 to Henry ap Harry Esq of Newcourt Bacton and Alicia daughter of Simon Milborn esq (grand daughter of Miles ap Harry by Jane Stradling www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058642275/ neice of William Earl of Pembroke) . Bilingual in Welsh and English, though brought up in a Welsh cultural environment . She came with her aunt Blanche Herbert Lady Troy to the English court of Henry VIII. Lady Troy served as Lady Mistress to 2 of Henry VIII's children, Elizabeth and Edward. Aged about 25 Blanche worked alongside her aunt in the royal nursery and would later write in her own epitaph that she was the future Queen Elizabeth I's cradle-rocker. Blanche remained in Princess Elizabeth's household, and along with Katherine Champernowne-Ashley, shared in the many perils of Elizabeth youth. Blanche may have accompanied her to the Tower of London when she was imprisoned by her sister, Mary Tudor on suspicion of giving support to the Wyatt Rebellion, . She was with Elizabeth after she was released from prison and confined to Woodstock and then Hatfield and was also with her when she received the news of her succession to the throne..
Blanche was one of the first people to receive an appointment in Elizabeth I's household; as Keeper of Her Majesty's Jewels also looking after her most personal belongings, books, letters and papers, linens and furs.
When Katherine Ashley died in 1565 Blanche took over her duties as Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. As the woman in charge of Queens inner-sanctum, she was a powerful woman, sought out by those who wished to petition the queen or seek favour She also wrote minor correspondences on her behalf,
and rode and hunted with the queen
Blanche never married and became independently wealthy, she was granted wardships and estates in Herefordshire, Yorkshire, and Wales.
In 1576-77, Blanche wrote her first will, which was supervised by her cousin William Cecil, Lord Burghley and commissioned this monument Blanche began to lose her eyesight in old age which would have affected her work, but the queen did not part with her.
In her last will of 1589 she asked to be buried at St Margarets Westminster near her nephew John Vaughan, a wealthy woman she left more than 6 diamonds, 8 pieces of plate, some weighing as much as 60 ounces, one set of wall hangings, 3 carpets, c £2000, 9 pieces of jewellery that did not contain diamonds including "a chain of gold and girdle which the Queen gave me", 12 napkins, 1 towel, over 6 annual annuities from rents, and clothing. She left her "best diamond" to Elizabeth and "a pair of sables garnished with 8 chains of gold". There were generous bequests to her relatives and friends including William Cecil, Sir Christopher Hatton, Lady Dorothy Stafford and her "very good friend the Lady Cobham, one gold ring"
She was buried in the late evening of Friday 27th February, at the queens expense "befitting a baroness" although she herself had left £300 for her burial. Her chief mourner being her great niece Frances Lady Burgh.
She is also shown with the queen in a window brought from Bacton to Atcham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2058632951/
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