From Head of Household to Heads of State

The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558

J. L. McIntosh

 

Table 1. Elizabeth's Household Staff and Maternal Relatives

Source: J. L. McIntosh

Table 1. Elizabeth's Household Staff and Maternal Relatives
Name Relationship
Katherine Champernon Ashley (governess) Married Elizabeth's relative John Ashley
John Ashley Blood Relation through Ashley's maternal aunt marrying Anne Boleyn's grandfather
John Shelton (steward) Married Elizabeth's relative Anne Shelton
Lady Anne Shelton Sister of Anne Boleyn's father
Thomas Parry (treasurer) Married Anne Fortescue, widow of Elizabeth's relative Adrian Fortescue
Adrian Fortescue (first husband of Anne Parry) Son of Alice Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn's father
William Cecil (surveyor) Cecil and Parry families related by marriage
Sir Anthony Denny (Henrician patron and courtier) Married to Joan Champernon, sister Katherine Ashley