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KAT ASHLEY
Who was Kat Ashley and which famous monarch was kat Ashley associated with?
TIME-LINE AND ADDITIONAL FACTS ON KAT |ASKLEY GOVERNESS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH I AND BECAME HER CLOSE FRIEND IN LATER LIFE
TIME-LINE OF KAT ASHLEY
1502
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Kat Ashley was born Katherine Champernowne's her parentage is not known for certain, possibly the daughter of Sir John Champernowne and Margaret Courtenay.
1536
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10TH MAY The execution of Anne Boleyn.
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JULY Kat is as appointed as a waiting gentlewoman to the then Princess Elizabeth
1537
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OCTOBER After the birth of Prince Edward, the princess Elizabeth loses her nurse Lady Margaret Bryan and is transferred to the Blanche Herbert Lady Troy who remained Elizabeths Lady Mistress until she retired in 1545.
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Kat becomes Elizabeth governess, Elizabeth is around four years of age.
1543
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12TH JULY King Henry VIII married his 6th and final wife Catherine Parr
1545
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Kat married Sir John Ashley, who was a senior gentleman attendant
1547
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28TH JANUARY King Henry VIII of England is dead and now his son Edward VI is King of all England.
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The princess Elizabeth goes to live with Queen Dowager
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Shortly after Henry VIII died, Thomas Seymour investigated whether he could be permitted to marry either the Lady Mary or Elizabeth; he was refused
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SPRING Queen Dowager Catherine Parr married Thomas Seymour. Uncle to King Edward VI of England
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Thomas Seymour began flirting with the princess Elizabeth, which Kat found entertaining at first. They all lived at Chelsea house, Kat along with them. The Lady Jane Grey lived there also as a ward of Thomas Seymour.
1548
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Thomas Seymour became more than a little familiar, if not intimate, with the princess Elizabeth, indulging in daily romps with her, tickling her, and slapping her on her behind as she lay in her bed, or coming into her room in his nightclothes. Her governess, Kat Ashley, thought this scandalous and reported it to Catherine Parr
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Rumours of Thomas Seymour's flirtation with the princess Elizabeth come to light.
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SPRING Catherine Parris pregnant
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MAY Catherine Parr catches Princess Elizabeth in an embrace with Thomas Seymour
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Catherine Parr sends sent Elizabeth away to live with Anthony Denny and his wife, Joan Champernowne (Kat niece)
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30TH AUGUST Catherine Parr gave birth to a daughter, Mary,
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6TH SEPTEMBER Catherine Parr died of puerperal fever six days after the birth of her daughter.
1549
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21ST JANUARY Kat is arrested at Hatfield and put in the Tower of London.
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Thomas Seymour is arrested on suspicion of plotting to marry Elizabeth and overthrow the Lord Protector.
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20TH MARCH The execution of Thomas Seymour at the Tower of London.
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AUGUST Kat had returned to Hatfield and stayed with Elizabeth
1553
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6TH JULY King Edward VI is dead
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9TH JULY The Lady Jane Grey is now Queen of England for nine days.
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19TH JULY The Lady Jane Grey is now deposed and is imprisoned in the Tower of London. Mary Tudor is now Queen of all England. England is now under the faith of Catholicism
1554
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FEBRUARY The Wyatt Rebellion
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12TH FEBRUARY The execution of the Lady Jane Grey
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18TH MARCH Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London accused of being in league with those who were involved in the Wyatt Rebellion.
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22ND MAY Elizabeth was moved from the Tower to Woodstock, where she was to spend almost a year under house arrest in the charge of Sir Henry Bedingfield.
1555
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OCTOBER Kat is allowed to rejoin the princess Elizabeth. Kat’s husband John went into exile but she remained with the Princess Elizabeth
1556
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MAY Kat is arrested following the discovery of seditious books. Kat spent three months in Fleet Prison and after her release, she was forbidden to see Elizabeth again.
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17TH NOVEMBER Queen Mary Tudor is dead and now Elizabeth is Queen of England.
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Kat is now allowed to return under Elizabeth service, now in the position of First Lady of the Bedchamber.
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DECEMBER Kat's husband John is now was appointed Master of the Jewel House and Treasurer of Her Majesty's jewels and plate.
1565
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SUMMER Kat Ashley died.
EXTRA FACTS ON KAT ASHLEY
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Kat Ashley was Governess to Princess Elizabeth and went on to be her Chief Lady of the Bedchamber when Elizabeth became Queen of England. The two woman shared a very close relationship
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. Kat has been well educated for she taught Elizabeth astronomy, geography, history, mathematics, French, Flemish, Italian and Spanish. In addition, she taught Elizabeth skills such as needlework, embroidery, dancing, riding, and deportment
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Queen Elizabeth held Kat in very high esteem, she would praise Kat for her devotion to her and loyalty and work she had put into her studies. Kat had been liken to a mother, a teacher a friend and a close confidant of Queen Elizabeth throughout her life.
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Kat's husband Sir John Ashley was a cousin of Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. John's mother Anne Wood, was the sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn who was married to James Boleyn. James Boleyn was the brother of Thomas, Anne Boleyn father.
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In 1449, during the Thomas Seymour and the princess Elizabeth scandal,Sir Robert Tyrwhitt was given the task to discover if Katherine Ashley, Elizabeth and Sir Thomas Parry were involved in a marriage plot with Thomas Seymour. None of them confessed and Tyrwhitt said, “They all sing the same song and so I think they would not do, unless they had set the note before.” However, without confessions, Tyrwhitt was forced to release Kat Ashley and Thomas Parry but Thomas Seymour was charged with treason.
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When Kat was made First Lady of the Bedchamber. She became influential as a source of information for the Queen and as a means of asking favours of the Queen.
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Sir Walter Raleigh mother, . Catherine Champernowne was a niece of Kat Ashley,