Sir Thomas Seymour, younger brother of the late Queen Jane Seymour and current Lord of the Admiralty, Earl of Hertfordshire I. In 1538, he was sent by Henry VIII to serve as a diplomat at the English embassy in France. Thus began Sir Thomas his career in European diplomacy.

In 1542, Sir Sir returned to the court of Henry VIII from Vienna, under the Archduke of Austria (Ferdinand I, brother of King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). Meanwhile, Catherine Neville followed Baron Latimer III to the City of London to run a Southern family.

During her stay in the City of London, Catherine visited her sister Anne Parr, who served as a lady-in-waiting officer at the court. In this way, she became acquainted with Sir Thomas at the court. It was destined for her to meet Sir Thomas and fall in love with the young man from the Seymour family in Wiltshire, southwest England.

In her eyes, Sir Thomatchi was a tough, reckless and attractive man. Such a young knight was transformed into a brave, wise, polite, solemn and loud-voiced man in the mouth of his nephew, Prince Edward's childhood companion.

In early 1543, after the death of Baron Latimer III in London, Catherine returned the body of her second husband to her husband's domain, Snape in Yorkshire, for burial. Then, after a conversation with the Isabel sisters, Catherine used her mother's relationship with Henry VIII's first queen to become a member of Miss Mary Tudor's family on her Hertfordshire estate.

In just three months, from February to May, Henry VIII noticed Catherine, a noble widow who caught his eye in the estate of his daughter Mary Tudor. However, Catherine had already started their romantic love story with Sir Thomas by this time. On the one hand, she has to face the king's pursuit, and on the other hand, she has to take care of her love with a knight. In the end, Catherine could only agree to Henry VIII's request for marriage.

In May, Sir Thomas was appointed Permanent Ambassador to the Netherlands (Netherlands) by King Henry VIII, once again embarking on a journey to Europe. Sir knew very well why he was going to Europe again, for his Majesty the King was about to marry his lover Catherine. In order to snatch his lover from his hands, Henry VIII naturally had to send him to a distant place, such as the European continent.

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Isabel's close friend left the north in pursuit of love and court protection, and went to the estate of what would become Mary I. Her godson, John Neville, officially inherited his father's title and domain on March 2 after the death of his father, Baron Latimer, and became the later Baron Latimer IV. Of course, the young baron was influenced by his godmother Isabel and had no plans to marry yet.

However, there was one young man who was not affected by her, William Parr, the younger brother of close friend Catherine. In April, William married Anne Bouccher, daughter of Henry Bouccher, Earl of Essex, in accordance with the marriage contract his father had previously promised him. Since the Earl of Essex II had no male heir, William inherited his wife's father's title and title as the new Earl of Essex.

In fact, William Parr had no male heirs after his death in October 1571, so his title of Earl of Essex was withdrawn by Elizabeth I and given to the military nobleman Walter De Furks. After Walter died of illness in 1576, there were no male heirs. Elizabeth I once again reclaimed the title, this time rewarding her favourite with the title of Earl of Essex, Robert de Vrew, a young lover whom the Queen would never forget.

William Parr's wife, Anne Boucher, came from the Earl family, and he could also inherit his wife's father's title and domain from her. No matter who it is, they can't resist such a powerful temptation. On the left is the noble title, domain and property at his fingertips, and on the right is the eldest daughter of Baron Walton, who has nothing, and in the end William chooses the daughter of the earl he does not love.

William would have made such a choice, and Isabel did not mean to reproach him. In such an age when material things are higher than love, how fragile and powerless love is in the face of titles, territories and possessions. On the contrary, she was a little happy because she could do what she wanted to do with all her might.

Soon, June 1543 quietly came to this secular world. The Italian War, which entered its third phase, finally led to a new war between England and France. In order to cooperate with the mercenary forces on the continent, Henry VIII decided to make France suffer at sea. As a result, he issued a large number of official documents with the logic of banditry.

On Monday, June 4, the Duke of Richmond summoned Isabel to his study. Before Isabel could sit down, the Duke of Richmond took out a stack of official papers from the drawer and placed them on the table, looking up at her, "Isabel, come and take a look at this official document." ”

Isabel stepped forward and almost screamed when she looked closely at the contents of the official document on the table. Trying to control his incomparable excitement, he stared at the Duke of Richmond and said, word by word: "Henry, do you know what kind of official document this is?" ”

Henry Fitzroy buried his head in the official document on the table, and then raised his head to look at her a little blankly, "The official document says that His Majesty has officially granted the country's private ships the right to attack and plunder French ships in times of war. Well, there's another name for this document: 'Privateer License.'" ”

As soon as the words "privateering license" came out of the mouth of Henry VIII's bastard, Isabel was almost jumping. She felt a large amount of adrenaline secreted from her adrenal medulla, not only her heartbeat and breathing were accelerating, but her blood flow was also increasing, her blood sugar was rising, her whole body seemed to be full of strength, and even her reaction speed was much faster.

She was so excited that she didn't know how to vent, so she opened her mouth and said, "Henry, do you want to get countless gold, silver, and jewelry?" ”

The Duke of Richmond stared at Isabel's heaving breasts, and couldn't hold back his laughter for a while, "Hahaha... Isabel, why are you so happy? ”

"My God, Henry, do you know what kind of document it is?"

"That's why I let you come, because I want to hear your opinion."

"Wait, I'm going to have some drink." Isabel looked around, and when she saw a jug of wine under the windowsill, she immediately walked over. He grabbed the jug and lifted the lid, pouring several sips of wine in quick succession.