Lady Anne Boleyn
- Born: 1479, Blicking, Norfolk
- Marriage: Sir John Shelton in 1496
- Died: 6 January 1555, Shelton, Norfolk aged 76
 General Notes:
As part of her role, Lady Shelton was also placed in charge of her niece’s (Queen Anne Boleyn) stepdaughter, Princess Mary, who refused to recognise the royal marriage.
In February 1534 Anne wrote to Lady Shelton to ensure that Mary no longer used her title of princess, telling her to “slap her face as the cursed bastard that she was” if she persisted. Lady Shelton lived in terror that people would think she had poisoned the elder princess if she fell ill, and she gradually began to befriend her charge.
She and Anne had become estranged by the time of the queen’s arrest in May 1536.
Noted events in her life were:
• Marriage: to Sir John Shelton, 1496, Shelton, Norfolk.
Anne married Sir John Shelton, son of Sir Ralph Shelton and Lady Margaret Clere, in 1496. (Sir John Shelton was born in 1477 and died on 21 December 1539.)
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