Katherine of Aragon (Boleyn)- 49 December 16th 1485

Prince Henri of France- 1 December 16th 1533

Renee Boleyn, Duchess of Rochford- 18, December 23rd 1516

Elizabeth Boleyn (Bryan) Viscountess Lincoln - 16 year January 10th 1519

William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire- 19 January 9th 1516

Princess Charlotte of France-2 February 6th 1533

Charles Clancey, 18, February 12th 1517

Prince Edward Tudor of Wales- 16 February 14th 1519

Rose Boleyn- 15 March 2 1520

Prince Thomas Boleyn, Duke of Wiltshire-58 March 12th 1477

Jane Boleyn- 5 March 28th 1530

Alexander Stewart-Duke of Ross- 20 April 30th 1514

George Boleyn, Duke of Rochford- 21 April 17th 1513

Cordelia Clancey (Tudor) -17 year May 2nd 1518

Prince Phillip of Spain- 23 May 2 1512

William Boleyn, Duke of Buckingham- 16 June 13th 1519

Anthony Boleyn, Duke of Suffolk- 16 June 13th 1519

Princess Joan of Spain- 16 June 24 1519

King Henry VIII-44 June 28th 1491

Annette Boleyn- 10, July 7th 1525

King Henri of France- 22 July 10th 1513

Princess Cecily Tudor- 14 July 25th 1521

Peter Cavendish-1 year, July 23rd 1534

Sofia Cavendish-1 year, July 23rd 1534

Princess Margaret Tudor- 12 years August 14th 1523

Catalina Cromwell (Boleyn)- 15 August 29th 1520

Queen Kathryn Parr- 43 August 30th 1492

Henry Stanley- Earl of Derby- 19 September 1st 1516

Princess Elizabeth of Spain- 18 September 7th 1517

Thomas Boleyn, Viscount Lincoln- 18 September 7th 1517

Isabella Cavendish (Boleyn), Duchess of Devonshire- 18 September 7th 1517

Prince James Tudor of York- 13 years October 1st 1522

Alice Clancey- October 3rd, 1535

Henry Boleyn- October 8th, 1535

Gregory Cromwell Earl of Oxford- 20 October 19th 1514

Michelle Boleyn- 6, October 29th 1528


December 24, 1535

Catalina Cromwell, Countess of Oxford

Mama's birthday passed and tomorrow was Christmastide. I missed my family and wished I could be with them but I was far too nervous to go to court right now. I know people were talking about me and I did not want to face them just yet. And as of right now I had no desire to leave my little boy. "Grandmama and grandpapa have sent you presents! All your aunts and uncles as well, even the King and Queen! You are a very popular little boy Harry" I whispered to him as he gazed up at me.

"Catalina, I have something I would like to show you" Lord Oxford said and I jumped a little upon hearing his voice.

"Tis a surprise, grab your cloak" I gave Harry over to a maid and followed him down to the courtyard.

"What is it?" I asked in confusion and gasped upon seeing a mare! "Oh she is beautiful!" I gushed petting her side. She was white with black spots just as I had wanted. I did not believe he would find one! "Thank you" I hugged around the mare's neck happy to finally have my own horse.

"Twas not an easy quest but I finally found her in the east" I giggled petting the horse's muzzle. "I shall have her brought to the stable and tomorrow we can take her out, tis getting late" I nodded still transfixed. "Supper should be ready by time we get back" I nodded again and watched them lead the horses away. I ate quietly as usual thinking about the horse till I heard Harry's cry.

"Is he alright!?" I asked a maid fearfully and she nodded quickly.

"Yes, he has just woken up tis all" I was uneasy and chewed my lip.

"Bring him here, it will calm her nerves" the maid curtsied and obeyed him and quickly the fussy infant was placed in my arms.

"Oh love what is it?" I asked him sweetly and I giggled as he made a face.

Cordelia Clancey

I was at court for Christmastide and was in my chambers with my father as he held Alice gently rocking her in his arms. "She is getting big quickly" papa admired and I smiled softly.

"Yes, tis hard to believe she is already two months old. Time goes by so fast" I sighed mournfully, I hated seeing her grow so fast.

"Cherish it, it seems like yesterday you were a little girl hiding behind your mothers skirts and now here you are with a daughter of your own" I smiled fondly remembering my younger years. "Where is your husband?" He asked after a few moments. I know papa will never really like Charles but he respected my choice or at least made it seem like he did.

"He is helping Lord Devonshire with something, I believe it is a surprise for Isabella" he nodded and looked back down on Alice.

"She is with child again?" He questioned.

"Yes, I believe she is three months now" I replied.

"Having children has calmed her greatly" Alice started to whimper and I scooted close to papa looking down on her.

"Hush sweetheart, everything is alright there is no need to fuss" I chided and he sat her up a little so she could see around the room. "You are far too nosey" I sighed as she settled down.

"Much like her mother was" he added quickly and the door opened to my rooms and Michelle ran in and crawled up onto the couch next to me.

"Hi Your Majesty" she greeted in a small voice and I looked to see she had no nurse with her.

"How did you get here Michelle? Does mama know you are here?" I asked turning to face her a little.

"Mama is mad at me so I ran away" she said crossing her arms making a face. I forced myself not to laugh and looked to papa who shook his head and turned his attention to Alice who cooed upon seeing her youngest aunt.

"Why is mama mad at you?" I sighed.

"I was practicing my letters and Annie said I was stupid because I was having a hard time so I threw my inkwell at her and it hit her in the face and ruined her dress! But Cordy she deserved it! She was mean to me!" I shook my head and pulled her closer to me.

"Although it was wrong of Annette to make fun of you it was still wrong for you to retaliate in such a way" she whimpered glaring down at the floor.

"Nobody understands" she snapped in anger and a few seconds later mama walked in relief in her eye upon finding Michelle huddled against me.

"I was just about to send someone to tell you that she was in my chambers" I announced and she nodded.

"Thank you Cordelia" she sighed and walked further into the room. "Now you go right back to your chambers this instant!" Mama snapped grabbing Michelle off the couch and gently pushed her into Lady Middleton's arms.

"Fine!" Michelle cried and stomped away.

Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, Duchess of Wiltshire

"I am sorry she has bothered you" I sighed at Michelle's antics.

"Tis fine" Henry replied and stood up and placed a kiss upon Alice's forehead "here you are sweetheart" he whispered to her before placing her in Cordelia's arms. "Good day" he said and left.

"So Michelle threw the inkwell at Annette's face" I shook my head with a sigh rubbing my temples.

"Sometimes I fear I am getting to old to deal with all this" I sighed and I heard her laugh.

"Have no fear mama" she laughed and placed a kiss upon my cheek.

"Thank you sweetheart now I must be getting back" I walked swiftly down the hall and found Annette still in tears. "Hush now my sweet" I sighed caressing her cheek. The inkwell had cut her lip.

"I swear she will regret this! Mama look at my face!" She cried in distress and I hushed her once more as Thomas walked in.

"What is going on now?!" He snapped angrily and the girls quickly fell into silence.

"Annette called Michelle stupid so she threw her inkwell at Annette's face" Rose stated and he looked towards both girls. Michelle had buried her face in her pillow whilst on the bed and Annette sat on the stool in front of the mirror.

I could see the exhaustion on his face. Twas the same that was on mine. We have been dealing with situations like these close to 19 years now and neither of us were as young as we once were. Sometimes I felt like we needed a break from all this. "You both are grounded. No going outside or going into Court" they groaned and he held up his hand. "I shall hear no more of it unless you want a worse punishment" he snapped and they quickly went silent. "Katherine, we need to speak" I nodded and followed him out to our chambers.

It was silent as he had a maid fill up his goblet and dismissed her taking a seat in front of the fire "what did you wish to speak to me about?" I asked but I somehow felt I knew what it was about.

"Sometimes I feel they would do better with Tom raising them. He has the energy to look after them" he sighed looking into the fire and I took a seat beside him "tis not that I love them but it is getting hard and our patience is waning" I looked down trying to find the right words to say.

"I understand" I whispered and he took my hand.

"Maybe tis what is best? After all Tom and Elizabeth are having a child and Rose, Annette, and Michelle could help them out" I nodded my heart hurting. I did not want to send them away but he was true that it was getting harder to deal with things. I was 49 years old I did not have it in me at times to deal with 3 young girls.

"You need naught explain yourself to me Thomas, tis not like we are sending them away for good. They shall visit them often and will be in their lives" he kissed the back of my hand and took a deep breath relaxing back into his chair and I laid my head on his shoulder.

Michelle Boleyn

I knew papa had wanted to talk to mama about us but what I heard...they could not really be sending us away! I ran back to my bedchamber and Annette scowled as I burst into the chamber.

"What?!" She snapped in annoyance.

"Annette you need naught be so cruel" Rose whispered and looked to me her forehead creasing in concern "Michelle what is it?" She asked and I ran into her arms crying.

"Oh Rose! I heard mama and papa talking about us! And they decided to send us away!" I cried and I felt her body tense.

"What? Michelle look at me what did they say?" She demanded forcing me to look up at her and Annette was sitting up next to her concern on her face.

"Papa said that it would be better if they sent us to live with Tom and Elizabeth! They said that raising us was a burden!" I cried and I could see the tears fill Rose's eyes. She quickly took a step away from me and Annette looked petrified not moving an inch from her spot.

Rose looked out the window her eyes held a far off look in them as tears finally spilt down her cheek. "Girls, tis almost suppertime" Lady Middleton said walking into the chamber.

"Get out! Leave us alone! We are not going!" Rose cried shoving her from the chamber and locking the door.

"This is all our fault" Annette whimpered tears falling from her eyes as well.

"No, this is not your fault" Rose whispered quickly her voice filled with tears.

"How could it not be?!" She demanded eyes afire "we were the ones who fought!" I kept my eyes on the ground a feeling a have not felt since I was very little began to fill me. A sense of abandonment.

"Decisions like that take time and it is obvious that they thought about it I doubt you to fighting really made them think of it right now" she countered and a sob escaped my lips and they both looked over to me. "Let us not argue, come here Michelle" Rose said in a gentle voice and I leaned into her arms burying my face in her side holding to her as tight as I could.

"Girls, open this door it is time to eat" Mama called in a stern voice and Rose looked over quickly her face not saying anything.

"Leave us alone!" She finally yelled and there was a pause on the other side of the door.

"Rose Boleyn open this door at once!" Mama snapped after a moment.

"Just leave us alone! Do not pretend to care! We know that you and papa are sending us away! If you did not want us you should have just sent us away when we were little and not kept us at all" She screamed in frustration and my grip on her tightened not liking the way she yelled at mama.

Katherine Boleyn, Princess of Spain, Duchess of Wiltshire

I felt the blood drain from my face and it felt like my heart dropped the moment Rose spoke. I did not want them finding out that way my hand rest on the doorknob my breathing slow as I spoke "girls please, you know your father and I love you very much. Please come out so we may talk" I insisted with a shaky voice.

"No just leave us alone!" Rose screamed and I heard something hit the door. I took a quick step away my lips trembling as I tried to find the right words to say that would make this all better.

"Rose, Michelle, Annette, you know that I love you all so much...Michelle sweetheart open the door for mama" I almost begged her and there was a pause.

"If you loved me you would not send me away I do not want you to be my mama anymore!" Her words stung and I felt like the air was stolen from my lungs and my hands trembled as I took steps away from the door. It felt like she had stabbed a knife through my heart. Somehow I found my way back to my chambers and sat down numbly in front of the fireplace.

"Katherine? What is taking so long where are the girls?" Thomas asked walking in impatiently I did not reply for a moment.

"They...they heard us talking" my voice was broken and tears poured over my cheeks as sobs bubbled up. For a moment he made no noise and finally walked over pulling me close into his arms and I leaned in burying my face.

"What did they say?" He asked his void of any emotion.

"Rose said that if we did not want them we should have never kept them in the first place and...and Michelle" her voice, so small, so broken, were forever seared into my memory. "Michelle said that if I loved her I would not send her away and that she does not want me being her mother anymore" his grip tightened and he kissed the top of my head.

"Give them time. We shall talk to them in the morning" I nodded but was terrified of what tomorrow would bring. "Let us go eat" I shook my head with closed eyes.

"I am not hungry, I think I am just going to go to bed early" I pulled myself away from his embrace and went into the bedchamber where the maids quickly undressed me and I sent them away brushing my hair and got into bed listening to the silence of the room. Usually the girls would be in here as I brushed their hair getting ready for bed Michelle would be demanding I tell her stories. Tonight it was so quiet.

Thomas entered a few minutes later and got into bed pulling me close against him, I nuzzled myself into his side and laid my head upon his chest "you need rest Katherine" he murmured after what felt like half an hour.

"How can you expect me to sleep the way I am feeling?" I asked softly and he sighed kissing my forehead hugging me close.

"I know it is hard but you need your rest" I nuzzled myself closer against him and closed my eyes willing myself asleep.

December 25, 1535

This Christmas seemed so depressing and it took an hour for us to convince the girls to come out for breakfast and talk to us. "I think it is time to talk" Thomas sighed as they sat across from us quietly.

"You are getting rid of us" Annette whispered sadly.

"Tis not like that" I answered quickly.

"Then what is it?" Rose snarled angrily.

"Rose, you will not speak to your mother like that" Thomas snapped trying to be understanding. "I know you girls are upset but we came to that decision not because we do not love you. Your mother and I love you very much but we are not as young as we used to be" he explained and my heart broke as I saw tears slip down Michelle's cheek.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Rose demanded.

"It is hard keeping us with you sometimes, and we cannot be as patient as we used to be" I replied before Thomas.

"Mama I promise to be better!" Michelle quickly cried and jumped down from her seat and crawled into my lap wrapping her arms around my neck tightly. I hugged her tightly kissing the top of her head.

"I know we can be difficult sometimes but we will be better papa!" Annette cried grabbing his hand and looking up at him with pleading eyes.

"Annette-" he started.

"No papa please! I cannot promise that I will not fight with my sisters but I will do my best to be good I swear!" She begged with tears in her eyes.

"Yeah I will listen to mama and be a good girl!" Michelle said looking up from her embrace.

"Please do not send us away" Rose implored and I looked to Thomas holding back tears.

"You make many promises" he sighed and rubbed his head taking a deep breath.

"Thomas" I whimpered and he glanced towards me.

"Fine. But you have to try to be better behaved. Your mother and I cannot keep breaking up fights and such, we are getting too old for those things" they all screeched happily and hugged us both.

"Please do not ever do anything like that again mama! It really scared me" Michelle whimpered and I kissed her cheek.

"Your father and I did not want to make that decision sweetheart but when you get older I am sure you will understand the situation we are put in" I caressed Rose's cheek and wiped away the tears. "Now enough with all this sadness, tis Christmas" I said forcing cheerfulness into my voice looking over to my husband.

Catalina Cromwell, Countess of Oxford

"Happy Christmas my little boy!" I whispered to Harry holding him close to me he smiled wiggling in the blankets I encased him in. "You fidget far too much for a little gentleman" I laughed kissing his nose.

"Do you still wish to go out riding today?" Lord Oxford asked and I nodded looking up to him.

"Yes! I have been looking forward to it since yesterday, why? Has something come up?" I asked nervously and he shook his head.

"No, I was just checking to see if you still wanted to go" I stood up and handed Harry to his governance and he laughed "I see you are already dressed to go" I blushed biting my lip as I giggled.

"I did not see the point of getting into a regular dress when I planned on going riding" he nodded and offered me his hand. I did not move for a moment my whole body going extremely still.

"Tis alright, come on" I hesitantly took his hand making sure to keep space in between us as he lead me down to the stables. The horses were already for us when we arrived and I could not help but shiver in excitement. I have not been riding in so long and I missed it, and this time I had my own horse! "Let me help you" he said and helped me up onto the horse before mounting his own. As we rode I could not be anxious about my son. I had never really left him for long and never have been this far from him "Catalina calm yourself, Henry shall be perfectly fine" He promised as the horses took us into a shady part of the property snow covering the ground and a light layer falling from the sky.

"I just do not like leaving him for long" I replied.

"I understand" we rode for an hour more before he brought us back to the stable my face red from the cold. "We should hurry up inside we do not want you catching a cold" he laughed helping me down.

"Tis cold" I shivered slipping and he quickly caught me. He stared down at me for a moment before he pressed his lips to mine. Fear filled my senses as he held me close kissing me deeply. I did not move paralyzed in fear till he pulled back. I pulled away from him and ran as fast as I could back up to our room flashes from that night filling my head terrorizing me.

"Catalina!" I heard him call from down the hall as I fell to the ground pulling at my hair trying to make the thoughts go away screaming in fear. "Catalina please stop!" He begged kneeling down next to me "I am sorry I did not mean to frighten you! Please stop I promise you are safe he cannot hurt you now" he grabbed my arms holding them down against my sides pulling me against him. "Shhhh it is alright calm down" he whispered rocking me in his arms comfortingly till my screams turned to whimpers my eyes squeezed shut desperately trying to think of other things. "Open your eyes, look at me" he coaxed whispering it over and over till my eyes opened. "See, tis just me you are safe. I am sorry I did not mean to scare you I should have had better control of myself" he whispered pushing the tears away and I flinched against his touch.

He waited a few minutes before sending for Harry and once I had my little boy in my arms I buried my face into him inhaling his sweet smell. I was still in his lap his arms wrapping around me nervously. I knew he thought I might try to hurt myself but right now the only thing I cared about was my sweet little innocent boy. "Mama loves you so much" I whispered lovingly placing kisses on his face and he giggled grabbing my blonde hair tugging on it sweetly. Those horrible thoughts went away as I looked down on my son and I took a deep shaky breath.

"Do you feel better?" He asked and I nodded. "I am sorry for what I did" he whispered guiltily.

"Tis not your fault" I whimpered more tears forming. "I think I am just broken" I whimpered sadly and he shook his head.

"You are not broken Catalina you are merely just afraid. What that bastard did to you was not fair and I understand you being afraid and do not hold it against you" his voice was soft and I held Harry tightly as he whined reaching at my necklace.

"What if I can never get over it?" I asked looking up to meet his eyes.

"You shall, and I promise I will help you" he looked down to Harry and pet his cheek soothingly. "You cannot let what he did define you" I nodded and held Harry up a little so he could see Lord Oxford.

"He likes you" I said changing the topic.

"He sees me mostly every day of course he likes me" he tapped on Harry's nose and he smiled grabbing his finger. "Everything will be okay Catalina" he promised and helped me up and lead me over to the couch where I could be more comfortable.


Yeah I don't know how I feel about this chapter...tell me what you think but please be nice!