Editing Anne of Cleves (section)

==After the annulment==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Anne of Cleves.svg|thumb|250px|Anne of Cleves' arms as queen consort{{sfn|Boutell|1863|p=243}}]]

Anne had been given dower lands in January 1540 to fund her household, including manors in Hampshire formerly owned by [[Breamore Priory]] and [[Southwick Priory]].{{sfn |Historical Manuscripts Commission |Salisbury |1883 |loc=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076190451?urlappend=%3Bseq=34%3Bownerid=27021597769097074-38 p.12 #58]}} Following the annulment she received a generous [[legal settlement|settlement]], including [[Richmond Palace]], and [[Hever Castle]], home of Henry's former in-laws, the [[Boleyn family|Boleyns]]. [[Anne of Cleves House]], in [[Lewes]], [[East Sussex]], is just one of many properties she owned, though she never lived there. Henry and Anne became friendly—she was an honorary member of the King's family and was referred to as "the King's Beloved Sister". She was invited to court often and, out of gratitude for not contesting the annulment, Henry decreed that she would be given precedence over all women in England save his own wife and daughters.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=108}}

After [[Catherine Howard]] was beheaded in 1542, Anne and her brother William pressed the King to remarry Anne. Henry quickly refused to do so.{{sfn|Farquhar|2001|p=77}} Anne seems to have disliked [[Catherine Parr]] and reportedly reacted to the news of Henry's sixth marriage in 1543 with the remark "Madam Parr is taking a great burden on herself."{{sfn|Weir|2007|p=498}}

In March 1547, [[Edward VI]]'s [[Privy Council of England|Privy Council]] asked her to move out of [[Bletchingley]] Palace, her usual residence, to [[Penshurst Place]] to make way for [[Thomas Cawarden]], [[Master of Revels]]. They pointed out that Penshurst was nearer to Hever and the move had been Henry VIII's will.{{sfn|Acts of the Privy Council 2|pp=[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=1177&sp=3&pg=82 82–83], [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=1177&sp=3&pg=471 471–472]}}{{sfn|Ellis|1817|pp=131–132}}
On 4 August 1553, Anne wrote to [[Mary I]] to congratulate her on her marriage to [[Philip II of Spain|Philip of Spain]].{{sfn|Norton|2009|pp=153–154}} On 28 September 1553, when Mary left [[St James's Palace]] for [[Palace of Whitehall|Whitehall]], she was accompanied by her sister [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]] and Anne of Cleves.{{sfn|Whitelock|2010|p=192}} Anne also took part in Mary I's coronation procession,{{sfn|Norton|2009|pp=144–145}}{{sfn|Porter|2008|pp=256, 260–261}} and may have been present at her coronation at [[Westminster Abbey]].{{efn|According to [[Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles|Antoine de Noailles]], Elizabeth and Anne followed Mary into the Abbey{{sfn|Porter|2008|p=260}}}} These seem to have been her last public appearances,{{sfn |Schutte |2022 |p=116}}{{sfn |Strickland |1864 |p=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015029414060?urlappend=%3Bseq=285%3Bownerid=13510798888813128-289 273]}} although there is an account of Anne at Westminster Abbey in August 1554 after the [[Wedding of Mary I of England and Philip of Spain|wedding of Mary and Philip]].{{sfn |Black |1840 |pp=[{{GBurl |id=dGtbAAAAQAAJ |pg=PA64 64]}}–[{{GBurl |id=dGtbAAAAQAAJ |pg=PA65}} 65]}} As the new queen was a strict Catholic, Anne yet again changed religion, now becoming a Roman Catholic.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=146}}{{sfn|Weir|2007|p=388}}

After a brief return to prominence, she lost royal favour in 1554, following [[Wyatt's rebellion]]. According to [[Simon Renard]], the Imperial ambassador, Anne's close association with Elizabeth had convinced the Queen that "the Lady [Anne] of Cleves was of the plot and intrigued with the Duke of Cleves to obtain help for Elizabeth: matters in which the king of France was the prime mover".{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=151}} There is no evidence that Anne was invited back to court after 1554.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=154}} She was compelled to live a quiet and obscure life on her estates.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=155}} After her arrival as the King's bride, Anne never left England. Despite occasional feelings of homesickness, Anne was generally content in England and was described by [[Raphael Holinshed]] as "a ladie of right commendable regards, courteous, gentle, a good housekeeper and verie bountifull to her servants."{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=165}}

In the summer of 1556, Anne's brother William complained about some of her servants. He had heard that Otto Wylick, Jasper Brockhausen, and his wife, Gertrude, made difficulties in Anne's household. Gertrude was said to have beguiled Anne with impostures and incantations. The matter came before Queen Mary and the English council of Philip II, and in September Brockhausen and Wylick were expelled.<ref>Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, 'The Select Council of Philip I: A Spanish Institution in Tudor England, 1555–1558', ''The English Historical Review'', 139:597 (April 2024), pp. 326–359. {{doi|10.1093/ehr/cead216}}</ref>