Anne Gainsford, Lady Zouche (died before 16 July 1548) was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Anne Boleyn.
She was in the household of Anne Boleyn, as early as 1528 before the latter became the second wife of Henry VIII of England five years later. She served Anne Boleyn before and after her own marriage to Sir George Zouche of Codnor. According to one source, It was Anne to whom Anne Boleyn lent her proscribed copy of William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man.[1][2] After it was stolen in jest by her bethrothed, George Zouche, it fell into the hands of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. After its return, Anne Boleyn persuaded the King to read the book.[1]
Following Anne Boleyn's marriage to the King in 1533, Anne remained in her service as her lady-in-waiting.[1]
It has been widely believed that George Wyatt, the first biographer of Anne Boleyn, was provided information about Queen Anne from Anne Gainsford. However, being that Anne died years before the writer was born this can hardly be true.
Hans Holbein chalk portrait of a woman whom some art historians identify as Anne Gainsford;[3] however, it's more likely to be that of Mary Zouche, another lady-in-waiting.[2] The name M. Souch in the top left corner of the portrait could indicate either Mistress Zouche or Mary Zouche
^ abcAntonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992, p.145
^ abAnne Gainsford or Gaynsford (d. before 1548), A Who’s Who of Tudor Women: G, compiled by Kathy Lynn Emerson to update and correct Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth-Century England (1984) Archived 2013-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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AnneGainsford, Lady Zouche (died before 16 July 1548) was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Anne Boleyn. She was in the household of...
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