allthingsboundbylove:

On or soon after this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn seeks out her chaplain of 2 years, Matthew Parker & asks him to take care of Elizabeth should anything happen to her…Years later when Elizabeth was Queen & he her first archbishop of Canterbury he would tell Cecil that ‘he would fain serve his sovereign lady in more respects than his allegiance, since he cannot forget what words her Grace’s mother said to him not six days before her apprehension.’