Chelsea was granted to Queen Catherine Parr for life in 1544 as part of her jointure. (fn. 42) After Henry's death she married her former suitor, Sir Thomas Seymour, the Lord Admiral and Baron Seymour of Sudeley, but died after childbirth in 1548; Seymour was executed for treason in 1549 and Chelsea reverted to the Crown. (fn. 43) Edward VI granted Chelsea manor, valued at £30 3s. 1½d. a year, to John Dudley, earl of Warwick and later duke of Northumberland, in 1551 as part of an exchange to hold in chief for 1/40th knight's fee. (fn. 44) Northumberland surrendered the manor to the king early in 1552, (fn. 45) though he apparently continued to be resident in Chelsea, (fn. 46) and in 1553 he with his wife Jane were again granted Chelsea for service of a knight's fee and rent of £3 16s. 10¼d. (fn. 47) Shortly afterwards the property was confiscated by the Crown on Northumberland's attainder and execution, but in 1554 his widow successfully petitioned for a grant of Chelsea to her for life, (fn. 48) and she died at the manor house in 1555. (fn. 49)
Ahhhhhh shitsticks. Fucking balls.
I had no clue that the Chelsea Manor that Elizabeth lived in with Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour (where the abuse via Seymour happened) is the same goddamn manor that the Dudleys eventually lived in. I, for some reason, thought they were two different manors.
Which means that I have to almost entirely rewrite or at the very least expand the Homecoming chapter and bits of Northumberland's Coup in WBRR. Because there's no way in hell Elizabeth wouldn't have an emotional reaction to being back in the place she was abused.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
