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Madge Sheldon (Mary Shelton) as played by Laura Jane Laughlin

born ca. 1519 - died 1560
Character's backstory: A cousin and maid of honour to Anne Boleyn Madge was at one time a mistress of King Henry VIII in 1535. On The Tudors, the character of Madge Sheldon is an amalgamation of sisters Mary and Margaret Shelton. For many years, historians believed it was Madge who had the affair with Henry, when in reality it was her sister Mary. The confusion arose from the label "Marg Shelton", where the y looked like a g - a common confusion in sixteenth-century writing. It is thought she was just a teenager when she caught the eye of the King in February 1535.
Also Shelton was the main editor and a main contributor of the famous Devonshire MS, where members of their circles wrote poems they enjoyed or had composed. Mary's poetry did not impress Anne Boleyn, who chided her for writing "idle poesies" in her prayer book

Gentility:

Position: Lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn.

Personality type: soft spoken

Signature look: fair skinned & pretty

Endearing trait(s):

Annoying trait(s): frivolous		 Madge

CHARACTER CONNECTIONS


Family members:
Father: Sir John Shelton
Mother: Anne Boleyn(1475 – 1555), daughter of William Boleyn & Margaret Butler whose brother was Thomas Boleyn father of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Sister: Margaret Shelton
Cousin: Anne Boleyn
Cousin: George Boleyn
Cousin: Mary Boleyn
Uncle: Thomas Boleyn

Romance(s):
King Henry VIII
Francis Weston (historically - rumoured)
Henry Norris (in the series)

Marriage (s):
Sir Anthony Heveningham of Ketteringham c. 1546 with whom she had five children including Sir Arthur Heveningham.
After the death of Sir Anthony Heveningham in 1557, Mary married Philip Appleyard, Esq


Friends:
Mary was part of a social group including the poets Thomas Clere, Henry Howard, Lord Surrey & Sir Thomas Wyatt with all of whom she was romantically linked.
Her two closest friends were Margaret Douglas, niece of Henry VIII, and Mary Howard, wife of Henry Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII.



Enemies:



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DEFINING EPISODES | MEMORABLE SCENES









PHOTOS
Madge

Mary Shelton



Drawing of Mary Shelton by Hans Holbein from the mid-1530s

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