Alice Davy

Alice Davywas a servant at the Tudor court in England.

Career

She was the nurse ofMargaret Tudor,daughter ofHenry VII of EnglandandElizabeth of YorkatGreenwich Palace.

Henry VII requested his treasurer to pay "Alice Davi", and the two women who rocked the Princess' cradle, Anne Mayland and Margaret Troughton, and the day-woman, Alice Bywymble, on 29 June 1490.^[1]

Alice Davy subsequently joined the household ofCatherine of Aragon.^[2]

In January 1519,Henry VIIIawarded her £10 yearly in recognition of her services as Margaret's nurse and as a gentlewoman to Catherine of Aragon.^[3]

References

^Henry Ellis,Original Letters,series "vol. 1 (London, 1827), pp. 171-2.
^Beer, Michelle (2018).Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain.Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. p. 42.ISBN 9780861933488.
^Maria Hayward,Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII(Maney, 2007), p. 305: J. S. Brewer,Letters and Papers, Henry VIII,3:1 (London, 1867), p. 2 no. 8.

[1] Henry Ellis,Original Letters,series "vol. 1 (London, 1827), pp. 171-2.

[2] Beer, Michelle (2018).Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain.Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. p. 42.ISBN 9780861933488.

[3] Maria Hayward,Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII(Maney, 2007), p. 305: J. S. Brewer,Letters and Papers, Henry VIII,3:1 (London, 1867), p. 2 no. 8.

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