Chuki & Hitin | Hatfield House Wedding Hertfordshire

In 1548, when Elizabeth was 15, she agreed to marry Thomas Seymour. Edward VI’s agent, Robert Tyrwhitt, seized the house and her staff. She defended herself with wit and defiance. Seymour was executed in 1549 for many offenses against the crown. Queen Mary imprisoned her sister, Elizabeth, who then returned to Hatfield. She had spent two months in the Tower of London. According to them, Elizabeth learned she would become queen after Mary died. They gave the news at the Queen Elizabeth Oak on the estate. Yet, many consider this unlikely since Mary passed away in November. In November 1558, Elizabeth conducted her first Council of State in the Great Hall.