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mistress of Henry VIII of England
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Mary Berkeley was an English noblewoman who aided her son, John Perrot, in his rise to prominence as a member of Elizabeth I's court. She was rumoured in her time to be a mistress of Henry VIII, and speculation that her son John was the king's illegitimate child persisted into the 20th century, though most modern historians reject the theory.
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