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Mary I   /mˈɛri aɪ/   Listen
Mary I

noun
1.
Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558).  Synonyms: Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor.






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"Mary I" Quotes from Famous Books



... Constable's to-night, the only place (excepting Mr Dauney's) I have been engaged at since I arrived. I have had nothing whatever to interfere with my studies for this last fortnight. Tell James and Mary I can now have time to read their letters. On Saturday Mr G.B. called on me, asking me to attend a prayer-meeting, and finding I was busy, told me if I saw things in as clear a light as he did, I would see the ...
— The Book-Hunter - A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author • John Hill Burton

... obliterated, upon the side doors of the gateway, and in the letters "H.A." on the chimney-piece of the presence-chamber or tapestry room. Holbein is sometimes said to have been the king's architect here, as he was at Whitehall. Henry can seldom have lived here, but hither his daughter, Mary I., retired, after her husband Philip left England for Spain, and here she died, November ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume I. - Great Britain and Ireland • Various

... wasn't only Cecily. There was a girl ... a farm-girl in Antrim. I never told you about her. Her name was Sheila Morgan ... she's married now ... and I went straight from Mary to her. Of course, I was a kid then, but still I'd told Mary I was fond of her, and we'd arranged to get married when we grew up ... and then I went home and made love ...
— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine



Words linked to "Mary I" :   Queen of England, Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor, House of Tudor, Tudor



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