#mistre

Woundearmian: A neogender umbrella characterized by physical hurt and wounds of any kind!

Harmte: a term for a woundearmian individual.

Maltre: a term for an adult/of the age woundearmian individual.

Mistre: a term for a minor woundearmian individual.

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Anne Bassett (c. 1520 – bef 1558)

Mistress of: King Henry VIII of England (Rumored). Tenure: 1538 - 1540. Royal Bastards: None. Fall From Power: None.

Anne Bassett was one of seven children born to Sir John Bassett, who died when Anne was around eight years old, and his wife, Honor Grenville, who worked tirelessly to secure gainful positions for her children. Anne had been sent to France to be educated and her mother had hoped find Anne and her elder sister Katherine a place in Anne Boleyn’s household. Honor was an attendant to Anne Boleyn in 1532 when Anne and Henry VIII were in France meeting with Francis I. Despite past history with the soon-to-be queen, she was unmoved to take either of Honor's daughters into her service. In 1533 the family moved to France permanently, by which time Honor had married (as his second wife) Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of King Edward IV.

It wasn’t until Henry married his third wife, Jane Seymour, that Honor renewed her interest in placing Anne and Katherine at court. The Queen was moved to accept the sixteen-year-old Anne (though not her sister) after Honor sent her a large consignment of quails, which Jane had developed a craving for during her pregnancy in 1537. Anne was considered prettier than her sister, though without much wit. Jane had high standards for her maids and laid down strict rules regarding behavior and dress; she would not allow Anne to wear any French fashions, which had been introduced to the English court by Anne Boleyn, instead insisting on a “gown of black satin, and another of velvet” edged in pearls and with higher necklines. Unfortunately Queen Jane died not long after giving birth to the son Henry so desperately wanted; Anne was among those present at the boy’s christening and was later in Jane’s funeral cortege.

One sickly son was not quite the heir that Henry had in mind, and rumors soon began to fly as to which lucky lady would get to be Henry’s next wife while he hoped for more sons. Anne was among those mentioned as a possible candidate, who currently remained on the outskirts of court after the death of Jane. She is also attached to Henry as one of his possible mistresses, especially after Henry gifted her a horse and saddle. Thomas Cromwell had another choice in mind (Anne of Cleves), and when Henry finally married again in 1540, Anne reported as a lady in waiting to Henry’s newest wife, though she had brought with her enough German women to fill the positions and Anne was not needed. Anne wrote to her mother in frustration; Honor figured out who the head maid was and Anne was soon serving queen number four, which ended shortly thereafter following Henry’s annulment from Anne of Cleves.

Anne remained at court throughout the rest of Henry’s reign, even when her step-father was arrested on suspicion of treason in 1540, charged with plotting to betray the town of Calais to the French. Though he was likely innocent, Arthur languished in the Tower of London for two years before dying of a heart attack after learning of his release. Anne’s mother may have been the real traitor who had orchestrated her husband’s downfall as she schemed to marry one of her children to a Frenchman, though it may have been unintentional. Anne’s reputation was further tarnished when her sister Katherine, who served under Anne of Cleves during and after her marriage to Henry, was briefly imprisoned for treason after making comments about Henry’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard. She apparently implied that Catherine’s misdemeanors were the actions of God showing the king that his marriage to Anne was still valid.

Alas, the rumors proved to be untrue and Anne Bassett never became Henry’s wife; he settled instead on the older Katherine Parr. After the king’s death in 1547, Anne left court until Queen Mary I’s reign, who gave her several land grants during her time as Mary’s lady of the privy chamber. Anne remained single into her early thirties; she married Sir Walter Hungerford, who was twelve years her junior, in 1554 and had two children. She died sometime before 1558, at which time her husband remarried (with permission from Queen Mary).

Sources

”Portrait of an Unknown English Lady” by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535. (image).

Weir, Alison. The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Grover Press (2007). ISBN: 9780802198754.

Hart, Kelly. Mistresses of Henry VIII. The History Press (2011). ISBN: 9780752458526.

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Etymology: wound + h(earmian)

A neogender umbrella characterized by physical hurt and wounds of any kind!

- It may relate to blood splatters, grotesquety, torture, inhumane treatment.

- It may relate to blooming bruises, beatings, boot marks, and burn marks.

- It may relate to whump & hurt/no comfort.

This can also be related to masauciden, but it does not have to be

— terminology —

Gender term: haeriden

Gender alignment term: injuric

Gender quality term: harminine/harmine/harmi

Gender in nature term: WOUNDIN; Woundearmian-in-nature

Trans terms: Trans harmine; a term for an individual who is transitioning towards harminity!

Juvelic term; Woundean; Woundearmian loving woundearmian.

Individual term; Harmte

Minor individual term; mistre

Adult individual term; maltre

Terms coined 10.8.2025. & flags made here (link) on 17.9.2025. // Feel free to ignore/ask to be untagged from future posts + this through comments or asks!

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