Shelton family

The Shelton family is a family that was once prominent in the English gentry, and based in Norfolk. They reached the peak of their influence during the reign of the Tudor period, when Mary Shelton became the mistress of Henry VIII.

References

Kelly Hart, The Mistresses of Henry VIII

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