Do you accept the view in source H that the holy maid of Kent remained important until 1533?

The importance of the holy maid of Kent is a very important matter, she alone could of turned England and even Europe on Henry’s new, protestant leaning ideas. The maid was supposedly a prophet, she had revelations of the virgin Mary, which rocketed her to fame all over England. She was even given an audience with the Henry, while he held the title of Defender of the Faith.
Source H agrees with the view that the holy maid of Kent was important until 1533, it states that the “16 year old rocketed to national fame.” This would have been a given in this period of time. Where superstitious and religion played a massive part in peoples lives, if the holy maid was seeing the virgin Mary, or even thinking she was it could cause major interest from major religious players in England and Europe. As it happened the holy maid of Kent was given an audience with Henry himself, he confirmed that her revelations were real at that he was a firm believer that the maid was seeing the virgin Mary herself. Source I also shares the view expressed in source H. We can see this from evidence in source I. The holy maid met with the papal ambassador, this meant that it was not just Henry Taking the maid seriously but the papacy too. This would strengthen the rumours about the maid and bring more people to follow her cause of taking retribution on the king for his sins against god, by attempting to marry Anne Boleyn this also links in with source J, which is a letter written by More to Cromwell, talking about the holy maid. The very fact that this letter has been written shows importance in the case of the maid, otherwise why would More of written to Cromwell about a women who was faking her revelation and did not have any followers. This showed that the maid was important and a threat to Henry’s plans to marry Anne Boleyn. Both sources I and J agree with the view expressed in source H, that the Holy maid of Kent was important, although some of the evidence is valid and some is not. Source J is a letter, written by More to Cromwell, this could be a very subjective view and not be 100% reliable due to relationships at the time. Source I is a court charge for the maid, this would be heavily subjective seeing as the letter is meant to be prosecuting the maid.
Although, both sources I and J partly agree with the view in source H, they are not wholly leaning toward the fact that the maid was important until 1533. Source I shows how the maid was not important by the line “ pretend revelation.” This would of caused confusion among society and would of caused to the maid to lose a lot of support because the predictions never came true. Although it source J does say that the arch bishop of Canterbury saw these revelations, the letter also stated that there was no real meaning to these vision. Source I saw the maid as unimportant, “nothing in it” is what More wrote to Cromwell, claiming that the maid was no more than a pretender who was being used as a puppet by Dr.Bocking. Although as seen in the previous paragraph both of these sources are subjective to the time they were written, when Henry would have been heavily opposing any slight chance of a rebellion to his protestant leaning acts. Even source H would not be taken as a 100% reliable source, seeing as it was written in 2001, the views in it are explicitly of the historian who wrote them, making them not a very valuable knowledge base.
Concluding the importance of the holy maid of Kent would be a hard disision, but through looking at the evidence presented, it is easy to say that yes the maid was important until 1533 because of serval reasons. One, in 1534 More was still writing to Cromwell, meaning that the maid still had support in England and therefore was creating a difficulty for Henry. Two, Henry had once taken a audience with the maid, this meant that at one point she would of held valuble information for the king on a religious basis, and suddenly why a change of heart? Maybe because her views were no longer agreeing with what he wanted, which in the end was a divorse from Catherine of Aragon. Finally the meeting with the papal ambassador. This meant what word had travelled far, and had been taken seriously. Which for henry would have been a massive block in his act if half of the country had rebelled against him in the name of the papal states views.
Matt Colderwood