The King's Concubine

“There was…in England a shameless woman and wanton harlot called Ales Peres, of base kindred…being neither beautiful or fair, she knew how to cover these defects with her flattering tongue.…”

—A historical relation of certain passages about the end of King Edward III and of his death

“It is not fitting that all the keys should hang from the belt of one woman.”

—Thomas Brinton, Bishop of Rochester

“…no one dared to go against her…”

—Thomas Walsingham, a monk of St. Albans