Sister of Thomas Cromwell and daughter of Walter Cromwell.
The story so far…
Week 2: At Austin Friars / Visitation
We learn that Cromwell has sent his nephews to Cambridge with Gregory, implying that he is helping them with their education as well.
Week 4: An Occult History of Britain (Part 2)
In Cromwell’s memories, we get glimpses of Bet and Kat at home whenever a young Thomas visits and his father is “on top of a stepmother”.
Week 9: Arrange Your Face (Part 2)
When the Cornish came up country, Bet hoped they’d kill her father Walter. Instead, the Tudors killed the Cornish, and the giant died with them. “Dead till next time,” said Bet.
Week 14: Devil's Spit / A Painter’s Eye
We learn of Bet’s death.
When the news crept through at last, the king spoke to him with tenderness, a hand on his arm; he spoke of his own sister, the silver haired lady like a princess in a book, removed from this life to gardens of Paradise; he had claimed, reserved for royal dead; for it is impossible, he had said, to think of that lady in any low place, any place of darkness, the barred charnel house of Purgatory with its flying cinders and sulphur reek, its boiling tar and roiling clouds of sleet.
With Bet dead, Alice must ask her uncle for permission to wed.