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Keywords: picture frame According to the blog Medieval Ecclesiastical Art: Sir John was from minor gentry family, but he spent most of his career, not on his estates, but as an army officer. He was an army commander in Ireland under the Earl of Essex and was for a time governor of Kinsale. In 1596 he went with Essex to raid the town of Cadiz in Spain. Tradition asserts that amongst the prisoners taken at Cadiz, was a lady of extraordinary beauty from a wealthy and well-connected family, identified often as Donna Leonora Oviedo. Sir John was given charge of her and he apparently treated her with such care that she fell in love with him. Apparently she was so passionate for him that she threw herself at his feet asking him to marry her. However Sir John was already married and refused, returning home to England. Apparently when he returned home the inconsolable lady retired to a nunnery, to spend the remainder of her days in sorrow and seclusion. On Sir John Bolle's departure from Cadiz, the Spanish Lady gave to him a number of presents, including a profusion of jewels and other valuables. Among them was her portrait wearing a green dress. The picture, which is long lost, was hung by Bolle in Thorpe Hall and led to her being called The Green Lady in the Bolle family. Tradition says that Thorpe Hall in Louth, is haunted by her, and that she used to be seen most nights sitting in a particular tree near the house. According to the blog Medieval Ecclesiastical Art: Sir John was from minor gentry family, but he spent most of his career, not on his estates, but as an army officer. He was an army commander in Ireland under the Earl of Essex and was for a time governor of Kinsale. In 1596 he went with Essex to raid the town of Cadiz in Spain. Tradition asserts that amongst the prisoners taken at Cadiz, was a lady of extraordinary beauty from a wealthy and well-connected family, identified often as Donna Leonora Oviedo. Sir John was given charge of her and he apparently treated her with such care that she fell in love with him. Apparently she was so passionate for him that she threw herself at his feet asking him to marry her. However Sir John was already married and refused, returning home to England. Apparently when he returned home the inconsolable lady retired to a nunnery, to spend the remainder of her days in sorrow and seclusion. On Sir John Bolle's departure from Cadiz, the Spanish Lady gave to him a number of presents, including a profusion of jewels and other valuables. Among them was her portrait wearing a green dress. The picture, which is long lost, was hung by Bolle in Thorpe Hall and led to her being called The Green Lady in the Bolle family. Tradition says that Thorpe Hall in Louth, is haunted by her, and that she used to be seen most nights sitting in a particular tree near the house.
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