She was rumored to have a relationship with Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and in the anonymous poem O Ladies, Ladies Howle & Cry she was accused of having caused his death together with Katherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk by infecting him with syphilis.
Hon ryktades ha ett förhållande med Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, och vid dennes död anklagades hon i den anonyma smädesdikten O Ladies, Ladies Howle & and Cry för att tillsammans med Katherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk ha orsakat Cecils död genom att smitta honom med syfilis.