Sir William Cecil wrote to Sir Thomas Smith that 'The Sergeant Porter, being the biggest gentleman of this court, has married secretly the Lady Mary Grey, the least of all the court ...
威廉·塞西尔在给托马斯·史密斯爵士的信中也提及了此事：“看门人，宫廷中最大的绅士，已秘密和宫廷中最娇小的玛丽·格雷女勋爵结婚了……这罪过很大”。