- Jean Belmain
Jean Belmain, also John Belmain (died after ) was a French
Huguenot scholar who served as a French-language teacher to future English monarchs King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I at the court of their father,Henry VIII . [cite book|title=Huguenot Heritage: The History and Contribution of the Huguenots in Britain (page 81)|author=Gwynn, Robin D.|date=1985|publisher=Routledge|id=ISBN 0710204205]A zealous
Calvinist , Jean Belmain was a refugee from the persecution of Protestants in France. Large and austere, he was well rewarded for his services, and may well have had a major role in forming Edward'sProtestant views.Jordan, "Edward VI: The Young King, Vol 1" (page 68)]Belmain began his teaching duties in 1546 [cite book|title=Intrigue and Treason: The Tudor Court, 1547–1558 (page 60)|author=Loades, D. M.|date=2004|publisher=Pearson Education|id=ISBN 0582772265] and also completed a French-language translation of the prose devotion "Lamentacions of a Sinner" written by Henry's last queen
Catherine Parr , in which his most noticeable adaptation was to add exclamations. [cite book|title=Early Modern Women's Manuscript Writing (pages 34, 41)|author=Gibson, Jonathan|date=2004|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|id=ISBN 0754604691]References
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