 The Duke refused to give up his mistress, and resolved to separate from his wife.Both the Duke and Thomas Cromwell requested the Duchess's brother to take her in, a suggestion he utterly rejected.The Duchess wrote of her husband's abuse of her during this period, claiming that when she was recovering after the birth of her daughter, Mary, he had pulled her out of bed by the hair, dragged her through the house, and wounded her with a dagger.