 Mary spent most of her time at the Duke's country seat of Westhorpe Hall in Suffolk.In the late 1520s, relations between King Henry VIII and his sister Mary were strained when she opposed the King's attempt to obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, whom Mary had known for many years.Mary developed a strong dislike for Anne Boleyn (King Henry's intended wife), whom she had first encountered in France.