 At age six, she was given her own household, complete with "a staff of gentlewomen assigned to wait upon her", a schoolmaster, and a physician.She was given instruction in French, Latin, music, dancing, and embroidery.Her Governess was Joan Vaux whom she called mother Guildford, the two shared a close relationship and Mary was furious when Joan was sent back to England upon her arrival in France.As children, Mary and her brother, the future King Henry VIII, shared a close friendship.