She lost her position in 1533, because Mary's household was dissolved due to her refusal to acknowledge Anne Boleyn as her father's wife.
[10] Clarencius rode through the streets of London with other ladies of the household dressed in crimson velvet at the Royal Entry before Mary's coronation.
[11] Clarencius was regarded as the queen's closest confidante and received many gifts from her, including generous grants of land in Essex,[12] including the manors of Loverdown (Loughton Hall), Thamberley Hall,[13] Thundersley, Runwell, Rivenhall, Chingford St Pauls, and Chingford Earls.
[14] When Mary was looking for a suitable husband in 1554, Clarencius spoke strongly in favour of Philip, at that moment Duke of Milan and heir to the Crowns of Castile and Aragon, among his father's many domains.
[15] The Imperial diplomats Simon Renard and the Count d'Egmont thought that Clarencius, Frideswide Strelley, and Jane Russell were Mary's most intimate confidantes, and as supporters of the Spanish marriage plan ought to be sent gifts of jewellery.
[23] At Antwerp, the Countess of Feria complained to an English diplomat, John Legh, that Elizabeth refused a licence for Susan Clarencieux to travel to Spain.