Antwerp

Jenneke hails from Antwerp, a Flemish trading city where she grew up in Mister Vaughan's household. Cromwell recognizes her sharp accent from his past visits, a sound tied to merchant homes buzzing with deal-making voices and the tang of commerce. The city holds his memory strong—people there recall him well—and stirs his old homesickness. Jenneke invokes it as an escape from England's intrigues, a return to simpler roots contrasting his burdened life in Austin Friars.