But it was Catherine’s earlier liaisons that ultimately sealed her fate. The men who changed Henry VIII’s underpants.
Writing for BBC History Magazine in 2016, the academic historian Josephine Wilkinson claimed that Catherine Howard’s relationships with Mannock and Dereham had been non-consensual. him on Facebook and Twitter @tonyriches, Really really want this book….your Tudor Trilogy was amazing….my fascination living near Bletso in Bedfordshire is Margaret Beaufort….please write about her sometime. It does show how little you could say in those days and not be put in the tower.
Please enter your number below. She was the last wife of Charles Brandon. When Catherine Howard was arrested at Hampton Court Palace in November 1541, it is thought she broke free from her guards and ran, screaming, down the corridor to the private Chapel Royal, where Henry was believed to be at Mass. Find out more about Catherine’s life, death, and her ghost, which is said to haunt Hampton Court Palace … Somehow, Katherine, this woman so interlaced in Henry VIII’s court, went unnoticed. This book of a lesser known Tudor kept my attention the whole way. Change ). “Both men took advantage of their position of authority in the household – and Catherine had no means of defending herself.”, The historian Lucy Worsley echoed Wilkinson’s claims.
Her mother is the long standing devoted lady and friend of Queen Catherine of Aragon. However, there was one who really should get more attention and her name is Katherine Willoughby. His colourful,”, Release of Katherine - Tudor Duchess, about the life of Katherine Willoughby (available for review), 32 New Historical Fiction Novels Readers Are Raving About. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Attractive, wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies of the Tudor court. Catherine had a longer, sexual relationship with a young noble, Francis Dereham, who was a secretary in her grandmother’s household, between 1537 and 1539. Katherine Willoughby's unlikely marriage to Charles Brandon her guardian, makes her a baroness and leads to her walking close on the heels of all of Henry VIII's wives ~ and between wives, even the King himself. Tony’s other published historical fiction novels include: Owen – Book One Of The Katherine Willoughby is the daughter of Maria de Salinas, one of Queen Catherine of Aragon's ladies-in-waiting. Katherine Willoughby is a very influential lady in the Tudor court since she is close with all of King Henry VIII wives and King Henry VIII himself as his children Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. Writing in The Telegraph, Worsley highlighted the “queasy fact that the girl at the centre of [this] was quite possibly still in her early teens.”, She added: “It’s all very well to describe [Catherine’s] ‘easy charm’ and her ‘abundant store of good nature’, but it is questionable to do so about a girl who, from the age of 11 or 12 onwards, had older men coming into her bedroom.
Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Unfortunately her story somewhat ends at the reign of Queen Elizabeth I since she was not invited to her court and most likely due to her vocal opposition to the Catholic religion that Elizabeth I practiced. Related by blood (Elizabeth’s mother, Anne Boleyn, was Catherine’s first cousin), the pair are said to have enjoyed one another’s company during the few occasions on which they met. Although Katherine's life was not easy, she was lucky enough to survive and live a full life. Catherine had been married to Henry for just 18 months when she was executed at the Tower of London on 13 February 1542, and in that time did not bear Henry any children. According to historian Anna Whitelock, relations between the two “were initially fraught”. 1466-1503. So close was Katherine with Henry VIII there were talks that she might have been the seventh wife. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Her mother was Maria de Salinas, a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon and a devout Catholic. By entering your details, you are agreeing to HistoryExtra terms and conditions. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. They married on 28 July 1540, just three weeks after the king’s brief marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled. Her mother was Maria de Salinas, a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon and a devout Catholic. “When he became king he had been a trim 32 inches around the waist; by the time he met Anne of Cleves it was closer to 52 inches.”, But, Wilkinson explains, Catherine “restored to [Henry] the youth and vitality he thought he’d lost. October 1st 2019 Today it is said that Catherine’s ghost can be seen – and heard – running and screaming along what is now known as the ‘Haunted Gallery’. She has often been seen as an afterth. Katherine's father dies when she is young and Katherine is taken in as a ward of Sir Charles Brandon, brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s most successful queen. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. “While it isn’t possible to pinpoint Catherine’s exact age, the wills of two of her relatives place her year of birth between 1523 and 1527, suggesting that she was significantly younger than 21.
I really enjoyed this book. Historical novelist Susan Higginbotham explains: “The story that Katherine Howard said the words above comes from the anonymous Chronicle of King Henry VIII, better known to us as the Spanish Chronicle, which was translated from Spanish and edited by Martin Hume. Catherine was accused of adultery and treason. This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. 28 July 1540, Why was she executed? I might have benefitted from reading this book before going on that tour.
Especially when Mannock was placed in a position of responsibility towards Catherine as her music teacher.”, Enter your email address now to receive news, features, podcasts and more, Thanks for signing up to receive our royal newsletter, Register to HistoryExtra now to manage your newsletter preferences, By entering your details, you are agreeing to HistoryExtra's terms and conditions. Thank you for subscribing to HistoryExtra, you now have unlimited access. Your guide to the Roman empire: when it was formed, why it split and how it failed, plus its most colourful emperors, Suzannah Lipscomb & Dan Jones discuss Henry VIII’s final two wives: Catherine Howard & Katherine Parr, The lost heirs of Henry VIII: Alison Weir on Katherine of Aragon’s failed pregnancies. “As a special honour, Katherine was seated in her late husband’s place in the garter stalls, and ran her fingers over the brass plate of which he’d been so proud. When one thinks about women reformers during the time of the Tudors, certain women like Catherine Parr and Anne Aske come to mind.