The Howards’ Miserable Christmas
Posted By Claire on December 20, 2013
On this day in 1541, A “very sickly” Agnes Tilney, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London after the fall of her granddaughter, Queen Catherine Howard, begged Henry VIII for forgiveness. She also confessed to having another £800 hidden at Norfolk House.
The poor woman must have been terrified, as she surely must have heard that Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper had been executed.
You can read all about the Howard family’s horrible Christmas in Marilyn Roberts’ article “Terror for the Howards at Christmas”.
Other articles you might be interested in:
470 Years Ago – Terror for the Howards at Christmas
RIP Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper – 10 December 1541
10 December 1541 – The Executions of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
The End of Culpeper and Dereham
Interrogatories to be ministered to the Duchess of Norfolk concerning her and the Queen
10 December 1541 – Culpeper and Dereham are executed at Tyburn
