6 November 1541 – Henry VIII Abandons Catherine Howard at Hampton Court Palace
Claire | November 6, 2013
On Sunday 6th November 1541, Henry VIII abandoned his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, at Hampton Court Palace. During the day, he “dined at a little place in the fields” near the palace “on pretext of hunting”, and then that night returned to London and met with his council from midnight “until 4 or 5 a.m. […]
