Claire | November 7, 2020
In this latest edition of my Questions about Anne Boleyn series, I consider whether Anne Boleyn and her cousin, Catherine Howard, were pawns of their families and whether the Boleyns and Howards deserve to be blamed for their subsequent executions. Did Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn, and Elizabeth’s brother, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, force […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Boleyn Myth, The Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn |
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Tags: Anne Bolwyn pawn, Boleyns, Catherine Howard, Howards, Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn
Claire | December 22, 2017
On this day in history, 22 December 1541, members of the Howard and Tilney family, plus their staff, were tried for misprision of treason for covering up the “unlawful, carnal, voluptuous, and licentious life”. of Queen Catherine Howard while she lived with the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk at Lambeth. Read more… Also on this day […]
Category: Tudor Events |
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Tags: Bishop Fisher, Catherine Howard, Howards, Howards and Tilneys, John Fisher
Claire | December 22, 2016
On this day in 1541, members of the Howard and Tilney family, plus their staff, were tried for misprision of treason for covering up the “unlawful, carnal, voluptuous, and licentious life” of Queen Catherine Howard while she lived with the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk at Lambeth. The people listed in the trial documents included Lord […]
Category: Six Wives |
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Tags: Catherine Howard, Catherine Howard's fall, Howards, Howards and Tilneys, Tilneys, trial of Howards and Tilneys
Claire | August 1, 2014
Last week I wrote about Anne Boleyn’s paternal family, the Boleyns and Butlers, so today I’m going to look at Anne’s maternal family, the Howards. Apologies for the long article, there were quite a few prominent Howards! The Howards were one of the premier families in England and were of royal blood, being descended from […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Anne Boleyn's Life series, Background, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Catherine Howard, Edmund Howard, Howards, John Howard, The Howards, Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Claire | February 14, 2014
Today we have a guest post from Marilyn Roberts, historian and author of The Mowbray Legacy and Lady Anne Mowbray: The High and Excellent Princess. You can see my review of Lady Anne Mowbray over at our book reviews site – click here. Over to Marilyn… This is the time of year when thoughts of […]
Category: Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Anne Mowbray, Edward IV, Howard Family, Howards, Lady Anne Mowbray, Princes in the Tower, Richard III, Richard of York
Claire | 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 […]
Category: Six Wives, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Agnes Tilney, Catherine Howard, Howards, Katherine Howard
Claire | December 12, 2013
On 12th December 1546, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and his son, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, were arrested and taken from Lord Chancellor Wriothesley’s house in Ely Place, Holborn, where they had been interrogated, to the Tower of London. Norfolk was taken to the Tower by barge but his son suffered the humiliation […]
Category: Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard, Howards, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Claire | November 25, 2013
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day to raise awareness about violence against women. According to the UN Women website, domestic violence is still a huge problem in today’s world: “Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. According to a […]
Category: News, Tudor Times |
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Tags: domestic violence, Duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth Stafford, Howards, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor marriage