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1 December 1541 – The Trial of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper

| December 1, 2015

1 December 1541 – The Trial of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper

On 1st December 1541, Francis Dereham, secretary to Queen Catherine Howard, and Thomas Culpeper, a member of the king’s privy chamber, were tried for treason at Guildhall. Both men were found guilty and condemned to death. Chronicler and Windsor Herald Charles Wriothesley records: “This yeare, the fyrst daye of December, was arrigned at the Guyld […]

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