Thursday, January 2, 2014

Catherine Howard - Letter to Culpepper



Published on Jan 2, 2014
On 2 November 1541, Henry VIII arrived to celebrate mass in the Holy Day Closet at Hampton Court. Waiting for him was a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.

This letter told Henry the alarming and intimate news that his young wife, Catherine, had been accused of adultery

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