Catherine
"Queen of England"
Howard
Born in Lambeth, Surrey, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmund Howard
and Joyce (Culpeper) Howard
Sister of
Isabel (Leigh) Stumpe [half], John Leigh [half], Joyce (Leigh) Stanney [half], Ralph Leigh [half], Margaret (Leigh) Rice [half], Henry Howard, Charles Howard, George Howard, Margaret (Howard) Arundell, Mary (Howard) Trafford and Joyce Howard
Wife of
Henry (Tudor) of England KG
— married
28 Jul 1540 (to 13 Feb 1542) in Oatlands Palace, Surrey
Died
at about age 19
in Tower of London, London, England
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Biography
Trial and Execution
She was accused of infidelity and having an affair with her cousin, Thomas Culpeper, and so was beheaded. She is quoted as having said "I die a Queen, but I would rather die a Culpeper".
The Screaming Lady
The ghost of Catherine is thought to frequent Hampton Court's haunted gallery where she was dragged back to her rooms screaming while under house arrest. She wanted to plead with her husband, King Henry VIII. Catherine's ghost is also known as The Screaming Lady.[1]
Research notes
Born ABT 1523. Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England.
Died Feb 13 1542. London, England.
Buried London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.
- b. c.1523 Wingate, Co. Durham
- m. Henry VIII 28 July 1540 Oatlands Palace, Surrey
- 23 Nov 1541 Stripped of title of queen. Imprisoned at Syon Abbey, Middlesex
- 10 Feb 1542: Taken to the Tower.
- 13 Feb 1542: Executed.
- Burial: FEB 1542 St. Peter Vincula, London, Middlesex
Sources
- Edward Walford. "Blackheath and Charlton," in Old and New London: Volume 6, (London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1878), 224-236. British History Online, accessed November 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp224-236.
- A P Baggs and M C Siraut. "Stogursey: Castle," in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes), ed. R W Dunning and C R Elrington (London: Victoria County History, 1992), 136-137. British History Online, accessed November 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/pp136-137.
- "Parishes: Preston Candover," in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1908), 371-377. British History Online, accessed November 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp371-377.
- Letter from Catherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper, 1541. The National Archives. nationalarchives.gov.uk. Accessed 8 Nov 2021.
See Also
- "Royal Ancestry", by D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V. pp. 212.
- Wikipedia contributors, "Catherine Howard," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Howard&oldid=1030022346 (accessed June 24, 2021).
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There is quite a bit of information under Acworth-15 Joan (Acworth, Bulmer) Waldergrave that you may find of interest/use
Most of these conversations were chaperoned by Lady Rochford, Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law, who was executed along with Catherine Howard. Per a 17th century writer, Howard was executed because Henry VIII's government believed she intended to commit adultery.
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Parents match; dates mostly match. Executed at the Tower of London.