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Katherine Howard Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Unknown woman, possibly Katherine Howard

This week was the anniversary of Archbishop Cranmer informing the king of his fifth wife's colourful past, so it seems apt to test our knowledge of this queen - good luck!

Katherine Howard Quiz

Q1) Katherine Howard joined the Tudor court as a maid-of-honour to which queen consort?

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Anne of Cleves

Catherine of Aragon

Correct! She was appointed in late 1539.
Wrong! She was appointed to serve Anne of Cleves in late 1539.

Q2) Her father was a younger brother of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, what was his first name?

Robert

Edward

Charles

Edmund

Correct!
Wrong! It was Edmund

Q3) This person died when Katherine was about five years old.

Her father

Her mother

Anne Boleyn

All of the above

Correct! Her mother was Jocasta Culpeper.
Wrong! It was her mother, Jocasta Culpeper.

Q4) This man admitted to the Privy Council that Francis Dereham fell into despair when he found out about Henry VIII's relationship with Katherine Howard and hoped that he could resume his relationship with her.

Henry Manox

Robert Damport

Thomas Culpeper

John Lassells

Correct! Robert Damport was also in the household of the dowager duchess of Norfolk.
Wrong! It was Robert Damport, He was also in the household of the dowager duchess of Norfolk.

Q5) When Queen Katherine started to spend extra time alone with Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford (during the Culpeper affair), her sister, who was also one of her ladies became jealous - What was her name? This lady was also one of the ladies who went with Katherine to Syon Abbey.

Lady Isabella Baynton

Lady Anne Knyvet

Lady Dorothy Bray

Lady Jane Dudley

Correct! Isabella was her half-sister and she had married the queen's vice-chamberlain Sir Edward Baynton.
Wrong! The answer is Lady Isabella Baynton. Isabella was her half-sister and she had married the queen's vice-chamberlain Sir Edward Baynton.

Q6) True or false: Katherine was romantically linked with Thomas Culpeper when she first came to court to serve Anne of Cleves?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q7) This man was responsible for taking an inventory of Katherine's jewels after her fall from favour.

John Arundel

Thomas Seymour

Richard Gage

Thomas Wriothesley

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Seymour.

Q8) This lady was Keeper of the Queen's Jewels to Katherine Howard.

Lucy Somerset

Margaret Garneys

Anne Herbert

Jane Boleyn

Correct! It was Anne who released the Queen's jewels to Thomas Seymour to be inventoried. Anne was Katherine Parr's sister.
Wrong! It was Anne Herbert, sister of Katherine Parr. She released the Queen's jewels to Thomas Seymour to be inventoried.

Q9) On 6th November 1541, the councillors went to King Henry VIII to tell him what they had discovered from their questioning. When they had finished, the king....

Sat quietly and then wept

Stood up and yelled at the men

Walked out of the room without a word

Laughed

Correct!
Wrong! He sat quietly and then wept.

Q10) Who did Thomas Culpeper blame for his relationship with the queen?

Himself

Katherine Howard

Jane Boleyn

Katherine and Jane

Correct! He stated that both the Queen and Lady Rochford were equal partners in the affair, that the two ladies encouraged each other.
Wrong! He stated that both the Queen and Lady Rochford were equal partners in the affair, that the two ladies encouraged each other.

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