Since We are discussing Jane Boleyn and Katherine Howard one thing I am curious about is this...before Henry married Katherine Howard it was known by the Family and servants that Katherine had been less than circumspect. while living with the elderly Dowager Duchess of Norfolk " Firstly, she had been caught in a compromising position with Edward Manox, her music teacher, when she was thirteen. Katherine then formed a liaison with Francis Dereham and he was a frequent visitor to the dormitory.( where Katherine and other girls slept) In fact, they had sworn before witnesses to marry each other as soon as she was older, and called each other "husband" and "wife". When he went on a journey to Ireland, he left his money in her possession, and made presents to her of clothing and jewelry. Katherine, in turn, bestowed sexual favors on him, going so far as to have intercourse with him in full view of the other people in the dormitory. "
My question is this Why in the World would the Duke of Norfolk knowing her past and knowing that it would come out at some point would he let her marry Henry? Could he not have sent her from Court? It seems to me he took as big a gamble as Jane Boleyn! And then would he not have had spies to watch over Catherine...would he have known about Culpepper? And would he have known about Jane Boleyn's part in it?
"Her great-aunt, the elderly Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, was arrested for a time for possible collusion in Katherine's early sexual indiscretions, but she was soon released. Her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk was not so lucky, but followed her to the block. He had evaded the axe years before in the matter of his other niece, Anne Boleyn by turning against her, but that tactic didn't work for him this time."
Information from this site:
www.geocities.com/soho/studios/1344/howard.html