She has a reputation in history that she doesn't deserve.
Catherine Howard is widely known throughout history as the dumb wife, the spoiled bimbo wife, the promiscuous wife. The one who got what she deserved.
But Catherine Howard was never expected to be royalty, and she was never expected to be high up in court. The most she was expected to accomplish was a good marriage, and her education was the best a woman in her position could hope for. If anything, Catherine Howard’s educational background is the most similar to that of Henry’s favorite wife, Jane Seymour.In fact, when Catherine became consort, she rather cannily modeled herself after this beloved late wife.
Catherine turned down his initial advances stating “I will never be naught with you and able to marry me you be not.”Still, Mannock continued his pursuit and eventually Catherine gave in, giving her tutor permission to touch her “secret parts” in hopes this would placate him and he would “desire no more.”Mannock continued to abuse his position of power over Catherine, actually boasting to friends that he had been with her so much that he knew of a secret mark on her body.
There are accounts of Dereham lifting Catherine’s dress past her navel so he could get a good look at her body, and it didn’t stop there: Dereham had a key that allowed him access to the quarters where Catherine and the other girls slept, and using this, he frequently “lay” with her. For the sake of argument let’s say the affair did happen – what does that say about Catherine’s decision making skills?
Around 1541, Culpepper started taking particular notice of Catherine Howard. This date is important because it is also when Francis Dereham blackmailed his way into being on Catherine’s privy council.
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