The difference between Anne and Catherine Howard was Anne was coronated. An execution by sword appears to be more regal and more noble than the axe. One topic was about prisoners; another the Old Mediveal Palace where Anne was housed for both her coronation and execuation. I suspect even her execution followed these tenents. I hope this post makes some sense. Again, I am not an educated historian, so there are my inclinations about a woman I admire greatly. I believe Anne to be completley innocent of all the charges brought against her, and no one argues that position better than Eric Ives.
Maybe it was because Ann had an official coronation so was Queen and no Englishman could legally kill her as it would be Regicide? Or the term they used then would be treason?
She was holy anointed, crowned with St. I think that reasons 4 and 5 are closer to the truth. Henry tried to appear merciful or he knew deep inside that she was innocent, so he wanted her end to be quicker and less painful. The fact that she was officially coronated is also a possible reason. I think it has alot to due with what everyone else is saying that Anne was coronated Queen and Catherine just became queen via her marriage with Henry.
Im sure Europe was not surprised at all that he cut of Catherine Howards head. I suspect Katherine Howard was blackmailed into hiring Dereham, the threat of her precontract being exposed. I also suspect she was the victim of sexual abuse when she lived with her step grandmother, rather than a promiscuous girl. Did she sleep with Culpepper because she was desperate to get pregnant with a boy? Anne also died in May, when the weather would have theoretically been better for a crossing.
Catherine died in winter. I do believe that Catherine had it coming.. She was young and easily amused by men and did not have true love for his majesty, surely having affairs and thinking you could get away with it was risky especially in her case? These are my own judgements and thoughts everyone has an opinion to share. It has been suggested that it had nothing to do with Henrys wish to be merciful, it had to do with him reasserting his right as King.
A sword is a kingly weapon and a symbol of virility. Lets remember Anne was accused of mocking his marital prowess She was unique in his reign of being the only one of his victims executed in this manner. I think it also likely that Anne and Henry had a connection, so cruel and petty or not, Henry did have emotions regarding Anne. Catherine Howard was simply a good time that went on a bit long. That was an old man trying to feel young again—there was no connection or real feelings there.
I believe it was because the King knew full well that the allegations of incest and other crimes were not true. At this point it was too late for Katherine to admit to the king that she was not as chaste as he had believed her to be when they met, which meant that she and the rest of the Howards had to keep her past life at Lambeth secret. When they returned south to Hampton Court, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was forced to break the news to the king, via a letter, that he believed the queen had been unfaithful.
Unfortunately for Henry, and even more so for Katherine, both Manox and Dereham admitted their past misdeeds with the queen and Katherine herself broke down and admitted her past intimacy with Dereham during a private interview with Cranmer. Unlike the four queens who came before her, Katherine never received any kind of education that could prepare her for the kind of bear pit Court was. At worst Katherine could legally be charged with bigamy and sent away from Court in shame, until she was questioned about her relationship with Culpeper.
In fact, perhaps out of a want to save her own skin or simply out of terror, she claimed that Culpeper had pestered her with his affections and Lady Rochford had encouraged his attentions. Afterwards both their heads were displayed on London Bridge. Katherine and Lady Rochford were beheaded on 13 February The king quickly implemented a law that allowed for the execution of the insane should they be charged with high treason. Though so physically weak she had to be assisted on to the scaffold, Katherine was executed first and died with dignity.
In the 16th century dying well was important, however terrified Katherine must have been, and some reports suggest that she asked to see the block before she died and even spent the night before her execution practicing how to lay her head upon it.
She asked the people watching to pray for her and the executioner took off her head with one blow. She was a woman who was aware of her own sexuality, and how to use it, years before a woman in charge of her own sexual pleasure was deemed acceptable by society. She was a woman who lacked a proper education and upbringing befitting her station who was then expected to act like the four queens who came before her.
She was a young girl who made mistakes, and yet met her grisly end with grace and courage, paying the ultimate price for a crime that there is no definitive proof she ever committed. Katherine Howard: Vixen or victim? Henry developed a crush on the "vivacious" young Kathryn and soon married her. Kathryn's family, the Howards, were thrilled by the engagement, as they had been on the outs at the King's court and they assumed the marriage would restore their family to greatness.
Henry was over the moon about Kathryn, referring to her as his "rose without a thorn" and "the very jewel of womanhood. And a year after the marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury informed the King that Kathryn had not only not been a virgin when he married her but might even now be carrying on behind his back.
One day, the story goes, Kathryn escaped from her guards and rushed down the corridor below in search of Henry. She thought he was praying in the royal chapel, which was at the end of the hall. And as she ran, she screamed and begged for his mercy. The guards caught her before she reached the chapel, and returned her to her cell. And Henry may actually have been out hunting. The story is that the ghost of Kathryn Howard still haunts the corridor at Hampton Court, where she reenacts her desperate attempt to see the king.
Others have reported feeling "chills" in the corridor. Perhaps because, in the winter and early spring, the place is freezing.
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