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On February 13th, 1542, Katheryn Howard is executed. In early November 1541, she was charged with “unchastity” before her marriage to Henry, hiding her precontract and her indiscretions from him before their marriage, as well as committing adultery.

She was stripped of her title as queen on November 23rd and was confined to Syon Abbey. On January 21st, 1542, Parliament passed a bill of attainder making Katheryn’s actions an executable offense. She was taken to the Tower on February 10th and held there until her death. A witness at her execution wrote of her last moments, mentioning that she “…made the most godly and Christian end that ever was heard tell of (I think) since the world’s creation…” Undressed, wearing only her kirtle, she knelt down in the chilly weather and prayed. She then laid her neck on the block in the manner she had practiced and died bravely. Sadly, her remains were buried without a marker until the 19th century.