The Bill of Attainder of Katheryn Howard
On January 21, 1542 a Bill of Attainder was introduced in English Parliament against Katheryn Howard. Henry VIII’s fifth queen had already been stripped of her title by the king’s Privy Council on November 22, 1441 because she had led “an abominable, base, carnal, voluptuous, and vicious life” before marriage and acting “like a common… Read more The Bill of Attainder of Katheryn Howard