Castles and Queens in my Family Tree

My uncles died without a clue there were regal and historic people in the Rosamond Tree. Christine and I raised our family up with our writing and art. Our ignorant children were gleeful to tear it all done. They do not have a clue where art, literature, and history come from. They can barely grasp the idea of Parents and Legacy.

Catherine Howard was fifteen when she married a King. She was tutored. Her talents were highlighted and nurtured. My uncle Vinnie promoted my art, and gave me a job when I was seventeen. He was going to build me a studio attached to the garage. He hung my art above his mantle. He was proud of me. He had no children. I was like his son.

John Presco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Culpeper

Jocasta “Joyce” Culpeper, of Oxon Hoath (c. 1480 – c. 1528) was the mother of Katherine Howard, the fifth wife and Queen consort of King Henry VIII.

https://gw.geneanet.org/frebault?lang=en&n=trevor&oc=0&p=rose

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Culpeper

Thomas Culpeper (c. 1514 – 10 December 1541) was a courtier and close friend of Henry VIII, and related to two of his queens, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He is known to have had many private meetings with Catherine after her marriage, though these may have involved political intrigue. A letter was found written by Queen Catherine and she signed it, “yours as long as life endures.” He blamed the queen, saying he tried to end it, but she was, “dying of love for him”. Under torture, he confessed to adultery, and both were beheaded for treason.

In 1540, Culpeper caught the attention of Henry’s new teenaged bride, Catherine Howard, and by 1541 they were spending time together, often alone and late at night, aided and abetted by Catherine’s Lady-in-waiting, Lady Rochford, the widowed sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn. The affair caused the downfall of all involved.

Culpeper had close access and often came into contact with the Queen and her attendants.[8] Thomas Culpeper was first introduced into Catherine Howard‘s personal life in March 1541, when King Henry VIII went on a trip to Dover and left Catherine behind at Greenwich. At this time Culpeper began asking favours of Catherine, who was his seventh cousin, once removed.[9] The private meetings between them are thought to have begun sometime around May of that same year. Catherine’s lady-in-waiting the Lady Rochford, arranged the meetings between Culpeper and Catherine. On these occasions only she and another lady-in-waiting, Katherine Tilney, were allowed entrance to the Queen’s chamber.