Friday, January 8, 2021

Chesworth House


From Sussex Live:

Later, Chesworth was given to the Howard family, and their daughter Catherine spent her childhood at the Sussex estate. Catherine would grow up to become Queen Catherine, fifth wife to Henry VIII and scandal of the English court. Catherine, while growing up in Chesworth House, allegedly had flings both with a secretary and her music teacher before she married the king. However, she soon after marriage she was accused of getting involved with a courtier, which, alongside reports of her flings at Chesworth, resulted in her trial and execution in 1541.

Chesworth House is a serene and quiet place, but the peace of its surroundings are completely at odds with the house’s colourful past. Lord Thomas Howard, a relative of Catherine, was arrested at Chesworth House for plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth I. The Ridolfi Plot was set up Italian banker Roberto Ridolfi and aimed to replace Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots, and make England a Catholic nation. Thomas Howard, a suitor of Mary, was arrested in Sussex at Chesworth and subsequently beheaded for high treason. (Read more.)

 

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Sansa said...

Lovely house and beautiful garden. I like looking at beautiful historical houses/mansions. I like watching documentaries about castles.