Henry VIII's Secret Children?: Katherine and Henry Carey

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It’s time to take a look at what we can discover about the lives of Katherine and Henry Carey…

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Linked videos and playlists:

The Field of Cloth of Gold: https://youtu.be/BRkhX1gRyQE
Order of the Garter: https://youtu.be/Vp6JV6HR9Y8
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Katherine Knollys, née Carey by an unknown artist (1562). Held by the Yale Center for British Art.

Portrait of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon by Steven van Herwijck (c.1561-1563). Held by a private collection but on loan to the Globe Theatre.

Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk attributed to Jan Gossaert (c.1515). Held by Woburn Abbey.

Portrait of a Lady called Mary Boleyn, Lady Stafford attributed to Remigius van Leemput (c.1630-1670). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Catherine of Aragon by Lucas Horenbout (1525). Held in an unidentified location.

Portrait of William Carey, probably after a miniature by Lucas Horenbout (c.1580). Held in a private collection.

The Field of the Cloth of Gold by an unknown artist of the British School (c.1545). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Henry VIII by Joos Van Cleve (c.1530-1535). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein the Younger (1539). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Screenshot from https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/katherine-knollys

Elizabeth I when a Princess attributed to William Scrots (c.1546). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Portrait of Queen Mary I of England, by Antonis Mor (1554). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown English artist (c.1600). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Queen Elizabeth I of England receives Dutch ambassadors attributed to Levina Teerlinc (c.1560s). Held by the Hessen Kassel Heritage.

Screenshot of https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#currency-result

Anne Morgan, Lady Hunsdon by Henry Bone, after the Flemish School (c.1817). Held by the National Trust.

Mary, Queen of Scots by François Clouet (c.1559-1560). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

The Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland from "A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercie" 1627.

Screenshot from https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A40672.0001.001/1:11.8?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

Map of Anglo-Scottish Marches created by Lategreatanddeadpics (2025).

The Old Globe theatre — a print of the original theatre in London. Created in 1642 by Wenceslas Hollar for his Long View of London. The label "The Globe" has been superimposed; in the original drawing, the building was mistakenly labelled "beere baiting".

Screenshotfrom https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/henry-carey-lord-hunsdon-family#:~:text=The%20monument%20to%20Henry%20Carey,painted%20in%20the%20late%201950s.

George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon by Nicholas Hilliard (1601). Held in an unidentified location.
Quoted texts:

Jonathan Hughes, ODNB entry on Mary Boleyn (2009).

Alison Weir, “Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore” (2012).

Sally Varlow, ODNB entry on Katherine Carey (2009).

Wallace T. MacCaffrey, ODNB entry on Henry Carey (2014).
Also consulted, were:

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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