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# Catherine Howard’s Rise and Cromwell’s Death on July 28, 1540: Sources
- URL: https://www.historywithmadeleine.com/catherine-howards-rise-and-cromwells-death-on-july-28-1540-sources/
- Published: 2026-07-28T03:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T14:07:14.000Z
- Author: Madeleine Mermall
- Tags: Research, Henry VIII, Kings & Queens of England, English History

I read Gareth Russell’s Young and Damned and Fair a few months ago, and it was the best source for this short video on the occurrences of July 28, 1540 in Tudor England: Catherine Howard’s marriage, and her future foreshadowed in Cromwell’s fate. 

### Sources:

Russell, Gareth. *Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII*. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017.

**Web sources cited:**

Historic Royal Palaces. “Catherine Howard.” Hampton Court Palace. [https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/catherine-howard/](https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/catherine-howard/?ref=historywithmadeleine.com).

  
Historic Royal Palaces. “Catherine Howard’s Proclamation as Queen, Hampton Court, 1540.” HRP Blog, July 30, 2025\. [https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/catherine-howards-proclamation-as-queen-hampton-court-1540/](https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/catherine-howards-proclamation-as-queen-hampton-court-1540/?ref=historywithmadeleine.com).

### Image sources: 

*Portrait of a Young Woman*, Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540–45, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

John Hoskins, *Anne Boleyn*, 17th century, miniature on vellum, Duke of Buccleuch Collection, on loan to Hever Castle, Kent, UK.

Hans Holbein the Younger, *Catherine Howard* (attributed), 1540, miniature; watercolor and gouache on vellum, National Portrait Gallery.

Hans Holbein the Younger, *Thomas Cromwell*, 1532-33, oil on canvas, The Frick Museum, New York, NY.