Meet the Wives Handbook: Catherine Parr

Life Links

1. Kendal, Cumbria
http://www.britainexpress.com/
villages/kendal.htm
This town in northern England was the birthplace of Catharine Parr. The Norman castle in which she was born no longer stands.

2. Snape Castle, Yorkshire
http://www.communigate.co.uk/
ne/slhg/page2.phtml
Catherine Parr lived here as the wife of John Neville, Lord Latimer

3. Hampton Court Palace
http://www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/
what_to_see_hamp.asp?ID=50
Site of Catherine Parr's marriage to Henry VIII

4. Sudeley Castle
http://www.sudeleycastle.co.uk/
This magnificent Tudor building was Catharine's residence with Thomas Seymour and site of her burial, in St. Mary's Chapel.



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