ABSTRACT
Henry VIII established households for each of his queens. There was some continuity in staffing the household's of Henry VIII's wives. The king made short-term provision for the households of his sisters and his children. More evidence survives about Catherine of Aragon's household and how it was clad than for any of the king's other wives. As with the king's household, the queen's household could provide opportunities for the education of the young. In 1513 Anne Boleyn entered the household of Margaret of Austria as a maid of honour. The evidence for Jane Seymour's household is meagre. Late in 1539 Anne of Cleves arrived in England with a household of her own. Beyond the well-documented sexual laxity, not much is known about Catherine Howard's household. Shortly after her marriage to Henry VIII on 12 July 1543 Catherine Parr's household was sworn into her service.
