The regretted

On January 15 1569, Catherine Knolly,  née Carey, Henry sister (and probably his closest blood relative alive) died. She is an interesting character in her own right, but I always had certain trouble talking about her until now (yea the time she bite the bust truly the best moment!). I always thought the idea of exploring the relationship between the brother and sister was a good idea, but most of my research resulted in very little result. I'm not even sure they had much crossing together in their youth (Catherine was put on a path to becoming a lady in waitting for Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard and his own education seem to have been taken place in another location). Hell if you look at calendar, at the time Henry does seem to mention her death, though remember most of his correspondence seem to be lost.

I will recommend reading the being bess article as it give interesting account of the whole Elizabeth/Catherine/Francis Knolly relationship. (Though its nice to see that Apparently her husband quite loved her)