The Howards were pro-Spanish, crypto-Catholic, and infamously devious, especially Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton and his nephew Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk.

Rumor swirled about Suffolk's daughter, Frances Howard, who found herself at the heart of the greatest sex-and-murder scandal of King James's reign.

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