Lara asked Philippa Gregory:

Dear Ms.Gregory, Are there any known paintings or artifacts of/owned by Jaquetta of Luxembourg and if so how would one go about finding them? I was also wondering if any of your research has allowed you to find out what happened to the daughter of Catherine Parr?

Philippa Gregory The daughter of Kateryn Parr almost certainly died in childhood, infant mortality was very high then. Thomas Seymour did not keep her at his home, and in any case he was executed shortly after. As to paintings of Jacquetta – I am not aware of anything though we know that she was famously beautiful. She owned a beautiful book of hours which had been made for her predecessor the Duchess of Bedford (John of Lancaster's wife) and she would have stayed at Penshurst Place, which he renovated during his time in England. Jacquetta would have lived at Grafton in the manor house which was excavated a few years ago by Time Team. I was lucky enough to be there when they found a prayer book clasp, which may have been hers.

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