Catalina of Motril was a former servant to Katherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. Likely enslaved, she was brought to England at the age of 15 to serve as a servant of the queen’s bedchamber.
In this video, historian Lauren Johnson and actor Safia Lamrani discuss the sources we have for what Catalina might have worn when she walked the halls of Tudor palaces like Hampton Court. Layer by layer, they build an outfit for a working woman at the Tudor court, with nods to Catlina’s culture and heritage.