List of Illustrations

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1:      Fall of the Angels, fifteenth century (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Ms Douce, 134. fol 98).

2a:    The Marriage of Henry V and Catharine de Valois, Jean Chartier, Chronique de Charles VII, France (Calais), 1490, and England, before 1494 (© The British Library Board, Royal 20 E VI f9v).

2b:    Henry VI, rood screen, Barton Turf Church, Norfolk (© Barton Turf PCC).

3a:    Portrait of Henry VII as a young man, unknown French artist (The Art Archive/Musée Calvert/Avignon Gianni Dagli Orti).

3b:    Tomb effigy of Margaret Beaufort, Pietro Torrigiano, Westminster Abbey (Werner Forman Archive/The Bridgeman Art Library).

3c:    Margaret Beaufort’s Book of Hours, Bruges and London (?), 1401–1415 (© The British Library Board, Royal 2 A XVIII f13v).

4a:    Richard III, British school, 1520 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

4b:    The Princes in the Tower, James Northcote (Private Collection/Photo © Christie’s Images/The Bridgeman Art Library).

4c:    Silver gilt livery badge, Richard III’s emblem, found at Chiddingly, East Sussex (© The Trustees of the British Museum).

5a:    Shakespeare window at Southwark Cathedral, Christopher Webb, 1954 (Reproduced by kind permission of The Chapter of Southwark Cathedral).

5b:    Allegorical poem celebrating the House of Tudor as depicted in a Dutch illuminated manuscript of motets, 1516 (© The British Library Board, Royal 11 E XI f.2).

5c:    Round Table, Great Hall, Winchester Castle, c.1290 (By kind permission of The Great Hall, Winchester © Hampshire County Council).

6a:    Elizabeth of York, unknown artist, c. 1500 (© National Portrait Gallery, London).

6b:    Painted funeral effigy of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey (© Dean and Chapter of Westminster).

7a:    Portrait of Henry VIII in a girdle book, c.1540 (© The British Library Board).

7b:    Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots, with her first husband, James IV of Scots, in the Seton Armorial (Acc. 9309, f.18. By kind permission of Sir Francis Ogilvy and the National Library of Scotland).

7c:    Mary Tudor, the French Queen (Bibliothèque Municipale Méjanes, Aix en Provence, Ms. 4428. Rés.ms.20).

8:      Copy of The Whitehall Mural, George Vertue, 1737, after Hans Holbein the Younger, 1537. (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

9:      The Family of Henry VIII – Henry, Jane Seymour, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward – British school, c.1545 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

10a:  Catherine of Aragon, unknown artist, c.1520 (By permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners).

10b:  Ring with a portrait of Anne Boleyn (© The Chequers Trust).

10c:  Jane Seymour, Hans Holbein, 1536–7 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

10d:  Anne of Cleves, Bartel Bruyen the Elder (The President and Fellows of St. John’s College, Oxford).

10e:  Portrait of a lady, perhaps Katherine Howard, Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1540 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

10f:  Catherine Parr, attributed to Master John, c.1545 (© National Portrait Gallery, London).

11a:  Mary I, Master John, 1544 (© National Portrait Gallery, London).

11b:  Elizabeth I when a Princess, attributed to William Scrots, c.1546 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

11c:  Edward VI as a Child, Hans Holkein the Younger, probably 1538 (© NGA Images, Washington, D.C.).

12a:  Edward VI, attributed to William Scrots, before 1547 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

12b:  The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Paul Delaroche, 1833 (© National Gallery, London).

12c:  Mary I, Anthonis Mor, 1554 (© Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado).

13a:  Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Rainbow Portrait’, Isaac Oliver, c.1600 (Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library).

13b:  Portrait miniature of Lady Katherine Seymour, née Grey, holding her infant son, attributed to Lievine Teerlink, c.1562 (© Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library).

14a:  The Somerley portrait, originally identified as Lady Jane Grey, perhaps Margaret Douglas, c. 1530s (Used by permission, Somerley Estate, and J. Stephan Edwards).

14b:  Tomb of Margaret Douglas, with kneeling images of her four children, Westminster Abbey, 1578 (Werner Forman Archive/The Bridgeman Art Library).

15a:  Mary, Queen of Scots, Nicholas Hilliard, 1579 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

15b:  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and his brother Charles Stuart, Earl of Lennox, Hans Eworth, 1563 (Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013).

15c:  James VI of Scotland, aged twenty, Falkland Palace (© National Trust for Scotland Images).

15d:  Lady Arbella Stuart aged 23 months, anon, 1577 (© National Trust Images/John Hammond).

16:    Genealogical chart tracing the Tudor roots of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James VI of Scotland and I of England c.1603 (Parham Park, Nr Pulborough, West Sussex, UK/Photo © Mark Fiennes/The Bridgeman Art Library).