• Badoer, Andrea, 1
• Baeza, Gonzalo de, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Bailey, Robert, 1
• Barbarossa, corsair, 1
• Barton, Elizabeth, Holy Maid of Kent, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Bayazid II, Sultan, 1
• Baynard’s Castle, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Beaufort, Lady Margaret: conception
  • of son Henry, 1;
  • influence on son Henry, 1;
  • relationship with daughter–in–law, 1, 2;
  • advice to Catherine, 1;
  • Catherine’s journey to England, 1;
  • Catherine’s arrival in London, 1;
  • at Catherine’s wedding, 1
• Bedingfield, Sir Edmund, 1, 2
• Bell, Dr John, 1
• Beltrán de la Cueva, Don, 1
• Benet, Dr, 1
• Bergenroth, Gustav, 1
• Bernáldez, Andrés, 1
• Blackfriars trial (1529): process, 1;
  • opening, 1;
  • appearance of Catherine, 1;
  • Henry’s permission for appeal to pope, 1, 2;
  • role of bishops, 1;
  • Fisher’s defence of Catherine, 1, 2, 3;
  • witnesses, 1, 2, 3;
  • Campeggio’s role, 1;
  • adjournment, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Blanca de Navarra, 1
• Blanke, John, 1
• Blount, Elizabeth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Boabdil of Granada, 1
• Boleyn, Anne: family background, 1, 2;
  • appearance, 1;
  • character, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
  • upbringing, 1;
  • Henry’s affair with her sister, 1;
  • suitor, 1;
  • Henry’s passion for, 1, 2, 3;
  • Henry’s letters, 1, 2, 3;
  • response to Henry’s wooing, 1, 2;
  • relationship with Catherine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
  • accepts Henry’s offer of marriage, 1, 2, 3;
  • life at court, 1, 2, 3, 4;
  • illness, 1;
  • public opinion of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
  • relationship with Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
  • treated as queen, 1, 2;
  • political influence, 1;
  • destruction of Wolsey, 1;
  • arguments with nobility, 1;
  • tactics against Catherine, 1;
  • reputation abroad, 1;
  • Henry’s marriage plans, 1, 2, 3;
  • religious views, 1, 2, 3;
  • prophecies of death, 1;
  • favourite royal residence, 1;
  • treatment of Mary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
  • New Year’s gifts from Henry, 1;
  • coronation preparations, 1;
  • given Catherine’s jewels, 1, 2, 3;
  • title, 1;
  • French visit, 1;
  • finally sleeps with Henry, 1;
  • pregnancy, 1, 2;
  • secret marriage, 1, 2;
  • marriage validated, 1, 2;
  • coronation, 1;
  • public opinion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
  • birth of daughter Elizabeth, 1;
  • spreading rumours of Catherine’s illness, 1;
  • Act of Succession, 1;
  • Henry’s unfaithfulness, 1, 2;
  • treatment of Catherine, 1, 2;
  • pregnancy, 1;
  • miscarriage, 1;
  • execution, 1, 2
• Boleyn, George, 1, 2, 3
• Boleyn, Mary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Boleyn, Sir Thomas: jousting, 1;
  • ambassador to France, 1;
  • king’s message to Wolsey, 1;
  • titles, 1;
  • destruction of Wolsey, 1, 2;
  • religious views, 1;
  • mission to Catherine, 1;
  • daughter Anne’s marriage, 1
• Boleyn family, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Bonivet, Lord, 1, 2
• Boord, Richard, 1
• Brandon, Charles, see Suffolk
• Brett, Stephen, 1
• Brocke, Edmund, 1
• Bryan, Sir Francis, 1, 2
• Burgos, 1
• Buckden, 1, 2, 3, 4
• Buckingham, Edward Stafford, duke
  • of: Catherine’s arrival, 1, 2;
  • at coronation celebrations, 1, 2;
  • sisters’ affairs, 1;
  • French policy, 1;
  • execution, 1