Index

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• Act for the Advancement of True Religion (1543) 274
• Act of Attainder 33, 134, 181, 261
• Act of Succession (1534) 139, 140
• Act of Succession, Second (1536) 180, 185, 187
• Adurza family 48
• Adurza, Juan Martínez de 48, 49
• Albany, John Stewart, Duke of 97
• Albornoz, Inés de 5, 16, 76
• Ales, Alexander 154, 157
• Amadas, Mistress 135
• Anna of Cleves 230–40, 241–9, 257, 265–6
• aristocratic titles 86–7
• Arthur, Prince of Wales 3–10, 24, 33, 88, 89, 125
• Arundell, Mary see Sussex, Mary Arundell, Countess of
• Ashley, Henry 289
• Ashley, Jane see Mewtas Jane Ashley, Lady
• Aske, Robert 194, 197
• Askew, Anne 273–4, 275, 276–7, 280
• Athequa, Jorge de 146
• Aumont, Madame d’ 45

• Bacon, Francis 80
• Bale, John 275, 287
• Barnes, Jane 44
• Barton, Elizabeth (‘nun of Kent’) 115–16, 117–19, 223, 225, 276
• Basset, Anne 201–14
  • ‘edge of pearl’ and Lady Lisle 217–18
  • court career 220, 233, 234, 249–50
  • trip to the Great Harry 227–8, 229
  • without a position 229, 265
  • Denny family and 230
  • ill health 230
  • parents arrested 249, 258
  • suiting the king’s ‘fancy’ 267
  • later years and death 288–9
• Basset family 222, 249–50
• Basset, Katharine
  • Lady Lisle seeks position for 201–2, 204
  • first position 205, 206
  • Countess of Rutland’s retinue 208, 238, 249
  • parents’ arrested 249
  • Anna of Cleves and 265–6
  • later years and death 288–9
• Bawding, Robert 191
• Baynton, Edward 125, 126
• Baynton, Isabel Legh, Lady 125, 249, 257, 262
• Beaufort, Lady Margaret 4, 33, 87, 106
• Bergavenny, George Neville, Lord 132, 134
• Berkeley, John 66
• Bertie, Richard 290
• Bigod, Sir Francis 194
• Bishop’s Palace, Lincoln 254
• Blount, Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ 53–60, 64–5, 96
• Blount, Gertrude see Exeter, Gertrude Blount, Marchioness of
• Blount, William see Mountjoy, William Blount, Lord
• Boleyn, Anne 99–114, 124–30, 150–60
  • accused of adultery xi, xii, 153–5
  • Catherine of Aragon and 66
  • Henry VIII spends times with 78
  • ménage à trois 85
  • Howard family and 91
  • temper 94
  • quarrels with Henry VIII 95–6
  • relationship with Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk 95, 96, 97, 98
  • coronation 99–100, 112–14
  • as Marquess of Pembroke 99
  • marries Henry VIII 109–10, 112–14
  • pregnancy 110, 129, 150
  • on the Brandons 121
  • imprisoned in the Tower 159–60, 161–82
  • trial of 171–4
  • execution 175–6
  • book of hours 178, 179
  • Henry VIII removes all memory of 178
• Boleyn, Elizabeth Wood, Lady 164, 165, 167, 170–1, 172, 175
• Boleyn family 107, 252
• Boleyn, Mary 44, 60, 66, 72, 77, 108, 125
• Boleyn, Sir Thomas 44, 66, 79, 85
• Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London 275
• Bontayn, Constance 225
• Borough, Thomas, Lord 193
• Brandon, Charles see Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of
• Brandon, Eleanor 77
• Brandon, Frances 77
• Brandon, Henry see Suffolk, Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of
• Brandon, Henry, Earl of Lincoln 77
• Brandon, Lord Charles 270, 272, 283, 289
• Brandon, Sir Thomas 33–4, 42
• Bray, Dorothy 239
• Brereton family 103
• Brereton, Sir William 169
• Browne, Alice (née Gage) 178–9, 228
• Browne, Anne 63, 67, 156
• Browne, Elizabeth see Worcester, Elizabeth Browne, Countess of
• Browne, Sir Anthony 156, 157, 178–9
• Bryan, Lady Margaret 71–2
• Bryan, Sir Francis 128
• Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of 31, 32, 37, 41, 42, 70
• Burton, Elizabeth 43

• Cáceres, Francisca de 8, 23–5, 30–1, 89, 90
• Camp, Treaty of (1546) 279
• Campeggio, Lorenzo 83, 84, 90
• Capello, Carlo 105
• Carew, Mary, Lady 272
• Carew, Sir Nicholas 159, 226
• Carew, Vice Adm George 272
• Carey, William 66
• Carlisle, Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of 83
• Caroz de Villaragut, Luis 29–30, 31, 32, 47–9
• Casali, Gregorio 93
• Castiglione, Baldesar, The Book of the Courtier 128
• Catalina of Motril 89–90
• Catesby, Elizabeth 43
• Catherine of Aragon 11–15, 25–31, 47–9, 123–4
  • Francisca de Silva and xi
  • ladies-in-waiting spy for her xii
  • marriage to Prince Arthur 3–10, 88–9, 89, 135
  • lack of finance 17, 24, 33
  • marriage to Henry VIII 18–19, 21, 78, 80, 83–9, 96, 100–1, 103, 104
  • power struggle in household 23
  • pregnancy 28–9, 41, 51, 52, 55
  • Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk and 32
  • children 38
  • and Henry’s mistresses 56
  • Claude of France and 62
  • and Lady Anne Grey 65–6
  • Howard sisters and 108
  • becomes ‘princess dowager’ 111–12, 123
  • Barton and 119
  • in isolation 139
  • illness and death 95, 142–6, 147–52
  • María de Salinas and 235
• Champernowne, Jane see Denny, Jane Champernowne, Lady
• Chanseler, Margaret 140
• Chapuys, Eustace
  • background 86
  • on Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk 87, 93–4, 96, 97, 98
  • on Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 91
  • Catherine of Aragon and 100
  • Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and 104
  • on Anne Boleyn 110, 172
  • Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter and 116, 152, 153, 223
  • on Gertrude 117
  • on maids refusal to swear 124
  • on Henry’s roving eye 129, 266–7
  • on Lord Bergavenny 132
  • on ‘Lady Mary’ 140–1
  • Cromwell and 143
  • visits Catherine of Aragon 143, 145
  • writes to Charles V 147
  • Lady Kingston and 168, 188
  • on Henry Fitzroy 181
  • Geoffrey Pole and 224
  • on the Poles 226
  • on Jane, Viscountess Rochford 260, 261
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 78–9, 239–40
  • as Charles, Prince of Castile 19, 30, 42, 49
  • Chapuys and 93, 117, 147
  • Mai and 102
  • Francis I and 106, 223
  • Henry VIII and 216
  • Duchy of Guelders and 231
  • France and 270
• Cheney, Jane (later Wriothesley) 103
• Christina of Denmark 215, 216, 240
• Church of England xiii, 101, 112
• Claude of France 45, 62–3, 66
• Clement VII, Pope 78–9, 94
• Clifford, Mabel see Southampton, Mabel Clifford, Countess of
• Coffin, Margaret Dymoke, Lady 125, 164, 165–6, 167, 176, 203
• Coffin, William 164, 203, 204
• Compton, William 32, 33
• Convocation of Canterbury (1531) 95
• Courtenay, Edward 288
• Courtenay family 223–4, 226
• Courtenay, William, Earl of Devon 116
• Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury 111, 118, 222, 256
• Crome, Edward 275
• Cromwell, Gregory, 1st Baron 215
• Cromwell, Thomas 132–45, 225–7
  • rise of 102
  • Anne Boleyn and 105, 153, 157
  • Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter and 119
  • Suffolk writes to 124
  • being offered gifts 128
  • Norfolks and 132–6, 137–8
  • papers of 133, 155, 172
  • María de Salinas writes to 143–4
  • Henry VIII and 152, 173
  • interviews Smeaton 158
  • Kingston writes to 163, 165–6
  • Kingstons and 164
  • writes to overseas ambassadors 170
  • Jane Parker and 174, 177, 179
  • Lady Hussey and 185, 187
  • helps ‘Lady Mary’ draft letter to father 188
  • blamed for Lincolnshire Rising 191
  • Norfolk writes to 197–9
  • Mary, Duchess of Richmond writes to 198–9, 218, 220
  • Seymour family and 215–16, 219–20
  • Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk writes to 221–2, 227
  • Cranmer writes to 222
  • ‘remembrances’ 231
  • Anna of Cleves and 233
  • fall from grace 245–6
  • executed 248
  • Lisle and 249
• Culpeper, Thomas 239, 251–5, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262

• Danet, Elizabeth 67
• Darcy, Lady Dorothy 194
• Darcy, Lord Thomas 200
• Darcy, Sir George 194
• Darrell, Elizabeth ‘Bess’ 148, 224
• Daubeney, Katherine Howard, Lady 133, 177, 192–3
• de Carle, Lancelot 155–7, 168, 170, 175, 176
• Denny, Jane Champernowne, Lady 229, 230, 270, 276
• Denny, Sir Anthony 230, 231
• Denys, Alice 44
• Derby, Dorothy Howard, Countess of 108
• Derby, Edward Stanley, Earl of 88, 90, 91
• Dereham, Francis 255–6, 259
• Devonshire Manuscript 127
• Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536) 188, 197
• Dolman, Alexander 191
• Douglas, Lady Margaret 126, 127, 215, 257, 268
• Dover Castle 60, 61, 157
• Dudley, Edmund 34–5
• Dudley, Jane see Lisle, Jane Dudley, Viscountess
• Dürer, Albrecht 231
• Durham House, London 10
• Dymoke, Margaret see Coffin, Margaret Dymoke, Lady

• Edgecombe, Catherine, Lady 242, 243, 245–6
• Edward IV, King 128
• Edward VI of England 212, 215, 274, 276, 281, 283
• Effingham, William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of 259
• Eleanor of France 106
• Elizabeth of York, Queen 4, 9, 10–11, 26, 31, 125
• Elizabeth, Princess (later Elizabeth I)
  • childhood 109, 140, 152, 158
  • Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk and 117, 223
  • succession and 124, 139, 185
  • letter from Ales 154
  • paternity of 173
  • as queen 287, 290, 292–3
• Eltham Ordinances 72–3, 204
• Empson, Richard 34
• Erasmus 16
• Escoriaza, Fernán López de 61, 80, 149
• Evil May Day (1517) 53–4
• Exchequer Palace, Calais 105, 108, 233
• Exeter, Gertrude Blount, Marchioness of 116–21, 224–6
  • Château Vert pageant 67
  • Chapuys and 116, 117, 152, 153, 223
  • Jane Seymour and 154
  • Coffin on 203
  • christening of Edward VI 212
  • in Tower of London 223
  • gift from Princess Mary 267
  • Barton (nun of Kent) and 276
  • later years and death 288
  • modus operandi 292
• Exeter, Henry, Marquess of 116–17, 120, 223

• Felipez, Francisco 61, 80
• Ferdinand of Aragon, King 11–12, 13–14
  • Catherine of Aragon’s dowry 10, 19, 21
  • goodwill of 15, 17
  • Juan Manuel and 18, 48
  • Grimaldi and 22, 25
  • Henry VIII and 27, 39
  • Villaragut and 29
  • Charles and 49
• Fernández, Fray Diego 23–4, 28, 30
• Field, John 278
• Field of Cloth of Gold 62, 66, 171
• Fisher, John, Bishop of Rochester 142, 150
• Fitzroy, Henry see Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of
• Fitzwalter, Lady Elizabeth 31, 32, 108
• Fitzwilliam, William (later Earl of Southampton) 156, 225
• Flodden, Battle of (1513) 41
• Fordham, William 142
• Fortes, Catalina 27, 89, 90
• Foxe, John, Book of Martyrs xii, 277, 278, 285, 287, 290
• France 10, 39, 42–3, 216, 239, 270, 271, 279
• Francis I of France
  • dauphin 45
  • Henry VIII and 62–3, 105–6, 107–9
  • Charles V and 106, 223
• Fuensalida, Don Gutierre Gómez de 21, 23–4, 25, 29

• Gage, Philippa (née Guildford) 178, 179
• Gage, Sir John 178
• Gainsford, Anne 101–2, 104
• Gamage, Margaret see Howard, Margaret Gamage, Lady
• Gardiner, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester 140, 153, 275, 276, 277, 286
• Germaine of Foix 13
• Gildon, Thomas 189, 190–1
• Gilmyn, John 232
• Great Harry (ship) 227–8, 229
• Greenwich Palace 40, 158, 159–60, 234, 237, 259
• Grenville, Honor see Lisle, Honor Grenville, Viscountess
• Grey, Anne see Hussey, Anne Grey, Lady
• Grey family 44
• Grimaldi, Francesco 21–5, 30, 55
• Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire 193–4, 199, 279, 285, 289, 290
• Gruffudd, Sir Rhys ap 192–3
• Guevara, Catalina de 90
• Guildford, Edward 42
• Guildford, Henry 42
• Guildford, Jane Vaux, Lady 3–4, 33–5
  • María de Salinas and 5
  • Catherine of Aragon and 8, 9, 88
  • returns to formal service 42–3, 45, 46–7
  • retirement 141
• Guildford, Sir Richard 4, 33, 178

• Hall, Edward 47, 109, 236, 279
• Hampton Court Palace 207, 212–13, 230, 255, 256, 258, 269, 270
• Hapsburg family 216
• Harst, Karl 239, 241, 242, 244–5, 246, 248, 249, 265
• Harvey, Bess 252
• Harvey, Sir Nicholas 171
• Hastings, Anne Stafford, Lady 31–3, 56
• Hastings, George, Lord 32
• Heneage, Sir Thomas 215
• Henry, Duke of Cornwall 38
• Henry, Prince 7, 12, 14, 17
• Henry VII, King
  • R. Guildford and 4, 33, 178
  • Catherine of Aragon and 6, 10, 12, 14, 15
  • Doña Elvira Manuel and 9, 12
  • youngest daughter Mary 19
  • death 25
  • Howard family 37
  • Courtenay and 116
• Henry VIII, King 26–7, 31–3, 39–47, 83–6
  • as Prince Henry 7, 12, 14, 17, 19
  • becomes king 25
  • children 38, 72, 77–8, 180, 181, 186, 196, 212, 214
  • Caroz and 49
  • Ferdinand and 49
  • María de Salinas and 52
  • mistresses 56, 72
  • size of household 58
  • Francis I and 62–3, 105–6, 107–9
  • Charles V and 62
  • and sister Mary 65
  • pageants and entertainment 67–8
  • marriage to Catherine of Aragon on trial 83
  • Wolsey and 84
  • Anne Boleyn and 85, 95, 99–100, 109
  • Supreme Head of the English Church. 101, 113, 139, 141–2
  • marriage to Anne Boleyn 109–10, 112–14
  • falls from horse 150–1
  • Jane Seymour and 151–3, 154
  • Kingston writes to 163
  • Rochford and 173
  • Mary, Duchess of Richmond and 197–9, 218–19
  • ill health 216–17, 270, 277, 280
  • France–Spain alliance 216, 223–4, 239
  • marriages 216
  • Reginald Pole and 224
  • worried about a ‘fifth column’ 224
  • marriage to Anna of Cleves 230–1
  • Susanna Horenbout and 232
  • meets Anna of Cleves 235–6
  • meets and marries Katherine Howard 247–8
  • Jane, Viscountess Rochford and 260
  • meets and marries Kathryn Parr 268–9, 270
  • death 280–2
• Herbert, Lady Anne 270, 277, 284, 285
• Hertford, Anne Seymour, Countess of 217, 269, 270, 272, 276
• Hertford, Edward Seymour, Earl of 271, 280–1
• Hill, Elizabeth (née Shirley) 178, 179
• Hill, Richard 178
• Holland, Bess 134, 135, 136–7, 138, 195
• Holland, John 134
• Holy League alliance 39–40
• Horenbout, Gerard 231
• Horenbout, Lucas 231
• Horenbout, Susanna (later Parker; Gilmyn) 231–3, 236
• Horsman, Margery (later Lister) 103, 155, 203, 204
• Howard, Adm Sir Edward 40, 134
• Howard, Dorothy see Derby, Dorothy Howard, Countess of
• Howard family 70–1, 91, 99, 108, 125, 219, 238, 259, 287–8
• Howard, Henry see Norfolk, Henry Howard, Duke of (earlier Earl of Surrey); Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of
• Howard, Katherine see Daubeney, Katherine Howard, Lady 238–9, 247–59, 261–2
• Howard, Lady Katherine, Countess of Derby 90, 91, 97
• Howard, Lord Thomas 179–81
• Howard, Margaret Gamage, Lady 248, 259
• Howard, Mary see Richmond, Mary Howard, Duchess of
• Howard, Muriel see Lisle, Muriel Howard, Viscountess
• Howard, Philip (later Earl of Arundel) 287
• Howard, Thomas see Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of
• Howard, William see Effingham, William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of
• Hungerford, Walter 289
• Hunt, Richard 122
• Huntingdon, Anne, Countess of 135
• Husee, John 203–4, 206–7, 217–18
  • Lisle family agent 156, 202
  • writes to Lady Lisle 205, 214, 222
  • Anne Basset and 208, 209, 211
  • warns Lord Lisle 215
• Hussey, Anne Grey, Lady 65–6, 119, 185–9, 191–2, 199–200
• Hussey, John, Lord 185, 186, 192, 200
• Hutton, John 215

• Ibánez de Marquina, Martín 61
• Ireland 63–4
• Isabel of Vergas 27, 149
• Isabel, Queen of Portugal 5
• Isabella of Castile, Queen 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 25

• James IV of Scotland, King 41, 42, 88
• James V of Scotland, King 41, 216
• Jerningham, Anne 44
• John III, Duke of Cleves 230
• Joscelyn, Anne 103, 242, 243
• Joscelyn family 103
• Juana, Queen of Castile 11, 14

• Kenninghall Palace,Suffolk 131, 136–7, 194–9
• Kent, Susan Bertie, Countess of 290
• Keteler, Lady 237
• Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire 139, 144, 147–8, 149
• Kingston, Mary Scrope, Lady 66, 163–5, 167–8, 170, 172, 174, 176, 187–8
• Kingston, Sir William 141, 161–5, 166–8, 169, 170, 175
• Knyvett, Anne Pickering, Lady 229
• Knyvett, Sir Thomas 40

• Lambeth Palace 41–2
• Landa, Ochoa de 14, 15, 16, 18, 21–3, 50
• Lane, Maud, Lady 270, 277
• Latimer, Hugh 276
• Lee, Edward, Archbishop of York 141
• Lincolnshire Rising (1536) 190–1, 197
• Lisle, Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount 128, 202, 215, 232, 249–50, 265, 267
• Lisle family 156, 202
• Lisle, Honor Grenville, Viscountess 128–9, 203–9, 237
  • childbirth and 58
  • seeks position for Katharine 201–2, 204, 237–8
  • Husee and 205, 214, 222
  • Anne and 212, 217–18, 237
  • Anna of Cleves and 233
  • under house arrest 249, 265, 292
• Lisle, Jane Dudley, Viscountess 207, 217, 270, 272
• Lisle, Muriel Howard, Viscountess 40
• London, Treaty of (1518) 60
• Longueville, Henri, Duke of 44
• Lorraine, Francis I, Duke of 241, 243, 246
• Louis XII, King 39, 43, 44–7, 51, 88, 89
• Lovekyn, Maud 250–1, 267
• Lowe, Mother 237–8, 244, 247
• Ludlow Castle 8, 9
• Luther, Martin 101, 274

• McCaffrey, Kate 178
• Mai, Miguel 102
• Manners, Eleanor see Rutland, Eleanor Manners, Countess of
• Mannox, Henry 255
• Manrique, Don Pedro 9
• Manuel, Doña Elvira 9, 10, 11–13, 17, 23, 48
• Manuel, Juan 11, 12, 48–9
• Margaret, Duchess of Savoy 30
• Margaret of Anjou, Queen 8, 42
• Margaret of Austria 66
• Margaret, Princess (later Queen of Scotland) 4, 42, 88
• Marguerite of Angoulême 106
• Marillac, Charles de 250, 259
• Mary I of England see Mary, Princess (later Mary I of England)
• Mary of Guise 216
• Mary, Princess (later Duchess of Suffolk)
  • childhood 4, 31
  • betrothed to Charles V 19, 30
  • principal royal woman at court 26
  • as Queen of France 42–7, 65, 67, 88, 89
  • French ambassadors visit 64
  • marries Charles, Duke of Suffolk 77, 279
  • Anne Boleyn and 104–5, 108
  • death 113–14
• Mary, Princess (later Mary I of England)
  • childhood 51, 72, 88
  • Henry VIII’s relationship with 94, 96
  • Duke of Norfolk and 124, 136
  • attachment with ‘young lady’ 129
  • as ‘Lady Mary’ 139, 140–1, 152, 153, 164, 168, 185–8, 217
  • relationship with Katherine Howard 267
  • becomes Mary I 287, 288, 290
• Mary Rose (ship) 272
• Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de, Marquis of Cañete and Viceroy of Navarre xi–xii
• Mewtas Jane Ashley, Lady 103, 211, 229
• Mewtas, Sir Peter 229
• Miguel, Prince 5
• Missenden, Anthony 189, 191
• Montague, Henry Pole, 1st Baron 223, 224, 225
• Montague, Lucy 156
• More, Sir Thomas 121–2, 142
• Morley, Henry, Lord 67
• Morley, Lady Alice 71–2
• Morton, Margaret 250–1, 253, 258, 267
• Mountjoy, William Blount, Lord 27, 116, 123

• Neville, Sir Edward 224–5
• Norfolk, Agnes Tylney, Duchess of 85–9
  • French ambassadors visit 64
  • influence of 91, 96
  • Anne Boleyn and 112
  • dowry 177
  • Katherine Howard and 238, 247, 259, 260
  • guilty of misprision 261
• Norfolk, Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of 37–42, 69–73, 85–7, 90–8, 131–9
  • family loyalty 31
  • expelled from court 32, 132
  • pregnancy 55, 57–60, 58
  • children 59–60
  • in Ireland 63–4
  • loyalty to Catherine of Aragon 111, 125
  • refuses to attend Anne’s coronation 113
  • and daughter Anne 125
  • dowry 177
  • under house arrest 195, 227, 268, 287, 292
  • Sir William (chaplain) and 221–2
  • Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter and 223, 226
  • gift from Princess Mary 267
  • marriage 268
• Norfolk, Henry Howard, Duke of (earlier Earl of Surrey) 37, 42, 46, 70, 127
• Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of 64
• Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of 91–4, 131–3, 134–9, 215–16
  • as Earl of Surrey 37–42, 63–4, 69
  • becomes Duke of Norfolk 71
  • Henry VIII and 79, 214
  • ill health 85
  • Catherine of Aragon and 86
  • affair with Bess Holland 96–7, 134, 136–7, 138, 195
  • marriage 96–7, 268
  • takes place of Wolsey 102
  • Anne Boleyn and 108, 150, 171, 172
  • and daughter Mary 111, 286
  • Princess Mary and 124
  • daughter Mary returns home 194–9, 218–20
  • ‘back friends’ 202
  • imprisoned in the Tower 287
• Norris, Sir Henry 158–9, 166, 169

• Oath of Supremacy 141–2, 187
• Olisleger, Henry 236
• Otwell, Isabel 149
• Otwell, Margery 123, 148
• Oughtrede, Elizabeth Seymour, Lady 215
• Oxenbridge, Elizabeth see Tyrwhit, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, Lady
• Oxford, Anne, Countess of 133

• Parker family 106
• Parker, Jane see Rochford, Jane Parker, Viscountess
• Parker, John 231
• Parker, Matthew 158
• Parkhurst, John 275
• Parr, Anne see Pembroke, Anne Parr, Countess of
• Parr, Kathryn 268–71, 275–82
  • marries Henry VIII 268–9
  • as Lady Latimer 268
  • meets Henry VIII 268
  • visits Henry in his chambers 277–8
  • marries Sir Thomas Seymour 284
  • Anne, Duchess of Somerset and 285
  • pregnancy 285
  • The Lamentation of a Sinner 286
• Parr, Maud, Lady 71–2, 268
• Parr, Sir Thomas 54
• Parr, Sir William 222, 239, 283
• Paul III, Pope 216
• Pembroke, Anne Parr, Countess of 257
• Pennington, Sir William 105
• Persons, Robert 277
• Peterborough Abbey 148, 149
• Petre, William 185
• Philip, Duke of Burgundy 11, 12, 13, 48
• Phillips, Thomas 225
• Pickering, Anne see Knyvett, Anne Pickering, Lady
• Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) 190–4, 197, 198, 199, 268
• Pole, Cardinal Reginald 223, 224, 225, 226, 249
• Pole family 223–6
• Pole, Geoffrey 223, 224, 225
• Pole, Henry see Montague, Henry Pole, 1st Baron
• Pole, Margaret see Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Countess of
• Pontefract Castle 253, 254
• Popincourt, Jeanne 44, 51
• Privy Council 41, 224, 241, 242, 247, 266, 271, 272, 276, 280, 285, 286, 287
• Puebla, Dr Roderigo González de la 12

• Rastall, Elizabeth 242, 249
• Rattsey, Jane 266
• Raynes, Dr, 190
• Renard, Simon 292
• Restwold, Alice 251
• Rich, Sir Richard 148, 191, 273
• Richard III, King 37
• Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of 60, 64, 91, 99, 125, 181, 196
• Richmond, Mary Howard, Duchess of 110–13, 154–5, 194–9
  • marries Henry Fitzroy 91, 125
  • court debut 99–100
  • Anne Boleyn and 125, 126, 179, 180
  • court life 126–8
  • poetry and 126, 127
  • death of husband 181–2
  • Mary Shelton and 215
  • jointure grants and 218–20, 227, 234
  • Henry VIII and 218, 292
  • Katherine Howard and 248
  • Thomas Seymour and 269
  • in debt 286
  • living with her father 286
  • death 287
• Richmond Palace 15, 29, 241, 242, 257, 265
• Rochford, George, Viscount 106–7, 109, 126, 130, 159, 169, 172–4, 177
• Rochford, Jane Parker, Viscountess 105–9, 245–8, 257–63
  • Château Vert pageant 67
  • Catherine of Aragon and 72, 73
  • Anne Boleyn and 110, 125
  • in exile 130
  • marriage 130, 173–4
  • husband in the Tower 169
  • Jane Seymour and 176–7
  • begs Cromwell for financial assistance 179
  • Anna of Cleves and 234, 238, 242, 243, 247
  • on Henry VIII 244
  • Katherine Howard and 248, 250, 256
  • Margaret Morton blames 251
  • Katherine Howard’s adultery 252–5
  • in the Tower 259
  • executed 262, 292
• Rojas, María de 17, 89
• Roman Catholic church 112, 116, 179, 216, 223, 290
• Russell, Anne Sapcote, Lady 260–1
• Russell, John, Lord Admiral 260
• Russhe, Thomas 74
• Rutland, Eleanor Manners, Countess of
  • Lady Lisle and 58, 203
  • ‘nun of Kent’ story 117
  • Basset girls and 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 249
  • Jane Seymour and 213
  • receives Lady Mary’s jewels 217
  • Anna of Cleves and 242, 243, 244
  • Henry VIII and 246

• Sa, Miguel de la 146
• St George’s Chapel, Windsor 213, 272, 281
• St Poll, George and Jane 276
• Salazar, María de 14
• Salcot, John, Bishop of Bangor 115
• Salinas family 48
• Salinas, Inés de 16, 50
• Salinas, Isabel de 16, 18, 60, 61
• Salinas, Juan de 5
• Salinas, Juan de (son) 16, 17, 29
• Salinas, Lady Willoughby, María de see Willoughby, María de Salinas, Lady
• Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Countess of 9, 119, 203, 209, 223, 224, 225, 262–3
• Salzedo, Ochoa de 61
• Sapcote, Anne see Russell, Anne Sapcote, Lady
• Savage, Anne 103, 109
• Savage family 103
• Saxby, Elizabeth 43
• Schmalkaldic League alliance 101, 230, 243
• Scrope, Mary (later Jerningham) see Kingston, Mary Scrope, Lady
• Seymour, Catherine 153
• Seymour, Edward, Protector Somerset 151, 153, 284, 285
• Seymour, Elizabeth see Oughtrede, Elizabeth Seymour, Lady
• Seymour family 151, 215, 219
• Seymour, Jane
  • Henry VIII and 151–3, 154
  • Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter and 154
  • Carew and 159
  • death 172, 212–13
  • marries Henry VIII 176
  • children 186, 212
  • helps ‘Lady Mary’ draft letter to father 188
  • and dissolution of monasteries 192
  • marriage to Henry VIII 202
  • pregnancy 205–8, 211
  • gives birth to Edward VI 212
  • Henry VIII buried next to 281
• Seymour, Sir Thomas 219, 269, 284, 285
• Sharington, Sir William 284
• Shelton, Anne, Lady 140
• Shelton, Margaret 125, 154
• Shelton, Mary 125, 126, 127–8, 154, 215, 216
• Shirley, Elizabeth (née Guildford) 178
• Shorton, Robert 80
• Silva, Francisca de xi–xii
• Six Articles (1539) 222, 274
• Skip, John 159
• Skipwith, Mary (later Tailboys) 215, 216
• Smeaton, Mark 155, 158, 159, 166, 169
• Smyth, Thomas 180, 191
• Somerset, Anne Stanhope, Duchess of 284–5
• Somerset, Henry see Worcester, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of
• Soto, John de la 146
• Southampton, Earl of see Wriothesley, Thomas, Earl of Southampton
• Southampton, Mabel Clifford, Countess of 228
• Southwell, Richard 105
• Spain 4, 39, 48, 216, 239
• Spelman, Sir John 171
• Stafford, Anne see Hastings, Anne Stafford, Lady
• Stafford, Edward see Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of
• Stafford, Elizabeth see Norfolk, Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of
• Stafford family 39, 70, 87
• Stafford, Henry, Baron 134–5, 288
• Stanhope, Anne see Somerset, Anne Stanhope, Duchess of
• Stanley, Edward see Derby, Edward Stanley, Earl of
• Stapleton, Sir Christopher 192
• Stapleton, Lady Elizabeth 192
• Stoner, Sir Francis 189, 191
• Stonor, Isabel (née Agard) 164, 165, 176
• Strype, John 145
• Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of 76–7, 234–5
  • Henry VIII and 34, 42, 104, 122
  • marriage to Princess Mary 65, 77, 279
  • writes to Wolsey 66
  • Wolsey and 79
  • marriage to Katherine Willoughby 121, 123
  • Catherine of Aragon and 124, 143, 144
  • illegitimate children 134
  • marriage to Anne Browne 156
  • Lincolnshire Rising and 193–4
  • at Grimsthorpe 199
  • Anna of Cleves and 241
  • privy councillor 271
• Suffolk, Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of 104, 121, 142, 270, 272, 273, 283, 289
• Suffolk, Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of 268–72, 283–6
  • childhood 59–60, 74, 76–7, 79, 104
  • children 104, 121, 142, 270, 272, 273, 283, 289–90
  • marries Charles, Duke of Suffolk 121, 123
  • Catherine of Aragon’s death 148
  • Lincolnshire Rising and 193–4
  • at Grimsthorpe 199
  • character 204–5, 292
  • receives Lady Mary’s jewels 217
  • Anna of Cleves and 234
  • relationship with Princess Mary 268
  • after Henry VIII’s funeral 283
  • death of children 289
  • marries Bertie 290
  • ill health and death 290
• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of 171, 286, 287
• Sussex, Mary Arundell, Countess of
  • Lady Lisle’s niece 58, 203, 204, 206
  • Basset girls and 207, 208, 211, 214, 229
  • receives Lady Mary’s jewels 217
  • Katherine Howard and 249
• Syon Abbey, Middlesex 118, 257, 259, 281

• Tailboys, George 216
• Tailboys, Gilbert 64
• Tempest, Sir Thomas 194
• Ten Articles (1536) 274
• Throckmorton, Mary 120
• Tower of London
  • Empson and Dudley in 26
  • processions from 26, 111
  • imprisonments 115, 140–1, 169, 180–1, 250, 287
  • More and Fisher in 142, 161
  • Anne Boleyn in 159–60, 161–2
  • White Tower 161–2
  • Lady Hussey in 186
  • Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter in 223
  • Cromwell in 245–6
  • Dereham and Culpeper in 259
  • ladies-in-waiting in 259
  • Edward VI kept in for security reasons 281
  • Howard family in 288
• Treason Act (1534) 153, 169, 255
• Twyford, Blanche 123, 148
• Tylney, Agnes see Norfolk, Agnes Tylney, Duchess of
• Tylney, Catherine 249, 251, 258, 259
• Tylney family 87
• Tyndale, William, The Obedience of a Christian Man 80, 101, 277
• Tyrwhit, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, Lady 257, 277, 278

• Vanegas, Inés de 27
• Vásquez de Molina, Juan xi
• Vaux, Jane see Guildford, Jane Vaux, Lady
• Venice 39
• Vives, Juan Luis 120

• Wallop, Sir John 143
• Walsingham, Sir Edmund 170, 185
• Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury 116
• Warley, Thomas 217
• Wendy, Dr 278
• West, Mary 178
• Westmorland, Ralph, Earl of 37, 38
• Weston, Sir Francis 169
• Wheler, Dorothea 148
• Whitehall, Palace of 109, 281
• Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 230, 231, 239–40, 245, 266
• William, Sir (Elizabeth Stafford’s chaplain) 221
• Willoughby, Sir Christopher 74, 75–6, 77, 79, 122, 189
• Willoughby de Eresby, Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron 290
• Willoughby, Katherine see Suffolk, Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of
• Willoughby, María de Salinas, Lady 21–9, 47–52, 54–63, 121–4
  • background 3
  • Catherine of Aragon’s death 5–10, 34, 143–6, 147–50
  • family 5, 16, 18
  • life at court 13, 15
  • letters written 14, 16–17, 18–19
  • pregnancy 55, 57, 58
  • children 59
  • family inheritance 60–1
  • Eltham Ordinances 73
• Willoughby, María de Salinas—contd
  • Sir Christopher Willoughby and 74, 75–6, 77, 79–80, 122
  • Wolsey and 79
  • legal battle 80
  • royal marriage on trial 83–4, 89, 90
  • does not attend Anne’s coronation 113
  • attends Mary’s funeral 114
  • stays in touch with Catherine of Aragon 142
  • settles for less estate profit 189–91, 199
  • Pilgrimage of Grace and 193
  • death 234–5
  • Catherine of Aragon and 268
• Willoughby of Eresby, William, Baron 50–1, 52, 61, 73–5, 122, 189
• Wiltshire, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of 177
• Wingfield, Bridget Wiltshire (later Harvey), Lady 171–2, 174, 242
• Wingfield family 139
• Wingfield, Sir Richard 62, 171
• Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas
  • Henry VIII and 33, 83–4, 84
  • background 46
  • asked to 47
  • Princess Mary and 65
  • Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk writes to 66
  • Eltham Ordinances 72–3
  • María de Salinas and 77
  • Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and 79
  • sent to France as diplomat 79
  • Catherine of Aragon and 80
  • Dowager Duchess Agnes writes to 85–6
  • disgrace and death 91, 100, 121
  • and Anne, Countess of Oxford 133
  • papers of 133
• Wood, Elizabeth see Boleyn, Elizabeth Wood, Lady
• Woodville, Catherine 87
• Woodville family 31, 87
• Worcester, Anne 156
• Worcester, Elizabeth Browne, Countess of 155–7, 158, 170, 178
• Worcester, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of 44, 156
• Wotton, Henry 232
• Wriothesley, Charles 151, 172, 236
• Wriothesley, Thomas, Earl of Southampton 153, 155, 185, 233, 273
• Wyatt, Elizabeth Brooke, Lady 266–7, 283
• Wyatt, Thomas 127, 267

• York 193, 254

• Zouche, George 101–2