character assassinations of, 2, 5
and Christina of Denmark, 70
and CH’s properties, 149
and conviction of Rhys ap Gruffydd, 50
and Cranmer, 100, 272
and Elizabeth Cromwell, 158
and dissolution of monasteries, 4, 9
downfall of, 97–98, 100, 103
and Elizabeth I, 201
and English Reformation, 4, 9–10, 11, 12–13, 191, 235
execution of, 1–2, 3, 4, 5–6, 8, 10–11, 12, 159, 175, 176, 264, 319, 320
Henry VIII’s missing of, 175, 176, 302
Henry VIII’s repudiation of, 116
and Edmund Howard, 67
and Ireland, 225
and Isabella of Portugal’s death, 74
and William Jerome, 95
letters written from prison, 4–5
on Lincolnshire, 234
Norfolk’s relationship with, 73, 94, 98, 100, 143, 176
patronage of, 4–5, 10
and Geoffrey Pole, 72
and John Shookborough, 38
and social hierarchy, 83
and Thomas Wriothesley, 181
and Thomas Wyatt, 171
and York Minster, 253
Étampes, Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, Duchess of, 94, 99, 260, 294
etiquette:
and Anne of Cleves, 168–69
CH’s learning of, 44–47, 53
and CH’s marriage to Henry VIII, 7, 122–23, 168, 177
and downfall of CH, 295
impact on CH’s career, xviii–xix
and Queen’s household, 249
and servants, 41
Eton College, 179–83
Exeter, Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of, 72–73, 94
Exeter, Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of, 72–73, 103, 149, 212, 317
Faringdon, Hugh, Abbot, 149
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 259, 345
Ferdinand II, King of Aragon, 131
Feria, Jane, Duchess of, 338
Ferrers, Walter Devereux, 9th Baron (later 1st Viscount Hereford), 49–50, 109, 127
Fisher, John, Cardinal, 212, 327n
Fitzpatrick, Barnaby, 203, 225
The Floures for Latine Spekynge (textbook), 179
Forest, John, 8–9
Fox, Julia, 196, 331
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, 19, 20, 21–22, 25–26, 258
France:
and Hapsburg Empire, 70, 71–72, 75, 92, 99, 100, 259, 294, 314
Henry VIII’s relations with, 70–71, 75, 136, 219–20, 243, 244, 256, 257, 258, 302, 324
Henry VIII’s war with, 30–33
and Marie de Guise as possible queen for Henry VIII, 69–70
François I, King of France:
and Charles V, 70, 93, 145
and CH’s intercession, 184
and correspondence on downfall of CH, 294
and de Marillac, 199, 243
and Edward VI, 205
and Eleanor of Austria, 93n, 131
and Henry VIII, 256
Gage, John, 290, 298, 310, 318, 319
Gamage, Thomas, 55, 335
Gardiner, Germaine, 183
Gardiner, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester:
and Cromwell, 94–95, 97, 98, 100, 103, 143, 176
and executions, 310
and Katherine Parr, 181
as lord chancellor, 327
and Privy Council’s investigation of CH, 271, 305
and Udall, 182, 183
Garneys, John, 337
Garneys, Margaret, 127, 337
gentry, 24–25, 44, 123
George V, King of the United Kingdom, 88
George VI, King of the United Kingdom, 220
Gerrard, Thomas, 10–11, 95
Gilmyn, John, 336
Gilmyn, Susanna, 125–26, 336
Giovanna of Aragon, Queen of the Naples, 130
Grafton Regis Manor, Northamptonshire, 139
Grane, Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount, 142–43, 215
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, Bishop of Arras, 302–3
Greenwich Palace:
and Anne of Cleves, 88–89
and CH’s intercession, 183
and CH’s meeting with Culpepper, 286, 298
and Elizabeth I, 201
Henry VIII entertaining at, 11, 81
and Holy Week, 191, 193
and Lent, 186
and public ceremonies for CH, 178
Grey, William, 150
Gruffydd, Rhys ap, 20, 49–51, 52, 109, 109n, 127, 324–25
Guildford, Edward, 337
Guise, Antoinette of Bourbon, Duchess of, 200
Guise, Renée de, 70
Hall, Edward, 12, 159
Hall, Mary Lascelles:
arrest of, 307
and Henry Manox, 55–56, 59–60, 268
marriage of, 76
pardoning of, 311
Privy Council’s interrogation of, 108, 267, 268, 269, 287, 290
relationship with CH, 59–60, 62, 63, 64, 110, 152, 265, 266, 267
revelations of, 264–66, 269, 333
Hampton Court Chase, 104, 113, 267
Hampton Court Palace:
and Anne of Cleves, 168–71, 177
beauty of, 81
building of, 115
Christmas at, 206
CH’s public appearance at, 118–19, 138
CH’s return to, 158, 159, 168–70, 173, 175, 262
and Lent, 176
plumbing of, 126
Queen’s galleries of, 128
tapestries of Henry VIII in, xvii, xix, 77
Hapsburg Empire:
and death of Isabella of Portugal, 74–75
and France, 70, 71–72, 75, 92, 99, 100, 259, 294, 314
Hapsburg Netherlands, 86, 86n, 167, 178, 200–201
Henry VIII’s relationship with, xx, 171, 314
and Navarre, 93
and queen for Henry VIII, 68, 69, 70
Harst, Karl, 97, 101
Harvey, Elizabeth, 218, 238, 239
Hatfield Chase, 243–44, 256, 291
Henneage, Katherine, 129, 337
Henneage, Thomas, 129, 337
Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 114, 150
Henri II, King of France, 329
Henry, Duke of Cornwall, 28, 30
Henry I, King of England, 204, 240–41
Henry II, King of England, 137, 224
Henry III, King of England, 149, 253
Henry IV, King of England, 192, 247
Henry V, King of England, 30
Henry VI, King of England, 23, 90, 179, 253
Henry VII, King of England, 6, 23–24, 26–27, 30–32, 129–31, 136–37, 201, 205, 254
Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland:
architecture interests of, 114–15
attraction to CH, 77, 96, 97, 120
case against CH, 292–94, 302, 316, 318
CH as princess for, 67–68
and CH’s confessions, 279–80, 289–90
coronation of, 27
and Cranmer, 151
death of, 325–26
and death of Isabella of Portugal, 74–75, 261
and defenses along southern coastline, 71–72, 173, 174–75, 179, 186, 219
excommunication of, 71
and execution of Thomas Cromwell, 1–2
favorites of, 10
finances of, 136
foreign policy of, 131, 174
health of, 72, 111–12, 133–34, 174–75, 178, 179, 199, 206, 220, 240, 325
and Holy Week, 192, 192n, 194–95
and Edmund Howard, 67
Howards’ relationship with, 52–53
hunting of, 138–42, 157–58, 160, 227, 243–44, 256, 271
and impotence theory, 112–13, 240
indifference to subjects’ needs, 115
and jousting, 27–30, 132, 133, 144, 228
marriages of, xxi–xxii, 4–7, 12, 14, 75, 77, 78,
88–89, 105, 111, 130–32, 161, 162, 190
and Maundy Thursday, 192, 192n
northern tour of 1541, 218–23, 224, 225–39, 242, 243–50, 251, 252–56, 264
and Order of the Garter, 198
passion for architecture, 4
physical appearance of, 28–29, 113–14, 131
Privy Chamber of, 129, 170, 175
and Privy Council’s investigation of CH, 266, 269, 274, 292
public appearances of, 129–30
reforms of Queen’s household, 78–79, 107
religious policy of, 116, 133, 188–91
reputation of, 116–18, 129–30, 133–34
search for queen for, 68–70
subjects’ attitudes toward, 115–16, 133
succession of, 188, 205–6
tapestries at Hampton Court Palace, xvii, xix, 77
torture authorized by, 292, 301–2
See also specific wives
Herbert, Anne, 125, 129, 139, 231, 232, 242n, 295, 336
Herbert, William, 125, 143, 336
Hertford, Anne Seymour, Countess of, 124, 168
Hertford, Edward Seymour, Earl of:
burial of, 327n
in Calais, 71
and Chapuys, 167
and Cranmer, 264, 265
execution of, 326
influence of, 143
and Jane Seymour, 97
and Privy Council’s investigation of CH, 283, 288, 291, 305
and sentencing of Culpepper and Dereham, 310
and trials of Culpepper and Dereham, 298
Hever Castle, Kent, 102, 162, 164
Hilles, Richard, 217–18
Holbein, Hans, 90n, 160–66, 167, 181
Holgate, Richard, Bishop of Llandaff, 193
Holland, Eardley Lancelot, 112
Holy Week, 191–95, 192n, 198
Home, Alexander, 3rd Lord, 31
Home, Davy, 31
homosexuality, attitudes to, 61, 180, 190
Hoorde, John, 179, 180, 181, 183
Hoorde, Katherine, 181
Hoorde, Richard, 180–81, 183
Horenbout, Gerard, 336
Horenbout, Lucas, 125, 161
Horenbout, Susanna. See Gilmyn
Horsham (village), 40–41, 62, 135, 216
See also Chesworth House, Horsham
Howard, Anne, 108, 291, 307, 311
Howard, Charles (brother):
banishment of, 271, 296, 325
CH’s relationship with, 37, 143
and Margaret Douglas, 146–47, 148, 293
and John Leigh, 15
properties of, 12
in Tudor court, 144–45, 198
Howard, Charles (uncle), 30
Howard, Dorothy Troyes (stepmother), 37
Howard, Edmund (father):
as comptroller to civic authorities of Calais, 38–39, 44, 51, 52–53, 66, 67, 320
death of, 66, 67, 183
debts of, 33, 34, 35–37, 38, 41, 43, 66, 67
and father’s funeral at Framlingham Castle, 19, 21–22, 26
health of, 66–67
and Henry VIII’s war with France, 30–32
home on Church Street in Lambeth, 16–17
inheritance of, 20–21
and jousting, 27–30, 32–33, 144
as justice of the peace for Surrey, 16, 17, 33–34, 35
oath sworn acknowledging King as head of Church, 52–53
petition to Cardinal Wolsey, 35–37
and Star Chamber hearing, 33–34
Howard, Edward (uncle), 27, 30
Howard, George (brother), 15, 37, 144–45, 198, 300, 325
Howard, Henry (brother), 15, 37, 39, 42, 46, 57, 144, 300, 325
Howard, Henry (uncle), 30
Howard, Jane (sister), 37
Howard, John (half brother), 37
Howard, Joyce (half sister), 37, 336
Howard, Joyce Leigh (mother), 33, 34–36, 66
Howard, Margaret (half sister), 37
Howard, Margaret Gamage (aunt):
arraignment of, 311, 317
arrest of, 307
death of, 325
and Dereham, 64, 65, 108, 110
as great lady of Queen’s household, 122, 127, 155, 335
marriage of, 55
Privy Council’s interrogation of, 268–69, 291, 305
Howard, Margaret Jennings (stepmother), 66
Howard, Mary (sister), 14, 15, 37
Howard, Ralph (half brother), 37
Howard, Thomas (cousin), 275, 275n
Howard (of Bindon), Thomas, 1st Viscount (cousin), 20n, 52, 52n, 82, 145, 146, 275, 275n
Howard, William (uncle):
as Lord High Admiral, 325
as ambassador to France, 172, 198, 259–60, 281, 293
and Anne of Cleves, 168
arraignment of, 311–12, 317
arrest of, 307–8
and CH’s appointments as queen, 110, 155
and CH’s intercession, 184
CH’s relationship with, 82
death of, 325
and Dereham, 64, 65, 108, 110, 154, 155
on Henry VIII’s hunting, 157
and Henry Manox, 56, 63
marriage of, 55, 335
and Pilgrimage of Grace, 53
and princesses for Henry VIII, 67
Privy Council’s investigation of, 303, 305
and Alice Restwold, 76, 107
seizure of home, 311
Howards:
and Anne Boleyn’s execution, 52, 82
aristocratic pedigree of, 24–25, 35, 36
and CH’s wedding at Oatlands Palace, 12
coat of arms of, 21, 22, 141, 326
and Dereham, 153, 155–56
and downfall of CH, xxi, 331
dukedom restored to, 32
effect on CH’s career, xviii
family tree of, xiv–xv, 22–23
genealogy of, 22–23, 26
and Henry VII, 23–24
Henry VIII’s retaliation against, 52, 302, 303, 312, 326
heraldic crest of, 32
in Horsham, 40–41
mansion of, 57
and rise of CH, 108–10, 143–44, 199
at Tudor court, 82
Hundred Years’ War, 220
Hungerford, Walter, 1st Baron, 1–2, 3, 4, 11–12, 149, 180, 320, 328
Hungerford, Walter, 328
Huntingdon, George Hastings, 1st Earl of, 233
Hussey (of Sleaford), John, 9th Baron, 232
Hussey, William, 38
Huttoft, John, 156
Hywel, James ap Gruffydd ap, 109
Ireland:
Dereham in, 153–54, 268, 301, 304, 333
and English Reformation, 154
Henry VIII’s relations with, 116, 224–26
monasteries of, 82
nobility of, 71, 203, 225–26, 259
Parliament of, 154, 178
unrest in, 200
Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France, 28
Isabella of France, Queen of England, 137, 220
Isabella of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, 74–75, 261
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, 241
James, Duke of Rothesay, 99, 200
James IV, King of Scots, 30, 31, 32, 130, 220
James V, King of Scots, 99, 173, 174, 200, 205, 245–46, 250, 255–58
James VI/I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 114, 154
James, Susan, 165
Jane Grey, Queen of England and Ireland, 161, 163n, 327, 327n, 337
Jane Seymour, Queen of England:
and affairs of state, 151
and Anne Bassett, 78
children of, 188
death of, 69, 133
Henry VIII’s courtship of, 97
Henry VIII’s marriage to, 272
jewelry of, 125
lands of, 149
and Mary I, 152
portraits of, 161, 165, 188
public opinion of, 208
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in Queen’s household, 121
sisters of, 158, 336
wardrobe of, 141
Jean II, King of France, 220
Jeanne of Valois, Queen of France, 132
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, 134, 190
Jeorjus ab Heideck, 259
Jerome, William, 10–11, 95
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 6
John, King of England, 253
Johns (usher), 248–49
Johnson, Ottwell, 320, 321, 334
jousting, 27–30, 32–33, 132, 133, 144, 187, 228
Juana, Queen of Castile, 130
Judaism, 314
Julius II, Pope, 130
Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor, 190
Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster, 235
Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England:
annulment of marriage, 7, 8, 13, 132–33, 169, 272
and Battle of Flodden, 31, 32
as intercessor queen, 184
and jousting, 28, 29
marriage to Henry VIII, 121, 130–32, 138
portraits of, 161
public opinion of, 208
and Queen’s household, 125, 135, 147–48
religious beliefs of, 222, 229
Katherine Parr, Queen of England and Ireland, 143, 150, 162, 165, 181, 182, 188, 242n, 323, 336
Keirincx, Alexander, 247
Kempe, Margery, 54
King’s Council in the Northern Parts, 251
Kingston, Mary, 231
Kite, John, Bishop of Carlisle, 302
Knollys, Francis, 127
Knyvet, Anne, 337
Knyvet, Edmund (cousin), 212–13, 214, 328, 337
Knyvet, Muriel (aunt), 24, 30, 213
Knyvet, Thomas (uncle), 29, 30
Lambert, John, 189–90
Lambeth Palace, 17, 264, 265, 270
Lambeth parish, Surrey, England, 16–17, 26, 33, 135
See also Norfolk House, Lambeth
Lascelles, John, 264–66, 269, 287, 327, 333
Lascelles, Mary. See Hall, Mary Lascelles
Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester, 103, 186
Lee, Edward, Archbishop of York, 74, 151, 152, 252–53
Lee, Joyce, 125, 336
Lee, Richard, 336
Leicester, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of, 331
Leigh, Agnes (niece), 229
Leigh, Isabel Worsley (grandmother), 14–15, 16, 34
Leigh, John (brother), 37, 229
Leigh, John (kinsman), 185
Leigh, John (stepgrandfather), 15, 16, 34, 35
Leigh, Joyce (sister), 15, 37
Leigh, Margaret (sister), 15, 37
Leigh, Ralph (brother), 37
Leigh, Ralph (mother’s first husband), 33, 34, 336
Leighton, John, 336
Lennox, Charles Stewart, 5th Earl of, 330
Lennox, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of, 329, 330
Lewknor, Edward, 337
Lidbeter, William, 97
Lilgrave, Frances, 309
Lincoln Cathedral, 234–37
Lincoln, Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of, 228, 229
Lincoln, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of, 24
Lisle, Honor Grenville, Viscountess, 79, 84, 86, 98, 218, 234
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