Wilson, Derek, Sweet Robin: A Biography of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester 1533-1588, Allison & Busby, 1981 (“Sweet Robin”)
Wilson, D.A., The World Encompassed: Drake’s great Voyage 1577-1580, 1977 (“Wilson”)
Wingfield, R., Vita Mariae Reginae, trans. D. MacCulloch, Camden Miscellany, XXVIII 4th Series, XXIX (“Wingfield”)
Wood, Anthony á, History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford, Oxford, 1792 (“Wood”)
Wormald, Jenny, Mary, Queen of Scots, Politics, Passion and a Kingdom Lost, Tauris Parke Paper Backs, 2001 (“Wormald”)
Wotton, H., A parallel betweene Robert late Earl of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham written by Sir Henry Wotton, London, 1641 (“Wotton”)
Wright, Thomas, Queen Elizabeth and her Times, London, 1838 (“Wright”)
Zilletti, G., Lettere di Principi, le quali si scrivono o da principi, o ragionano di principi, Venice, 1577 (“Zilletti”)
Papers
Baga de Secretis, Pouch IV
British Library, Harley MS (“Harley MS”)
British Library, Lansdowne MS (“Lansdowne MS”)
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Letters of Thomas Wood, Puritan, 1566-77 Special Supplement, No.5, November 1960 (“Letters of Thomas Wood”)
Calendar of State Papers Domestic (“CSP Domestic”)
Calendar of State Papers Foreign (“CSP Foreign”)
Calendar of State Papers Scottish (“CSP Scottish”)
Calendar of State Papers Spanish (“CSPS”)
Dent-Brocklehurst MS, Sudeley Castle (“Dent-Brocklehurst MS”)
Dudley Papers, Longleat
Ellesmere MMS, A letter from Robert, Earl of Leicester, to a Lady, The Huntingdon Library, Bulletin No. 9, April 1936 (“Ellesmere”)
Hardwicke State Papers
Historical Manuscript Commission (“HMC”)
Historical Manuscript Commission, Hatfield (“Hatfield”)
Le Report de un Judgement done en Banke du Roi, 1581 (“Le Report de un Judgement”)
Letters & Papers of Henry VIII (“Lit. Rem.”)
Public Records Office, Baschet Transcripts 31/3/26 (“Baschet Transcripts”)
Scottish History Society, Warrender Papers (“Warrender Papers”)
State Papers, ed. Haynes (“State Papers”)
References
PART I: PRE-ELIZABETHAN UPS AND DOWNS
Prologue
1. Letters & Papers of Henry VIII, xiv, part 2, p.141; cited in Chapman p.77
2. Cavendish, Cardinal Wolsey ed. Singer p.100; cited in Chapman p.54
Chapter 1: John Dudley, Viscount Lisle
1. Sweet Robin, p.4
2. ibid. p.5
3. ibid.
4. ibid.
5. ibid. p.6
6. Jenkins, p.8
7. Sweet Robin, p.6
8. ibid.
9. DNB, cited in Sweet Robin, p.6
10. Baga de Secretis, Pouch IV; cited in Sweet Robin, p.6
11. Jenkins, p.9
12. ibid.
13. Sweet Robin, p.6
14. Jenkins, p.8
15. ibid.
16. Sweet Robin, p.7
17. ibid.
18. ibid. p.8
19. ibid.
20. ibid.
21. ibid.
22. ibid.
23. Lit. Rem., iii, 3516, cited in Sweet Robin, p.8
24. Sweet Robin, p.8
25. ibid.
26. ibid.
27. ibid. p.9
28. ibid.
29. ibid.
30. ibid. p.12
31. ibid. p.9
32. ibid.
33. ibid. p.15
34. ibid. p.10
35. ibid.
36. ibid. p.13
37. ibid. p.10
38. ibid.
39. ibid. p.15
40. ibid.
41. ibid.
42. ibid. p.16
43. ibid.
44. ibid.
45. ibid. p.17
46. ibid. p.19
47. ibid. p.20
48. R.B. Wernham, Before the Armada, pp.204–7; W.K. Jordan, Edward VI: The Threshold of Power, pp.490–3; cited in Sweet Robin, p.20
49. Sweet Robin, p. 20
50. ibid.
51. Lit. Rem. V, ccccxciii; cited in Sweet Robin, p.21
52. Sweet Robin, p. 22
53. ibid. p.17
54. ibid. p.18
55. ibid.
56. ibid.
57. ibid.
58. Cheke, p.22; cited in Chapman, p.66
59. Chapman, pp.103–4
60. Ascham, The Schoolmaster p.198; cited in Chapman, p.51
61. Jenkins, p.15
62. Neale, pp.24-5
63. Chapman, p.104
64. Sweet Robin, p.18
65. ibid.
66. ibid. p.23
67. ibid. p.24
68. ibid. p.25
69. ibid.
70. ibid. p.22
71. CSP Spanish, VIII, p.557; cited in Sweet Robin, p.23
Chapter 2: The Seymour brothers’ rivalry
1. Sweet Robin, p.26
2. ibid.
3. ibid.
4. ibid. p.27
5. ibid.
6. ibid.
7. Elizabeth the Great
8. Hayward, p.195; cited in Chapman, p.86
9. Sweet Robin, p.28
10. Chapman, p.84
11. Thomas, p.56; cited in Chapman, p.96
12. Sweet Robin, p.28
13. Chapman, p.94
14. Sweet Robin, p.29
15. ibid.
16. Crown of Blood, p.61
17. ibid. p.62
18. CSPS IX, p.340; cited in Crown of Blood, pp.63-4
19. Dent-Brocklehurst MS; cited in Crown of Blood p.63
20. Hayward, p.198; cited in Chapman, p.112
21. Crown of Blood, p.64
22. Chapman, p.86
23. Crown of Blood, p.58
24. Lit. Rem. I, pp.56-7; cited in Chapman p.113
25. Hume, p.16
26. Chapman, p.145
27. Lit. Rem. I, p.49; cited in Chapman p.145
28. State Papers, p.99; cited in Crown of Blood, p.67
29. Crown of Blood, p.67
30. Neale, p.35
31. Chapman, p.138
32. ibid. p.139
Chapter 3: Somerset’s difficulties in Government
1. Sweet Robin, p.30
2. Chapman, p.114
3. Sweet Robin, p.30
4. ibid. p.14
5. ibid.
6. ibid.
7. Chapman, p.147
8. Sweet Robin, p.30
9. ibid.
10. ibid. p.31
11. ibid.
12. ibid.
13. ibid. p.34
14. ibid.
15. ibid.
16. ibid. p.36
17. ibid. p.38
18. ibid. p.37
19. ibid. p.38
20. ibid.
21. ibid.
22. ibid.p.39
23. Chapman, p.153
24. Sweet Robin, p.40
25. ibid. pp.40-41
26. ibid. p.41
27. Jenkins, p.19
Chapter 4: Warwick establishes control
1. Sweet Robin, p.41
2. BM, Add, MS. 48126, fo. 16a; cited in Sweet Robin, p.42
3. Sweet Robin, p.42
4. ibid.
5. ibid. p.50
6. ibid. p.43
7. ibid. p.44
8. ibid.
9. ibid.
10. ibid.
11. ibid.
12. ibid. p.47
13. ibid. p.45
14. ibid. p.52
15. ibid, p.53
16. Chapman, p.213
17. ibid. p.210
18. ibid.
19. Pollard, p.59; cited in Chapman, p.211
20. Chapman, p.214
21. ibid. p.213
22. Jenkins, p.21
23. Sweet Robin, p.47
24. Chapman, p.215
25. ibid. p.245
26. Sweet Robin, p.51
27. Chapman, p.235
28. Sweet Robin, p.52
29. ibid.
30. Machyn pp.13-14; cited in Sweet Robin, p.52
31. Chapman, p.250
32. Sweet Robin, p.52
33. Machyn, p.103; cited in Sweet Robin, pp.53-4
34. Sweet Robin, p.48
35. ibid.
Chapter 5: Efforts to circumvent the succession of the Catholic Mary Tudor
1. Tytler, II, p.155; cited in Sweet Robin, p.50
2. Sweet Robin, p.53
3. Ibid. p.51
4. Chapman, p.264
5. Ibid. p.275
6. CSPS XI, p.8; cited in Crown of Blood, p.127
7. Wingfield, p.249; cited in Crown of Blood, p.126
8. Sweet Robin, p.53
9. Crown of Blood, p.126
10. Guy, p.279
11. Hume, p.36
12. Jenkins, p.22
13. Wingfield, p.245; cited in Crown of Blood, p.131
14. Ibid. cited p.132
15. Crown of Blood, p.133
16. Chapman, p.274
17. Jenkins, p.23
18. Grafton, f.159; cited in Crown of Blood, p.133
19. Strickland, p.85; cited in Chapman, p.275
20. Crown of Blood, p.138
21. CSPS XI, p.40; cited in Crown of Blood p.137
22. Sweet Robin, p.57
23. ibid.
24. Jenkins, p.24
25. ibid.
26. ibid. p.25
27. Chapman, p.281
28. Jenkins, p.25
29. Chapman, p.277
30. ibid.
31. Sweet Robin, p.56
32. CSPS Edward VI and Mary, XI, 46; cited in Sweet Robin, p.56
33. Sweet Robin, p.59
34. ibid.
35. ibid. p.60
36. ibid.
37. ibid.
38. Pollini, p.355; cited in Crown of Blood, p.152
39. Crown of Blood, p.152
40. Commendone, p.7; cited in ibid.
41. Vervot, p.57; cited in Crown of Blood, p.157
42. Crown of Blood, p.153
43. CSPS XI, p.80; cited in ibid. p.155
44. Zilletti, f.223; cited in ibid. p.156
45. Jenkins, p.27
46. ibid.
47. Nichols, p.9; cited in Crown of Blood, p.161
48. Ellis, p.185; cited in ibid. p.170
49. Wingfield, p.253; cited in ibid. p.176
50. CSPS XI, p.94; cited in ibid. p.170
51. Sweet Robin, p.61
52. Cited in Chapman – Lady Jane Grey, p.146; cited in Crown of Blood, p.187
53. Jenkins, p.30
54. Tytler; cited in Jenkins, p.30
55. Commendone, p.24; cited in Crown of Blood, p.203
56. Nichols, p.12; cited in ibid.
57. Sweet Robin, p.64
58. ibid. p.62
Chapter 6: Events leading to Lady Jane Grey’s execution
1. Sweet Robin, p.62
2. Pollini, p. 355; cited in Crown of Blood, p.205
3. CSPS XI, p.232; cited in Crown of Blood, p.215
4. Sweet Robin, p.63
5. ibid.
6. Greyfriars Chronicle, p.83; cited in ibid. p.63
7. Sweet Robin, p. 63
8. ibid. p.43
9. Crown of Blood, p.213
10. Nichols, p.20; cited in ibid.
11. Sweet Robin, p.65
12. ibid. p.64
13. ibid. pp.70-71
14. ibid. p.65
15. ibid.
16. ibid.
17. Jenkins, p.34
18. Wingfield, p.273; cited in Crown of Blood, p.242
19. ibid. p. 279; cited in ibid. p.240
20. Neale, p.48
21. Sweet Robin, p.65
22. ibid. p.66
23. ibid.
24. ibid.
25. Le Report de un Judgement; cited in ibid.
26. Foxe, p.1620; cited in Crown of Blood, pp.231-2
27. Robinson, p.77; cited in ibid. p.233
28. CSPS XI, p.366; cited in ibid.
29. Crown of Blood, p.241
30. CSPS XI, p.446; cited in ibid. p.224
31. Neale, p.42
32. CSPS XI, p.416; cited in Crown of Blood, p.241
33. Cheke, p.180; cited in Chapman, p.289
34. Jenkins, p.31
35. Wingfield, pp.279-80; cited in Crown of Blood, p.243
36. Nichols, p.39; cited in Sweet Robin, p.67
37. Neale, p.44
38. Crown of Blood, p.249
39. ibid.
40. ibid. pp.257-8
41. Harley MS 2342 ff.59-60; cited in ibid. p.267
42. ibid.
43. Commendone, p.49; cited in ibid. p.268
44. Sweet Robin, p.68
45. ibid.
46. Nichols, p.59; cited in ibid.
Chapter 7: Surviving Mary Tudor’s reign of terror
1. Sweet Robin, p.69
2. Jenkins, pp.35-6
3. Neale, p.45
4. ibid.
5. Nichols, p.58; cited in ibid. p.47
6. Jenkins, p.36
7. Neale, p.46
8. Sweet Robin, p.69
9. Neale, p.58
10. ibid. p.59
11. ibid. p.55
12. ibid.
13. Collins, I, p.30; cited in Sweet Robin, p.75
14. Sweet Robin, p.76
15. Jenkins, p.94
16. Sweet Robin, p.75
17. ibid. p.76
18. ibid. p.78
19. Jenkins, pp.37-8
20. Sweet Robin, p.79
21. Quoted in Chamberlin, App. IX, pp.92-3; cited in Sweet Robin, p.76
22. Alford, p.73
23. Neale, p.57
24. ibid. p.63
25. Jenkins, p.131
26. Neale, p.63
27. State Papers, 12/1 f.12r-v; cited in Alford, p.89
28. Jenkins, p.131
PART 2: ELIZABETH’S FAVOURITE
Chapter 8: Master of the Horse
1. Jenkins, p.41
2. Sweet Robin, p.86
3. Jenkins, p.263
4. Sweet Robin, p.92
5. Jenkins, p.98
6. ibid. p.193
7. ibid. p.41
8. Sweet Robin, p.83
9. ibid. p.84
10. ibid. p.93
11. ibid. p.81
12. Reese, p.159; cited in ibid. p.89
13. Sweet Robin, p.94
14. ibid. p.82
15. ibid.
16. ibid. p.85
Chapter 9: Elizabeth establishes herself as Queen
1. Neale, p.64
2. ibid.
3. Sweet Robin, p.89
4. Jenkins, p.81
5. ibid. p.58
6. Sweet Robin, p.88
7. ibid. p.89
8. ibid. p.90
9. Jenkins, p.81
10. Alford, p.91
11. ibid. p.95
12. Jenkins, p.110
13. ibid. p.81
14. Alford, p.95
15. Neale, p.67
16. Alford, p.95
17. ibid. p.98
18. ibid.
19. Jenkins, p.109
20. Neale, p.66
21. ibid. p.96
22. ibid. p.62
23. Jenkins, pp.45-6
24. Neale, p.64
25. ibid. p.61
26. ibid. p.76
27. ibid. p.96
28. ibid. p.76
29. Jenkins, p.47
30. Neale, p.79
31. ibid. p.77
32. ibid. p.79
33. ibid. p.83
34. ibid. p.79
35. BM, Lansdowne MS 94, f.29; cited in Sweet Robin, p.100
36. Neale, p.81
37. ibid.
38.
CSPS, I, p.27; cited in Sweet Robin, p.98
39. Cited in Jenkins, p.51
40. ibid.
41. Sweet Robin, p.101
42. ibid. p.103
43. Neale, p.82
44. ibid.
45. ibid. p.83
46. ibid. p.80
47. ibid.
48. ibid.
49. ibid. pp.80-1
50. Hume, p.88
51. ibid. p.89
52. ibid. p.99
53. ibid. p.90
54. Sweet Robin, p.113
55. Ibid. p.115
56. Jenkins, p.76
57. Challenge to the Crown, pp. 115-6
58. Sweet Robin, p.117
59. ibid. p.118
60. Jenkins, p.68
61. Neale, p.106
62. ibid. p.85
63. ibid.
64. Jenkins, p.56
65. Neale, p.85
66. Klarvill; cited in Jenkins p.56
Chapter 10: Robert’s relationship with Amy Robsart and her tragic death
1. Sweet Robin, p.97
2. ibid. p.121
3. ibid. p.122
4. Jenkins, p.65
5. Braybrooke, Vol. I, Appendix; cited in Jenkins, p.66
6. Jenkins, p.65
7. Sweet Robin, p.125
8. Hume, p.102
9. Jenkins, p.69
10. Sweet Robin, p.125
11. Jenkins, p.72
12. ibid.
13. ibid.
14. ibid. p.73
15. Hardwicke State Papers; cited in Jenkins p.73
16. Jenkins, p.73
17. Neale, p.88
18. Jenkins, p.74
19. Hume, p.103
20. Hatfield; cited in Jenkins, p.176
Chapter 11: The not so virgin Queen
1. Jenkins, p.73
2. Sweet Robin, p.133
3. Jenkins, p.78
4. ibid. p.90
5. ibid. p.79
6. Hume, p.104
7. Jenkins, p.79
8. ibid.
9. ibid.
10. ibid. p.80
11. ibid. p.51
12. ibid. p.80
13. ibid. p.57
14. ibid.
15. Challenge to the Crown, p.156 fn.
16. Alford, p.117
17. Challenge to the Crown, pp.156-7
18. Sweet Robin, pp.135-6
19. CSPS, I, pp.113-4; cited in ibid. p.104
20. Jenkins, p.55
21. ibid. p.76
22. Ödberg; cited in Jenkins, p.76
23. CSP Foreign; cited in Jenkins, p.77
24. Hume, p.93
25. Jenkins, p.87
26. Hume, p.138
27. Challenge to the Crown, p.159
28. Sweet Robin, p.137
29. Hume, p.164
30. Jenkins, p.92
31. Sweet Robin, p.138
32. ibid. p.139
33. ibid.
34. CSPS; cited in Jenkins, p.89
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