Palace of Westminster 90, 128, 140, 153, 161
papal court at Blackfriars (1529) 26, 28
Parr, Kateryn 11, 40, 43, 59, 69, 70, 83, 89, 98, 116, 117, 118, 133, 137, 139, 165
Parr, Sir William, Earl of Essex, later Marquess of Northampton 89, 110, 143, 151, 204–5
Paston, Sir Thomas 140
Patrec (flautist or apothecary) 92, 140
Paul, Dr Joanne (historian) 124
Paulet, William, Lord St John, Great Master of the King’s Household and President of the Privy Council, later Earl of Wiltshire and Marquess of Winchester 86, 90, 139, 156, 203, 204
Peckham, Sir Edmund 137, 163, 204
Pembroke, Marquess of 89, 144
Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland 144
Petre, Sir William, one of the King’s two principal secretaries 44, 47, 89, 140, 204, 205
Pilgrimage of Grace 38
President of the Privy Council, see Paulet, William
‘priesthood of all believers’ 35
Privy Chamber 22, 56, 58–9, 87, 90, 92, 140
Privy Council 12–13, 39, 40, 49, 53, 54, 56, 70, 77, 85–7, 89, 90, 95, 116, 124, 140, 151, 156, 157, 203–5
R
Raynolde, Patrick, Henry VIII’s apothecary 92, 140
regency council 11, 13, 30, 44, 68, 73, 75, 85, 87, 95, 98, 106, 117, 120–4, 133, 137, 142, 147, 156, 160, 165, 167, 203
Rich, Sir Richard 55–6, 89, 143, 151, 154, 157, 204, 205
Richard II 123
Richard III, Richard 123
Richmond, Duke of, see Fitzroy, Henry
Rufforth, James 140
Russell, Lord John, Lord Privy Seal, later Earl of Bedford 86, 87, 107, 139, 140, 144, 147–8, 158, 203, 204
S
Sadler, Sir Ralph 140, 204, 205
Saint-Barbe, William 90, 140
Scarisbrick, J.J. (historian) 28
Seymour, Edward, Earl of Hertford, later Duke of Somerset, Lord Great Chamberlain of England 11, 13, 50, 67, 71, 86, 101, 107, 127, 128, 143, 147, 151, 154, 156–8, 203, 204
Seymour, Jane 11, 29, 33, 38, 52, 168
Seymour, Sir Thomas 13, 43, 89, 90, 95, 98, 137, 143, 144, 147, 151, 153, 204, 205
Shaxton, Bishop Nicholas 59
solifidianism 35
Solway Moss, Battle of 120
Somerset, Duke of, see Fitzroy, Henry
Somerset, Duke of, see Seymour, Edward
Southampton, Duke of, see Fitzwilliam, Sir William
Southampton, Duke of, see Wriothesley, Sir Thomas
Southwell, Sir Richard 78, 81, 89, 167, 204
Speke, Sir Thomas 140
St Etienne, Battle of 49–50, 76
St Germain, Christopher 124
St John, Lord, see Paulet, William
Stanhope, Anne, Countess of Hertford 56
Starkey, Dr David (historian) 11, 13, 94–5, 207
Starkey, Thomas 124
Sternhold, Thomas 140, 142
Succession Act (1536) 29
Succession Act (1544) 30
Suffolk, Countess of, see Willoughby, Catherine
Suffolk, Duke of, see Brandon, Charles
Supreme Head of the Church of England 19, 28, 64, 71, 101, 108, 165
Surrey, Earl of, see Howard, Henry
Sussex, Countess, see Calthorpe, Anne
T
Ten Articles (1536) 36, 101, 103, 111
Thirlby, Thomas, Bishop of Westminster 89, 205
Tower of London 29, 39, 40, 55, 56, 76, 78, 133, 153
Treasurer of Calais, see Wotton, Sir Edward
Treasurer of the Household, see Cheney, Sir Thomas
Trinity College, Cambridge 143
Tudor, Lady Eleanor 120
Tudor, Lady Margaret, Queen of Scots, sister of Henry VII 117, 124, 158, 161, 165
Tunstal, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham 86, 98, 123, 161, 203, 205
V
Van der Delft, François 12, 22, 52, 76–7, 83, 147, 153
Vice-Chamberlain, see Wingfield, Anthony
Vincent, David 90, 140
W
Wars of the Roses 113
Warwick, Earl of, see Dudley, John Viscount Lisle
Wendy, Thomas (royal doctor) 62, 92, 140
Westminster, Palace of, see Palace of Westminster
will and testament, Henry VIII’s
bequests 137–41
comparison to previous monarchs 30
claims of falsification 93–5
different versions 83–5
Edward VI’s minority 120–4, 157–61
Henry’s faith 106–111
Henry’s signature 92–3, 97
legal importance of 25
regency council 70–6, 85–90
revisions 68, 81
signatories 90
‘unfulfilled gifts’ 142–7
Willoughby, Catherine, dowager Duchess of Suffolk 56
Wiltshire, Earl of, see Paulet, William
Winchester, Bishop of, see Gardiner, Stephen
Wingfield, Sir Anthony, Vice-Chamberlain 204, 205
Woodville, Elizabeth 117
Wotton, Dr Nicholas, Dean of Canterbury and York 86, 87, 133, 134, 139, 203, 205
Wotton, Sir Edward, Treasurer of Calais 87, 134, 139, 203
Wriothesley, Sir Thomas, Lord Chancellor of England, later Earl of Southampton 13, 40, 53, 55, 56, 58–9, 63, 64, 70, 73, 76, 77, 85, 86, 110, 133, 139, 143, 144, 147, 151, 153, 154, 166, 167, 203
Wyatt, Sir Thomas 58
Y
York, Archbishop of 71
About The King is Dead
On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the royal line of succession as Edward, Mary and Elizabeth; and, following them, the Grey and Suffolk families. It also listed bequests to the king’s most trusted councillors and servants.
Henry’s will is one of the most intriguing – and contested – documents in British history. Historians have disagreed over its intended meaning, its authenticity and validity, and the circumstances of its creation. In The King is Dead, Suzannah Lipscomb not only explores the background to the drafting of the will and the last days of the dying king, but also offers her own illuminating interpretation of a key constitutional document of the Tudor period.
Generously illustrated with portraits of Henry’s courtiers, including the executors named by the king in his will, this is a Tudor gift book to cherish, as authoritative as it is beautiful.
Reviews
‘A gripping, forceful and forensically detailed investigation into the most controversial document of Henry VIII’s reign.’
Jessie Childs, author of God’s Traitors
‘A bold and original attempt to unravel one of the great mysteries of English history: how, when and why Henry VIII changes from a handsome Prince Charming into a fat and loathsome Bluebeard.’
David Starkey on 1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII
‘A genuinely useful and discriminating guide... it helps us see the world as the Tudors must have seen it.’
Hilary Mantel on A Visitor’s Guide to Tudor England
About Suzannah Lipscomb
SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB is an historian and broadcaster. She is Head of the Faculty of History and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the New College of the Humanities. She is the author of 1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII, and A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England.
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On the title page: Henry VIII, painted c.1537 by Hans Holbein the Younger.
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