Henry
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Stirling Castle, Scotland 113
Stoke, battle of 8, 55, 150, 192, 306
Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, 3rd earl of; brother’s death at battle of Stoke and 150; executed 218; H and 304, 306, 310, 317; H created duke of York, attends ceremony 93; Henry VII imposes conditions on inheritance 150–1; jousting 149–50, 223, 224, 225; murder, commits 151; personality 149, 151; rebellion against Henry VII 148–9, 151–6, 158, 193–4, 196, 216–17; surrender of 8, 217–19; Tower of London, prisoner in 218, 258; wife 306
Suffolk, John de la Pole, 2nd duke of 54, 148, 149, 360–1
Surrey, Thomas Howard, 2nd earl of 151, 166; death of Henry VII and 261, 268; Bosworth, role at 105; Foxe and 324, 325, 362–3, 365; H grants titles to 360–1; H’s council and 261, 268, 274, 324, 325, 360, 362–3, 365; Henry VII offers redemption to 105; jousting and 353; lord treasurer 261, 268, 274, 360; Wolsey and 365
Swynford, Catherine 20
Tewkesbury, battle of 27, 28, 44, 109
Thomas, Sir William 103, 164, 199, 281, 317–18, 339
Tower of London see London
Towton, battle of 109
Tractatus de doctrina dociendi et tacendi (Albertano of Brescia) 125
Trevisan, Andrea 116
Tudor, Edmund see Richmond, Edmund Tudor, earl of
Tudor, Jasper see Pembroke, Jasper Tudor, earl of (later 1st duke of Bedford)
Tudor, Owen 19
Tudor, Princess Elizabeth (H’s sister) 63–4, 69–70
Tudor, Princess Margaret (H’s sister, later, queen of Scotland) 57–8, 60, 62–3, 64, 69, 70, 88, 97, 103, 109, 114, 119, 130, 136, 146, 162–4, 173
Tudor, Princess Mary (H’s sister, later, queen of France and duchess of Suffolk) 70, 103, 119, 130, 136, 137, 138, 180, 209, 212, 226, 231, 246, 249, 296, 310, 350, 351
Tudor dynasty: building projects 206; ceremony, love of 12, 43–4, 45, 56–7, 83–4, 94–5; feud between de la Poles and 54; love of rich, many-textured fabrics 12–13; theatre and ceremony used to promote 12, 43–4, 45, 56–7, 83–4, 94–5
Uxbridge, Anne see Luke, Anne
Vaux, Sir Nicholas 194
Veñegas, Ines de 328
Vergil, Polydore 98, 150, 186–7, 244, 270, 305, 325, 361, 362, 368
Wales: Arthur, prince of Wales educated in 67, 123; Raglan Castle, Henry VII at 24; Pembroke Castle, Henry VII born at 19, 28
Wanstead 195, 239, 241, 247, 329
Warbeck, Perkin; capture of 8; claim to throne 74, 75, 76, 84; executed 140, 148, 160–1, 186; followers 78, 86, 95, 98, 99, 106, 109; funds for invasion of England, attempts to raise 103–4; Henry VII and 77; in Ireland 74–6; in Malines 77, 78, 80–1, 98, 100; invades England for second time, landing in Cornwall 117; invades England, landing in Kent 112; James IV of Scotland and 113–14, 117, 163; marriages arranged to thwart 104–9; progress though Europe 76; surrenders 117
Warham, William, archbishop of Canterbury: archbishop of Canterbury, becomes 243; H’s coronation, role in 291, 293; H’s council, role on 261, 263; H’s marriage, opinion on 279, 281; H’s patronage, role in mechanics of 275–6, 369; Henry VII’s funeral, role in 267, 268; letters patent and 275–6, 369; lord chancellor 243, 263, 267, 281; Weston and 252, 254
Wars of the Roses, The 4; aftershocks of 8, 17, 54–5; Bosworth, battle of see Bosworth, battle of; Buckingham’s revolt 109; ends with H’s accession 4, 8–9, 18, 305, 307–12; H learns of in childhood 16–18; H’s attempts to knit up wounds of 4, 8–9, 18, 305, 307–12; H’s youth and 17–18; marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York attempts to heal 8, 18, 31–3, 38, 39, 139; marriages arranged to attempt to heal wounds of 4, 8–9, 18, 305, 307–12; Perkin Warbeck conspiracy and see Warbeck, Perkin; Stoke, battle of see Stoke, battle of; Suffolk conspiracy and see Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, earl of; Tewkesbury, battle of see Tewkesbury, battle of
Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, 17th earl of 74, 82, 140, 148, 160–1, 186, 306, 309
Waynflete, William 50–1, 174
Westminster Abbey 70, 167, 197–8, 205, 267, 268, 291
Westminster Hall 90, 94, 145–6, 296, 343
Westminster Palace 65, 87, 88, 89, 115, 145, 146, 153, 185, 203, 237, 260, 288, 290, 294, 297, 330, 331, 332, 342, 344, 349
Weston, Richard 137–8, 252, 254, 273–4
Whetwood, John 369
Whitford, Ralph 176, 177
Winchester 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 50–1, 55
Winchester House see London
Windsor Castle 172, 208, 212, 218, 236, 238, 358
Woking, Surrey 273, 329
Wolsey, Thomas: almoner 365, 366; boyhood and schooling 363–4; councillor to H 363, 364, 365, 366; dancing 367; dean of Lincoln 365; Foxe patronises 363, 364, 365, 366; helps H to end council’s control over his patronage 367–70; H, influence with 366–70; Henry VII and 364–5; love life 366–7; musical abilities 367; personality 367; tutor 364; understanding of the young 367
Woodstock 81, 84, 85, 86, 112, 116, 147, 197
Woodville, Anne 155
Woodville, Elizabeth: Alcock and 48–9; birth of Arthur, prince of Wales and 43; christening of Arthur, prince of Wales and 43, 54; death 63–4; flees Henry VI’s ‘readeption’ 25, 26, 27; marries Edward IV 23; mother of Elizabeth of York 23, 25, 27, 30–2; Richard III and 30, 32, 33–4, 43; second foundress of Queens’ College, Cambridge 176; son, Edward V; 26, 27; stripped of lands by Henry VII 43, 53–4; Tower, sanctuary of 115
Wriothesley, Thomas 254, 255, 260
York, house of: battle of Bosworth see Bosworth, battle of; Edward IV and see Edward IV; first king of 22–3, 26–9; H’s ancestry and 16, 19, 20, 21–5; H’s treatment of 8–9, 18, 8–9, 18, 305–12; Henry VI wrestles crown from 24–6; Henry VII takes crown from 32–7; Suffolk conspiracy and see Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, earl of; Tudors and 16, 18, 19–20; union of Lancaster and in marriage of H’s parents 8, 16, 18, 31–3, 38, 39, 139; Warbeck conspiracy and see Warbeck, Perkin
York, Prince Richard, duke of 29, 30–1, 82, 83, 92, 93, 94, 106, 107, 112, 115
Young, Dr John 304
ALSO BY DAVID STARKEY
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
First Plate Section
Henry VI, unknown artist, oil on panel, c.1540. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward IV, British school, oil on panel, 15th century. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth Woodville, unknown artist, c.1465. By courtesy of the President and Fellows of Queens’ College Cambridge.
The Battle of Barnet, 1471, English school, vellum, 15th century. Centrale Bibliotheek van de Universiteit, Ghent/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Richard, Duke of York and Edward V, from the Royal Window, Canterbury Cathedral. Woodmansterne/Topfoto.
Richard III, British school, oil on canvas, 1480–1500. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Lady Margaret Beaufort, unknown artist, oil on panel, second half 16th century. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles VIII of France, unknown artist, c.1485. Musée Condé, Chantilly/ akg-images.
Henry VII, unknown artist, oil on panel, 1505. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Elizabeth of York, unknown artist, oil on panel, late 16th century. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Arthur Prince of Wales, Anglo–Flemish school, c.1500. Hever Castle, Kent.
Ferdinand of Aragon, Spanish school, oil on panel, 15th century. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Isabella of Castile, Spanish school, oil on panel, 15th century. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Catherine of Aragon, by Michiel Sittow, c.1510. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/ akg-images/Erich Lessing.
Laughing Child, possibly Henry VIII, by Guido Mazzoni, painted and gilded terracotta, c.1498. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Old Greenwich Palace, c. early 17th century. Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (The National Trust). © NTPL.
Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, English school, oil on panel, 16th century. Society of Antiquaries, London/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor, by Albrecht Dürer, oil on limewood, 1519. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/akg-images/Erich Lessing.
Perkin Warbeck, Flemish school, sanguine on paper, 16th century. Bibliothèque Municipale, Arras/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Second Plate Section
Four images from Writhe’s Garter Book, late 15th century, in the collection of The Trustees of the 9th Duke of Buccleuch’s Chattels Fund. By courtesy of the British Library.
Drawings I, III, V, VII, IX, XI and XIII from The Panorama of London by Anthonis van den Wyngaerde, pen and ink and chalk on paper, c.1544. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/The Bridgeman Art Library.
The North-East View of Eltham Palace in the County of Kent, coloured engraving by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1735. Eltham Palace, London/Copyright © English Heritage Photo Library.
The Family of Henry VII with St. George, unknown artist, c.1505–9. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
John Skelton, woodcut from an edition of Collyn Clout, his satirical poem of 1522. Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage Image Partnership.
Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger, chalk, c.1527. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Desiderius Erasmus, by Quinten Massys, oil on panel, 1517. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Philip I ‘The Fair’, Archduke of Burgundy and King of Castile, copy after the Master of the Magdalen Legend, oil on wood, c.1497. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck/ akg-images/Erich Lessing.
Juana ‘The Mad’, Queen of Castile, by Juan de Flandes, oil on oakwood, c.1496. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/akgimages/ Erich Lessing.
The Round Table of King Arthur in the Great Hall at Winchester Castle. © 2004 Fortean/Healy/Topfoto.
Manuscript illustration of a joust between Jean Chalons and Loys de Beul at Tours in 1446, French school, mid-15th century. © The Board of Trustees of the Armouries/Heritage Image Partnership.
Images from Prince Henry’s Prayer Roll by kind permission of Ushaw College, Durham.
Third Plate Section
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, by Daniel Mytens, oil on canvas, c.1620–38. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
James IV of Scotland, oil on panel, artist and date unknown. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
Mary Tudor, detail from a double portrait with Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, after Clouet © By kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Bedford and the Trustees of the Bedford Estates.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, by Bernart van Orley, oil on wood, c.1516. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest/akg-images.
Richmond Palace in the reign of Charles I, unknown artist, oil on canvas, c.1640. Society of Antiquaries of London.
Henry VII on his deathbed, from the Collections of Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms, early 16th century. British Library, Add.45131, f.54.
Henry VIII, English school, oil on panel, c.1509. © The Berger Collection at the Denver Art Museum, USA/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, woodcut from A Joyfull Medytacyon to All Englonde by Stephen Hawes, 1509. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
The Royal procession to Parliament at Westminster, detail from the Parliament Procession Roll of 1512, 17th-century copy. British Library, Add.22306, Section 6.
Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, English school, oil on panel, 16th century. © Corpus Christi College Oxford/The Bridgeman Art Library.
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Hans Holbein the Younger, chalk and wash, 1527. The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Flemish school, sanguine on paper, 16th century. Bibliothéque Municipale, Arras/The Bridgeman Art Library
Part of The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, showing Henry VIII jousting before Catherine of Aragon in 1511. The College of Arms, London.
Armour of Henry VIII, English, c.1514–15, with horse armour, probably Flemish, c.1515. © The Board of Trustees of the Armouries/Heritage Image Partnership.
Henry VIII, unknown artist, oil on panel, c.1520. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Endpapers
Part of The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, showing Henry VIII jousting before Catherine of Aragon in 1511. The College of Arms, London.
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