House Of Treason: The Rise And Fall Of A Tudor Dynasty
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Caligula D, vi, fol. 104 - Letter from Lord Thomas Howard to Cardinal Wolsey
on the morale of his sailors; Plymouth, May 1513.
fols 106-7 - Letter from Lord Thomas Howard, to Henry VIII; ‘written in
the Mary Rose, Plymouth haven, 7 May [1513] at nine o’clock at night’.
fol. 107 - Letter from Sir Edward Echyngham, describing the death of Sir
Edward Howard; Plymouth, 6 May 1513.
Cleopatra E, iv, fol. 178 - Letter from Ralph Sadler to Thomas Cromwell reporting on his attempts to find him a seat in Parliament; November 1529.
Cleopatra E, v, fols 313-20 - Corrections and amendments in Henry VIII’s own hand to proposals for the Act to Abolish Diversity in Opinion’, the ‘Six Articles’.
Julius F. vi, fol. 11 - Questions to be put to Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of
Norfolk, during interrogation.
fol. 200B - Arraignment, trial and confession of Thomas Howard, fourth
Duke of Norfolk, with his confession at his execution, 1571.
Julius F. xi, fols 391ff - Answer to a Slanderous Book that was published against the marriage of the Duke of Norfolk and the Scottish Queen, dated 15 March 1570.
Nero C x, fol. 2 - Arrangements by Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, for 1,200 masses to be said in London churches for the soul of Queen Jane Seymour; 8 November 1537.
Otho C. x, fol. 250 - Letter from the Privy Council to Sir William Paget, ambassador in France, about ‘a most miserable case, lately revealed’ [Catherine Howard]; Westminster, [12] November 1541.
Titus B. i, fol. 84 - Letter from Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to Thomas
Cromwell, Redbourn; 30 December 1536.
fol. 94 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to the Privy
Council; mid-December 1546.
fol. 100b - Offer of ‘cross marriage’ between the Howards and Seymour
families, June 1546.
fol. 104b - Letter from Wolsey to Bishop Fox, about Thomas Howard, Earl
of Surrey’s departure from court and Sir Edward Howard’s incitement of
Henry VIII against the Scots; Windsor, 30 September 1511.
fol. 125 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third duke, to Thomas Cromwell;
Buntingford, Hertfordshire, undated.
fol. 152 - Letter from Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, to her brother
Henry, Lord Stafford.
fol. 383ff - Five letters from Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to [Thomas
Cromwell], 26 June, 24 October and 10 November 1537.
fol. 386 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas
Cromwell, denying his wife’s charges against him.
fol. 389 - Letter from Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell,
Redbourn; 10 November 1537.
fol. 390 - Letter from Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell,
Redbourn; 24 October 1537.
Titus B, ii, fols 201ff - Letter from Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, to Queen Elizabeth, explaining his decision to leave England.
Vespasian F, iii, fol. 15 - Letter from Catherine of Aragon to Henry VIII announcing the victory of Flodden; Woburn, 16 September 1513.
Vespasian F, xiii, fol. 75 - Letter from Mary Howard, widow of the Duke of
Richmond, to her father, Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, seeking his
assistance in a suit to Henry VIII to ‘have justice done’ her respecting her
maintenance; Kenninghall, Norfolk, January 1537.
fol. 78b - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to a minister
at court, desiring him to befriend him with the king; Carlisle, 24 February
[1537].
fol. 79 - Letter from Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell
asking him to procure some venison for her ‘as none was sent her since her
Lord’s displeasure’; Redbourn, Hertfordshire, 23 August [1534].
fol. 134b - Letter from Lady Margaret Douglas to Thomas Cromwell; August
1536.
Vitellius B, ii, fol. 50 - Letter from Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge to Henry VIII reporting how the Flodden victory was reported in Rome; 17 September 1513.
Vitellius B, xii, fol. 171 - Letter from Stephen Gardiner, secretary to Henry VIII, to Wolsey; Woodstock, Oxfordshire, August 1529.
Egerton MS
985, fol. 33 - Ceremony of the christening of Prince Edward, October 1537.
fol. 48 - Ceremonials of receiving, conveying and the coronation of Queen
Anne [Boleyn], May and June 1533.
fol. 59 - Creation of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, February
1514.
fol. 65 - Ceremony of the degrading of Thomas Howard, late [third] Duke
of Norfolk and Henry Howard, late Earl of Surrey, his son [?1547].
2,014, fol. 2 - Letter written in Latin, from Henry VIII to Maximilian, Duke of Milan, reporting capture of Tournai and against the Scottish army [at Flodden], 16 September 1513.
2,074, fols 13, 29, 30, 32, 39, 54 - Interrogations of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel;
the Tower, 4-17 May 1585.
fols 23, 25, 72 - Interrogation of Lord Henry Howard in the Tower, May 1585.
fol. 46 - A list of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel’s household.
Harley MS
78, fol. 24 - Letter by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, to the Privy Council, promising to curb his ‘heady will’; Fleet Prison, 15 July 1542.
283, fol. 75 - Circular letter from Queen Anne [Boleyn] addressed to Lord Cobham, announcing the birth of a child, with ‘prince’ amended to read ‘princess’; Greenwich Palace, 7 September 1533.
290, fol. 88 - Letter from Mary Queen of Scots urging Thomas Howard, fourth
Duke of Norfolk, to escape from house arrest at Howard House; 31 January
1571.
fol. 117 - Manuscript copy of A Discourse touching the Pretended Match between
the Duke of Norfolk and the Queen of Scots. Another manuscript copy is in
Harleian MS 4,314, fol. 120 and a printed version is in Cotton MS Caligula
C ii, fols 284-91.
297, fol. 256 - Confession of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, before the Privy Council, 12 January 1547.
834 no 5, fols 59-2 - Arraignment of Philip Howard, late Earl of Arundel.
1,453, fol. 69 - ‘Drawing of Arms’ of Howard, Earl of Surrey for which he was attainted’, by Sir William Dethick, Garter King at Arms, in 1586.
6,989, fol. 127 - Letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, third Duke
of Norfolk, about Henry VIII’s secret plans to besiege Boulogne; London, 7
July 1544.
fol. 129 - The Duke of Suffolk and Sir Anthony Browne to Thomas Howard,
third Duke of Norfolk, 8 July 1544.
fol. 191 - Letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, third Duke of
Norfolk, about failures in logistics; St James’s Palace, 20 June 1544.
Lansdowne MS
45, no. 84 - List of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel’s debts at March 1585.
79, fol. 74 - Burial expenses for Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 22 October 1595.
94, fol. 118 - Burial Office for Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel; the Tower of London, 22 October 1595.
256, fols 153-67 - Arraignment of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, before the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord High Steward of England; 24 January 1574. fol. 167v - Arraignment, trial and condemnation of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel; 14 April 1589.
Sloane MS
1,427, fols 32-81 - Trial of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, for high treason before his peers at Westminster, 26 January 1571.
2,172, fols 41-3 - Contemporary copy of a letter from Philip, Earl of Arundel, to
Elizabeth I, explaining the reasons for his decision ‘to go beyond the seas’ in
voluntary banishment, 11-14 April 1585. (Other copies in Co
tton MS, Julius F.
vi, fols 69v-70, Titus B, ii, fols 201ff, Add. MS 33,594 fol. 216 and Harley MS
787, fols 46-9v)
fols 59-66 - Fragment of a report of the trial of Thomas Howard, fourth
Duke of Norfolk, before the Lords at Westminster, 26 January 1571.
Stowe MSS
396 - Reports of State Trials, 1521-1666.
fol. 3 - Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, 1521.
fols 8-9 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1546.
fols 9, 13, 24 - Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, 1571 [misdated
1657].
fol. 14v - Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1589.
CORNWALL RECORD OFFICE, TRURO
Arundel papers
AR/22/30 - Letters Patent from Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, and others, appointing them to keep the peace regarding laws concerning ‘hunters, workmen, artisans, servants, innkeepers, mendicants, vagabonds and others calling themselves travelling-men’.
HATFIELD HOUSE, HERTFORDSHIRE MSS OF THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY
Cecil Papers (CP)
CP 1/10 and 11 - Deposition of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, and others respecting the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.
CP 1/23 - Deposition of Henry VIII to the commission investigating the validity of his marriage to Anne of Cleves, 1540.
CP 5/62-66 - Confession of Kenelm Berney; 13 January 1572.
CP 5/102-103 - Last confession of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk; 26 February 1572.
CP 6/114 - Declaration of Elizabeth Massey, wife of the parson in the Tower of London; 3 November 1571.
CP 153/51 - Letter from Cecil Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk; 28 September 1569.
CP 156/60 - Letter from Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, to Cecil or the Earl of Leicester; 22 September 1569.
CP 156/66 - Letter from Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, to Queen Elizabeth I; 24 September 1569.
CP 156/67 - Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk; 25 September 1569.
CP 156/72 - Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk; 28 September 1569.
CP 157/94 - Rough notes in Cecil’s hand on arrangements for the trial of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk; 26 February, 1572.
LONGLEAT HOUSE, WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE MSS OF THE MARQUIS OF BATH
Portland Papers (PO)
PO/Vol.1/15 - ‘Confession of Q[ueen] Catherine Howard ... afore the Kings Counsell at Hampton Court; 12 November 1541. (Copy, certified by signatures of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, and nine other members of the Privy Council.)
PO/Vol./95 - Letter from Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, to Elizabeth I on the subject of her marriage; Norwich, 15 November 1567.
Dudley Papers (DU)
DU/Vol.2/26 - Reports on speeches and activities of prisoners in the Tower who were concerned ‘in the Duke of Norfolk’s plot’ by Richard Farmer.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, KEW, SURREY
Court of Chancery - Six Clerks’ Office
C 54/559 - Sale of Norfolk House, Lambeth, by Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, to Richard Garth and John Dister for £400, 1558.
Records of the Exchequer
E 24/23/27 - Lease by William Capon, dean of Cardinal’s College, Ipswich, of the priory of Felixstowe, Suffolk, with appurtenances, to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, Sir Philip Tylney and others, at a rent of £20 per year; 4 October [1529].
E 30/1456 - Notorial certificate of depositions by Mary, wife of Henry Bourchier, second Earl of Essex, and Agnes, relict of Thomas, second Duke of Norfolk, concerning the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Prince Arthur; Stanstead, Essex, and Thetford Priory, Norfolk, 16 July 1528.
E 10/60/22 - Accounts of Walter Stonor, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, for expenses incurred in boarding prisoners, including Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Surrey.
Home Office
HO 45/14342 - Licence for removal and re-interment of the remains of Philip, Earl of Arundel, at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, 1971.
Records of the Court of King’s Bench
KB 8/5 - Roll and File of court of Lord High Steward: charges against Sir Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, May 1520.
KB 8/14 - Special Commission of Oyer and Terminer with charges against Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 10 January 1547.
KB 8/42 - Roll and file of Court of Lord High Steward: charges against Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, for high treason; January 1572.
KB 8/49 - Roll and file of court of Lord High Steward and peers: charges against Philip, Earl of Arundel for high treason.
Land Revenues - Inventories
LR 2/115 - Inventory of goods of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, at Kenninghall (fols 1-64) and at Castle Rising (fols 67-70) Norfolk, and of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey at St Leonard’s by Norwich (fols 71-4); of the Duke of Norfolk’s horses in Norfolk and Suffolk and elsewhere (fols 77-81); cattle (fols 83-4); sheep (fols 84d-5) and grain (fol. 86) as at December 1546 and notes to whom the goods have been delivered.
Probate Records, Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC)
PROB/11/21 - Will of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, 1524.
PROB/11/37 - Will of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, 1554.
PROB/11/123 - Will of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, 18 June 1614.
Special Collections (SC)
SC 2 (Court Rolls) 192/101 - Description of the courts in Gressenhall and Wending, Norfolk, of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, 1558.
State Papers (SP)
SP 1/76/38 - Letter from Henry, Lord Stafford, to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk; Stafford, 13 May 1534.
SP 1/76/39 - Letter from Henry, Lord Stafford to Cromwell; Stafford, 13 May 1533.
SP 1/82/151 - Reports of seditious statements by the Colchester monk Dan John Frances, 22 January 1533.
SP 1/105/245 - Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Cromwell about the Duke of Richmond’s funeral; Kenninghall, 5 August 1536.
SP 1/114/56 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell about his daughter’s decision to consult lawyers about her maintenance; January 1537.
SP 1/115/175 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell; Doncaster, 26 February 1537.
SP 1/115/244 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell, February 1537.
SP 1/116/8 - Account of lands sold and purchased and annual receipts of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, for 1537.
SP 1/116/83 - Letter from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to the Council in London; Carlisle, 19 February 1537.
SP 1/116/92 - Letter from Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, ordering ‘dreadful execution’ on the inhabitants of ‘every town, village and hamlet’ in the rebellious north of England; 22 February 1537.
SP 1/116/108 - Letter to the Privy Council from Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, about the justice meted out to insurgents in Carlisle; 24 February 1537.
SP 1/120/6 and 14-5 - Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, to Henry VIII, March 1537.
SP 1/121/96 - Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, about the establishment of a Council of the North; September 1537.
SP 1/130/24 - Confessions relating to the ‘Black Fast’ of Mabel Brigge; York, 11 March 1538.
SP 1/144/16 - Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to Cromwell; 3 March 1539.
SP 1/144/56 - Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk to Thomas Cromwell, March 1539.
SP 1/158/249 - Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, to the Earl of Westmorland; 11 April 1541.
SP 1/176/151 - Examination of Alice Flaner by the Privy Council; 24 March 1543.
SP 1/176/156 - Examination of Millicent Arundell by the Privy Council; 28 March 1543.
SP 1/189/207-8 - Letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, thir
d Duke of Norfolk, about Henry VIII’s plans to besiege Boulogne; London 7 July 1544. (See also BL Harley MS, 6,989 fol. 127.)
SP 1/190/23-5 - Letter from Sir William Paget, the King’s Secretary, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, about the sieges of Boulogne and Montreuil; 12 July 1544.
SP 1/193/154 - Letter from Henry VIII to the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk and others, following the unsuccessful French attempt to recapture Boulogne; Westminster, 14 October 1544.
SP 1/209/129 - Letter from Thomas Hussey, treasurer to the third Duke of Norfolk, to the Earl of Surrey, about his debts; London, 26 October 1545.
SP 1/210/30 - Letter from Thomas Hussey, treasurer to the third Duke of Norfolk, to the Earl of Surrey, about his debts; London, 6 November 1545.
SP 1/213/47 - Letter from the Council of Boulogne to Henry VIII about the skirmish at St Etienne; Boulogne, 8 January 1546.
SP 1/227/76 - Letter from Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, to the Privy Council; the Tower, ?13 December 1546.
SP 1/227/82 - Letter from John Gates and others to Henry VIII concerning their ‘dawn raid’ on Kenninghall; Kenninghall, 14 December 1546.
SP 1/227/97 - Testimony of Sir Edmund Knyvett, December 1546.
SP 1/227/101 - Deposition of Sir Edward Warner, December 1546.
SP 1/227/103 - Deposition of Edward Rogers, December 1546.
SP 1/227/105 - Deposition of Sir Gawen Carew, ‘the king’s servant’, 1546.
SP 1/227/106 - Deposition of the spy John Torre, 1546.
SP 1/227/109 - Deposition of Hugh Ellis, secretary to the Earl of Surrey, 1546.
SP 1/227/114 - Lord Chancellor Wriothesley’s list of questions to be put to the Earl of Surrey, December 1546.
SP 1/227/123ff - Summary of charges against Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, annotated by Henry VIII, 1546.