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INDEX
Allen, John 27
Anne of Cleves 37, 52, 84, 115, 164, 165–6, 167
Anselma (fictional character) 22
Antwerp 21–3
Arthur, Prince of Wales 28, 35, 37, 66, 77
Aske, Robert 156, 157
Askew, Anne 170
Audley, Thomas 96, 102, 116, 135, 156, 168, 170
Austin Friars 24–7, 105, 108, 135, 168
Bandello, Matteo 16, 18, 20
Barton, Elizabeth 102–3, 144
Beaufort, Margaret 30, 33–4, 141
Benson, William 116
Bilney, Thomas 100
Blount, Elizabeth 149
Boleyn, Alice 56, 58, 147
Boleyn, Anne
Barton prophesy 102
as book character 11, 117, 120–1, 130
in Calais 103–5
downfall and execution 124, 125, 126–31, 133–4, 140, 144, 168
early life 72–3
influence at court 51–2
miscarriage 122
Oath of Succession 116
as patron 115
Percy relationship 53–5
Wyatt relationship 112
Boleyn family history 56, 57
Boleyn, Geoffrey 56
Boleyn, George 59–60, 88, 120, 122, 123–4, 125–6, 127, 128, 130–1
Boleyn, Jane 59, 61
Boleyn, Mary 60–1, 101, 105
Boleyn, Thomas 53–4, 56, 58–9, 61, 72, 88, 100, 104, 120, 124, 127, 145, 156, 164
Boleyn, William 56
Bonner, Edmund 113
Bonvisi, Antonio 42, 91, 92–3
Bosworth, Battle of 14, 34, 49, 53, 55
Brandon, Charles (Duke of Suffolk) 38, 50–2, 156, 166
Brandon, Henry 52
Brandon, Thomas 50
Brandon, William 49, 50
Brereton, William 85, 88, 123, 128, 131
Browne, Anthony 125
Bryan, Francis 84, 138, 139, 148
Butler, Margaret 56
Butler, Thomas 56, 72
Calais 103–5
Calvin, John 152
Campeggio, Cardinal Lorenzo 68–9, 83
Carew, Nicholas 139, 140, 148, 163
Carey, Catherine 165
Carey, William 61
Castiglione, Baldasarre 112–13, 114
Catherine of Valois 33
Cavendish, George 30, 70, 85, 88
Chapuys, Eustace
background and arrival in England 16, 92–3
as book character 77, 83, 93–5, 124–5, 139, 147, 148
as Cromwell’s neighbour 24
as historical source 9, 16–17, 88, 93–4, 106, 117, 122, 123, 124–5, 134, 140, 148, 162
meets Anne Boleyn 123
Charles V 16, 68–9, 90, 92, 103, 116–17, 124, 160, 162, 166
Christina of Milan 162, 166
Christmas 76–7, 78
Clancy, Dorothea (Wolsey) 135
Clement VII, Pope 67, 68, 69, 97, 106
Compton, William 82–3
Court, the Tudor 40–4
Courtenay, Gertrude 144, 147, 163
Courtenay, Henry 143–4, 147, 163
Courteney family history 143
Courteney, William 143
Cranmer, Thomas 98, 99–100, 102–3, 106, 116, 156, 160
Cromwell, Anne 24
Cromwell, Elizabeth (wife) 24–7, 155
Cromwell family history 16, 18, 25
Cromwell, Grace 138–7
Cromwell, Gregory 24, 27, 78, 109, 135, 151, 160–1, 165, 170
Cromwell, Jane (or book character Janneke) 24, 135
Cromwell, Richard 18, 27, 84, 135, 143, 170
Cromwell, Thomas
as book character 7, 10–11
downfall and execution 167–8
early career 19–23
elevation by Henry VIII 9, 14, 88–9, 101, 116, 135, 145, 167
faith 152–4
historians’ viewpoints 8–9, 10
as lawyer 23, 64
works for Wolsey 27–8, 64–5, 70
Cromwell, Walter 7, 16, 17–18
Culpepper, Thomas 41, 84–5
Darrell, Bess 144
Denny, Anthony 83–4
Dereham, Francis 85
Dormer, William 138
Douglas, Archibald 150
Douglas, Margaret 146, 150–1
Dudley, Edmund 29
Edward IV 28, 33, 34, 47, 49, 161
Edward VI 37–8, 46, 98, 170
Elizabeth I 37, 38, 48, 108, 116, 120, 144
Elizabeth of York 34, 56
Empson, Richard 29
entertainment 44, 78–9, 88
Erasmus, Desiderius 24, 58–9, 92, 152, 154–5, 168
Esher Palace 71, 75
feast days 75–7
Field of Cloth of Gold 31, 81
Fisher, John 116, 117, 144
Fitzroy, Henry 139, 146, 149, 151
Fitzroy, Mary 146, 149, 150, 165
Fitzwilliam, William 127, 147–8, 161
food 42, 75, 76–7
Fox, Edward 99–100, 160
Fox, Richard 28–9, 30, 31, 58
Foxe, John 9, 16, 18, 19, 20
France 31, 52, 71, 117
Francis I, King of France 31, 47, 60, 72, 103–4, 117, 162, 166
Frescobaldi, Francesco 20, 21
Gardiner, Stephen 96–8, 99, 134, 164–5, 166, 167
Garter, Most Noble Order of the 47, 59, 161
Glossop, Nicholas 58
Grammont, Gabriel de 88
Gray’s Inn 23, 64, 156
Greenwich Palace 48, 61
Grey, Cecily 23
Grey, Jane 38, 52
Grey, Thomas 23, 27, 96, 109
Groom of the Stool role 41, 83, 84
Hall, Edward 29
Hallowtide 75
Hampton Court 29, 31, 47, 134
hawking 80
Henry V 16, 33, 48, 53
Henry VI 33, 34, 48, 53
Henry VII 14, 20, 24, 28, 30, 34–5, 40, 48, 49, 53, 55, 141
Henry VIII
becomes king 28, 31
burial 48
as head of English church 101, 141, 147, 156, 167
jousting accident 120, 145, 146
marriage and annulment with Katherine of Aragon 9, 16, 24, 28, 37, 67–70, 91–3, 97–8, 99, 106–8, 142–3, 144
marriage with Anne Boleyn 102, 105–6, 116–17, 120–1, 122
marriage