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Authors: Leanda de Lisle

Tudor (80 page)

Cecil, Elizabeth,
333

Cecil, Mildred,
261
,
340

Cecil, Robert,
379–80
,
385–6
,
389–90
,
392
,
396

Cecil, William, Lord Burghley: background,
262
,
299
; on Grey–Dudley marriage,
260
; plans for Elizabeth I's succession,
299–300
; and her coronation,
305
; and her religious settlement,
309
; backs
Scots rebelling against Mary of Guise,
311–12
; opposition to Elizabeth marrying Leicester,
313
,
314
,
315–16
; spies on Margaret Douglas,
317
; persecution of Catholics,
317
,
327
,
361
; and Katherine Grey's marriage,
321
; case against Lennoxes,
326
,
328
; reconciliation with Margaret Douglas,
333
; reaction to Darnley's marriage,
336
; dissuades Elizabeth from sending army against Scots rebels,
341
; attitude to Katherine Grey,
342
,
418
; opposition to Mary, Queen of Scots as heir,
344
; allows Lennox to become James VI's regent,
347
; and Ridolfi plot,
347
; declines to become Charles Stuart's guardian,
348
; Margaret Douglas' legacy to,
352
; use of Dee,
361
; and Mary, Queen of Scots,
364
,
365
,
371
; security of position on Privy Council,
379
; son groomed to replace,
379–80
; and succession issue,
380
; at de Maisse's meeting with Elizabeth,
382
; lack of common popularity,
383
; death,
384

Cecily of York,
62
,
85

Chapuys, Eustace,
198–9
,
200
,
204
,
207
,
211

Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland,
408

Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland,
122–3

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: betrothal to Mary Tudor,
117
; betrothal cancelled,
139
; conquers French at Pavia,
159
; possible betrothal to Mary I,
159
; signs treaty with France,
159–60
; sacks Rome,
168–9
; promises help to Katherine of Aragon,
170
; rapprochement with Clement VII,
175
; Wolsey seeks support from,
175
; attitude to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn,
194
; Paul III wishes him to invade England,
219
; leaves Henry VIII to fight alone in France,
231
; support for Mary I,
265
; advised to accept Lady Jane Grey,
272
; wants Philip II to marry Mary I,
290
; retirement,
295
; death,
300

Charles VI, King of France,
7
,
18
,
19

Charles VIII, King of France,
61
,
94

Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy,
34
,
36
,
139

Chaucer, Geoffrey,
208

Cheke, John,
244

Chertsey Abbey,
42

Cheyne, Sir John,
71

chivalry,
30
;
see also
Bath, Knights of the
;
Garter, Order of the

Christina of Denmark,
297
,
298

Churchyard, Thomas,
358–9

churching,
151

Clarence, George, Duke of,
34–5
,
42–3

Claude, Madame,
143

Clement VII, Pope,
166
,
168–9
,
172
,
174–5
,
190

Clifford, Margaret, Countess of Derby,
260
,
261
,
360–1
,
419–21

cloth of gold,
99

Cobham, Lady Anne,
205

Cockfield Hall,
342

Collyweston,
113–14
,
118

Commynes, Philippe de,
52

Company of Merchant Adventurers,
262–3

A Conference About the Next Succession to the Crowne of Ingland
,
381–2

Cornish rebellion (1497),
98

Courtenay, Edward,
279
,
280
,
283
,
296

Counter-Reformation,
232

Coverdale, Miles,
219

Cranmer, Thomas: made Archbishop of Canterbury,
183
; annuls Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon,
184
; annuls Henry marriage to Anne Boleyn,
206
; reassures Henry about Anne Boleyn's adulteries,
207
; issues dispensation for Henry to marry Jane Seymour,
209
; reveals Katherine Howard's past to Henry,
223–4
; at Henry's funeral,
241
; and Edward VI's grasp of Latin,
243
; reads coronation oath to Edward,
244
; religious changes made under Edward,
249
; falls out with Northumberland,
257
; signs Edward's will,
264

Cromwell, Thomas: appearance, background and character,
182–3
; and England's break with Rome,
183
,
191
; Anne Boleyn's opposition to,
198–200
; his part in her fall,
202
,
204
,
205
; advises Margaret Douglas,
212
; and Pilgrimage of Grace,
213–14
; arranges Cleves marriage,
220
,
221
; death,
222

Cuellar (Spanish captain),
375
,
378

Culpepper, Thomas,
224
,
225–6

Cumberland, Henry Clifford, Earl of,
231
,
261
,
419

Dacre, Lord,
150
,
151
,
152

Darnley, Henry, Lord: appearance and character,
316
,
333
; birth,
231
; woos Mary, Queen of Scots,
316–17
; brought to Elizabeth I's court to be watched over,
325
; imprisoned at Sheen,
326
; prophecy re,
327
; invited back to court,
332–3
; marriage to Mary,
333–4
,
336–7
; marriage breakdown and murder of Riccio,
338–9
; death,
340–1
,
350–1
; image on Lennox Jewel,
346

Davey, Richard,
270

David, King,
166
,
222

Davies, Cliff,
424

Dee, John,
294
,
304
,
361

Delft, François van der,
241

Derby, Countess of
see
Clifford, Margaret, Countess of Derby

Derby, Earl of,
419
,
420

Dereham, Francis,
224
,
226

Devonshire Manuscript,
193

divorce,
164–5

Doleman, R.,
381–2

Dorset, Frances Brandon, Marchioness of
see
Brandon, Lady Frances

Dorset, Harry Grey, Marquess of: background, marriage and family,
217
; character,
252
; appointed to Privy Council,
252
; at court,
253
; made Duke of Suffolk,
255
; agrees to daughter's marriage to Dudley,
261
; deserts her,
276
; pardoned,
281
; leads parliamentary opposition to Mary I's religious reforms,
282
; plots again,
283–4
; Jane's last letter to,
286
; death,
288

Dorset, Thomas Grey, Marquess of,
59
,
62

Douglas, Lady Margaret: birth,
151
; visits England,
152–5
; godfather,
154
; comes to English court,
177–8
; becomes lady-in-waiting to Mary I,
182
,
184
; ordered to join Anne Boleyn's household,
189
,
196
; affair with Thomas Howard,
193
,
198
,
200–1
; at Jane Seymour's wedding,
209
; place in succession,
209
; imprisoned for her betrothal,
210–12
; Cromwell rumoured to covet,
214
;
lover's death,
217
; lady-in-waiting to Katherine Howard,
223
; new love,
223
; warned off,
225
; at Katherine Parr's wedding,
228
; at Katherine Parr's court,
229
; marriage to Lennox,
229–30
; absence from succession,
230–1
; returns to court after Darnley's birth,
231
; did she quarrel with Henry VIII?,
236
,
326
,
411–14
; ignored in Henry's will,
236–7
, relations with Edward VI,
255
; leaves court to avoid illness,
256
; ignored in Edward's will,
259
; at Mary I's court,
279
,
280
; Mary wants to name as heir,
280
; at Mary's funeral,
302–3
; Elizabeth I's and Cecil's suspicions of,
315
,
317–18
; encourages Darnley to woo Mary, Queen of Scots,
316
,
317
,
324
; brought to court to be watched over,
325
; imprisoned at Sheen,
326–8
,
329
; invited back to court,
332–3
,
335
; imprisoned because of Darnley's marriage,
336–8
,
339–40
; reaction to James VI's birth,
339
; reaction to Darnley's death,
340
; released from Tower,
340
; marital happiness celebrated in Lennox Jewel,
346
; husband's death,
347
; arranges other son's marriage,
348–50
; rapprochement with Mary, Queen of Scots,
350–1
; Arbella Stuart comes to live with,
351
; last days and death,
352–3
; assessment,
403–4
,
424–5

Dudley, Ambrose,
420

Dudley, Anne,
420

Dudley, Sir Andrew,
419

Dudley, Edmund (under Henry VII),
116
,
119
,
271

Dudley, Lord Guildford: marriage sought with Margaret Clifford,
419
; marriage to Lady Jane Grey,
260–1
,
263
; accompanies her to take possession of Tower,
269
,
270
; popular opposition to as king,
271
; relationship with wife,
275
,
281
,
415–16
; imprisoned in Tower,
276
; and Jane's trial,
282
; death,
285–6
,
405–6

Dudley, John
see
Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of

Dudley, Robert
see
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of

Durham,
344

Easebourne Priory,
212–13
,
215

East Stoke, Battle of (1487),
90

Edgecote Moor, Battle of (1469),
33

Edinburgh: Holyrood Palace,
366

Edmund, Prince (son of Henry VII),
86

education, aristocratic,
27–8
,
29

Edward III, King of England,
18
,
30

Edward IV, King of England: appearance, background and character,
24
,
30
; at Wakefield,
24–5
; proclaims himself king,
26
; at Towton,
26
; orders Jasper Tudor's estates seized,
28
; atmosphere of his court,
30
,
42–3
; propaganda,
30–1
,
34
; marriage to Elizabeth Woodville,
31–2
,
34
,
164
; entertained by Margaret Beaufort,
32
; betrayal by Warwick leads to exile in Burgundy,
33–5
; recaptures throne,
36–8
; orders capture of Henry VII and Jasper Tudor,
38–9
; death,
43
; Henry VIII's likeness to,
125

Edward V, King of England: accedes to throne,
43
; taken into care of Richard III,
44–6
; Richard III takes
throne for himself,
46–9
; declared illegitimate,
47
; in the Tower,
48
; rescue attempt fails,
51
; death,
51–6
,
57
,
76–7
,
91–2
,
121–3
,
129
,
400
,
401–2
,
405–6

Edward VI, King of England: appearance,
44
,
253
; birth,
216
; reasons for name,
218
; health as baby,
220
; proposed marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots,
229–30
; Holbein portrait,
232
; closeness to Katherine Parr and Mary I,
232
; Henry VIII appoints regents for,
235–6
; proclaimed king,
239
; his self-appointed Privy Council,
239–40
; and religion,
243
,
244–5
,
249
,
252
,
253
,
256
,
257
; formal entry into London,
243–4
; reaction to Katherine Parr's remarriage,
246
; and coup against Somerset,
250
; tries to make Mary I Protestant,
253
,
254
; majority,
254
; ill health,
254
; destroys Somerset while elevating his rival,
255
; reception for Mary of Guise,
255–6
; weapons training,
256
; becomes involved in matters of state,
256
; brief illness,
256–7
; more ill health,
258–9
; succession issue,
259–60
,
263–4
; last days and death,
261–6
; assessment,
404–5

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