Authors: Leanda de Lisle
Hatfield House,
189
hawthorn symbol,
72
Henri II, King of France,
308
,
309â10
Henri III, King of France,
355
Henri IV, King of France,
393
Henry IV, King of England,
1
,
8
,
12
,
31
Henry V, King of England,
3
,
7â8
,
18
,
65
,
94
,
134
Henry VI, King of England: appearance and character,
13
,
17
; symbols favoured by,
77â8
; sexual mores,
126
; father's death,
8
; coronation,
243
; imprisons Owen Tudor,
10â12
; pardons him,
13
; attitude to half-brothers,
13â14
,
126
; House of York's threat to,
16
; loss of France affects mental health,
3
,
18
; nature of his mental illness,
18â19
; atmosphere of his court,
30
; son born,
19
; tries to reconcile quarrelling subjects,
23
; denounced as false king by Edward IV,
26
; flees to Scotland,
27
; put in Tower,
31
; put back on throne by Warwick,
35
; frail health,
36
; prophecy re Henry VII,
36
,
59â60
,
115
; returned to Tower,
37
; death,
38
; venerated as saint,
41â2
,
54
,
55
,
87
; Henry VII's attitude,
76â7
,
115
,
241
Henry VII, King of England: appearance and character,
32
,
50
,
59
,
80
; piety,
60
,
78
,
79
,
101
; claim to throne,
2
,
3
,
400â1
; birth,
20â1
; education,
27â8
; made Herbert's ward at Raglan,
28â9
; mother visits,
32
; watches Edgecote Moor,
33â4
; allowed to visit London,
35â6
;
Henry VI's prophecy re,
36
,
59â60
; absence from Barnet,
37
; flees to Brittany,
38â9
; Edward IV seeks his return,
42
,
43
; Margaret Beaufort petitions Buckingham re,
48â9
; in Brittany,
50
; Margaret Beaufort negotiates his marriage,
53â4
,
56
; failed invasion attempt,
56
,
57â8
; support in exile grows,
89â90
; vows to marry Elizabeth of York,
60
; escapes to France from Brittany,
61
; invades and wins throne at Bosworth,
5
,
63â73
; propaganda,
64
; official entry into London,
74â6
; and princes in Tower,
76â7
,
91â2
,
121â3
,
401â2
; in no hurry to marry,
77
; coronation,
77â9
; marriage,
79â81
; status accorded to mother,
84
; birth of family,
83â4
,
85â6
; sexual mores of court,
126
; efforts at reconciliation,
86â7
; and Simnel rebellion,
87â90
; and wife's coronation.
90â1
; and Warbeck rebellion,
93â102
; intimidation of nobles,
97
; reluctantly gets rid of Warwick,
101â2
; physical decline,
103
; worries over succession,
103â4
; meets Katherine of Aragon,
106
; relationship with wife,
107
; and Arthur's death,
110â11
; reaction to Katherine of Aragon's claims of virginity,
126
; and wife's death,
111â12
; love for Henry VIII,
113
; escorts Margaret part-way to Scotland,
113
; begins work on tomb,
115â16
; alternating attacks of conscience, suspicion and avarice,
116â17
; death and funeral,
94
,
117â20
; Masses for,
212
; tomb,
4
; Henry VIII's psychological break with,
217â18
; in Holbein fresco,
218
; and Elizabeth I's coronation,
305
; assessment,
121â3
Henry VIII, King of England (formerly Duke of York): appearance and character,
99
,
103â4
,
125
,
141
; claim to throne,
402
; birth,
86
; made Duke of York,
95
; at Arthur's wedding,
107â8
; and Arthur's death,
112
; Henry VII's love for,
113
; at Mary's betrothal to Charles V,
117
; succeeds to throne,
119
,
131
; marriage to Katherine of Aragon,
124â7
; ambitions to win France,
124â5
; coronation,
127
; first French campaign,
133â4
,
137
; and James IV's body,
410
; makes peace with France, marrying Mary to Louis XII,
139â40
; farewell to Mary,
141â2
; reaction to Mary's and Suffolk's wedding,
145â8
; advises Margaret not to give her children to Albany,
150
; shows further support for her,
152
,
154
; leadership style,
153
; love of entertainments,
153
; Mary I's birth,
153â4
; affair with Blount,
255
; succession worries lead to Buckingham's death,
156â8
; realises ambitions for France will never be realised,
159â60
; promotes Fitzroy as possible heir,
160â1
; courts Anne Boleyn,
161â2
,
163â4
; Defender of Faith title,
165
; seeks annulment,
165â75
; marriage trial,
172â5
; disrespect for the law,
180
; last days of marriage,
178â9
,
181â2
; becomes head of Church of England,
179
,
183
; marriage to Anne Boleyn,
183
; and her coronation,
185
; Elizabeth I's birth and christening,
187â8
; turns on Mary I,
188â9
; begins reign of terror in response to loss of public acclaim,
189â90
,
191â3
; rejects
rapprochement with Paul III,
190â1
,
192
; 1535 progress,
193
; reaction to Katherine of Aragon's death,
195
; riding accident,
194
; growing coolness to Anne Boleyn,
195â6
; falls in love with Jane Seymour,
196â7
,
200
; wants to rid himself of Anne,
199
,
200
,
201â3
; her arrest,
203â5
; reaction to her trial and execution,
206
,
207â8
; marriage to Jane Seymour,
209
; succession fears,
209â13
; and Pilgrimage of Grace,
214
; reaction to Jane's death,
216â17
; psychological break with Henry VII,
217â18
; attempts to shape Church of England,
218â19
; excommunicated,
219
; builds coastal defences,
220
; marriage to Anne of Cleves,
220â1
; sexual potency,
222
; marriage to Katherine Howard,
222
,
223â6
; marriage to Katherine Parr,
228
; arranges Margaret Douglas' marriage to Lennox,
229â30
; second French campaign,
231
; poor health,
231â2
; flexes religious muscle,
232â3
,
404
; did he quarrel with Margaret Douglas?,
236
,
326
,
411â14
; gift to Katherine Parr,
248
; her Protestant leanings lead to discord,
233â4
; defining issues of reign,
403
; death and will,
235â9
; funeral and tomb,
240â3
; Elizabeth I's adulation,
299
,
305
; tablet picture,
414
Henry, Prince (son of James VI),
380
Herbert, Lady,
29
Herbert, Maude,
69
Herbert, William, Lord,
28
,
33â4
Herbert, William, Earl of Pembroke,
236
,
255
,
261
,
275
,
276
,
283â4
Hertford, Edward Seymour, Earl of: secret marriage to Katherine Grey leads to imprisonment in Tower,
318â21
; son's birth,
323â4
; marriage declared invalid,
325â6
; Katherine's second pregnancy,
330â1
; imprisoned even more tightly after Mary, Queen of Scots' deposition,
341â2
; returns to court,
348
; patron of Churchyard,
358
; Cecil's friendship with,
380
; and proposed marriage between grandson and Arbella Stuart,
388â90
Hertford Castle,
262
Hilliard, Nicholas,
363
Holy Maid of Kent
see
Barton, Elizabeth
Hopton, Sir Owen,
342
Howard, Lady,
340
Howard, Lord Thomas,
193
,
198
,
200â1
,
210â11
,
217
Hull,
214
humanists,
170â1
Hundred Years War (1337â1453),
2â3
,
18
Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, Earl of,
315
,
329
Iraq War (2003),
399
Ireland: and Simnel rebellion,
88â9
; and Warbeck,
98
; Essex in,
384
; peace with Tyrone,
391â2
Isabella, Queen of Castile,
100
,
103
Isabella Clara Eugenia, Spanish infanta,
381â2
,
391
James II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland,
408
James III, King of Scotland,
113
James IV, King of Scotland,
97â8
,
109â10
,
113â14
,
133
,
135â7
,
410
James V: birth,
133
; coronation,
137
; taken from mother's care,
148
,
149â50
; escapes Angus' clutches,
177
; reaction to Henry VIII's break with Rome,
184
; briefly made his heir,
209
; death,
227â8
James VI and I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland: appearance and character,
366
; birth,
339
; coronation,
341
; Lennox becomes regent,
346â7
; memories of Lennox's death,
347
; Margaret Douglas' concern for,
351â2
; succession issue,
351
; Mary, Queen of Scots tries to persuade him to allow Lennox title to Arbella Stuart,
363
; refuses to help his mother,
364â7
; longing for English throne,
367
; reaction to mother's death,
369â70
,
372â3
; Elizabeth I writes to re Armada,
378
; as her possible heir,
380â1
,
382
,
386
,
389
,
391
,
393
; waits to hear of her death,
394
,
395
; proclaimed king of England,
396
; builds tomb for mother,
407â8
; relationship with subjects,
408
Jeanne de Valois,
39
Jesuits,
361â2
Jews,
55
Joan of Arc,
21
Juana of Aragon,
117
Julius II, Pope,
166
Kapur, Shekhar,
408
Katherine, Princess (daughter of Henry VII),
86
,
111
Katherine of Aragon: appearance,
105
; marriage to Arthur planned,
99
,
101
,
102
; marriage takes place,
105â9
,
125â6
,
174
; marriage to Henry VIII,
124â7
; coronation,
127
; regent during Henry's absence in France,
134
; and Flodden,
135
,
137
; and James IV's body,
410
; Mary I's birth,
153â4
; aged by miscarriage and infant death,
154
; loses another child,
155
,
156
; reaction to Fitzroy's elevation,
161
; Henry seeks annulment,
165â75
; popularity,
170
,
186
; marriage trial,
172â5
; last days of marriage,
178â9
,
181â2
; ordered to Hertfordshire,
181â2
; reaction to Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn,
183â4
; influence on daughter,
272
; death,
194â5