Authors: Leanda de Lisle
Seymour, Thomas,
228
,
240
,
246â8
,
289
Seymour, Lord Thomas (great-nephew of the above),
331
Shakespeare, William: on Clarence,
42
; on dangers of licence,
398
;
Henry V
,
134
;
Henry VIII
,
402â3
;
Richard II
,
1
,
384â5
;
Richard III
,
44
,
71
; on Wolsey,
176
Shelton, Lady,
189
Shrewsbury,
66â7
Shrewsbury, Earl of,
163
Shrewsbury, George Talbot, 6th Earl of,
349
,
364
,
371â2
Silva, Don Diego Guzman de,
335
,
336
,
337â8
,
339
,
360
Skip, John,
199
Smeaton, Mark,
201
,
202â3
,
204
,
206
soldiers: English,
68â9
;
Landsknecht
,
89
Solway Moss, Battle of (1542),
227
Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, Lord Protector: joins Henry VIII's Privy Council,
196
; aids Henry's courtship of Jane Seymour,
200
; Henry names as executor of will,
235â6
; becomes Lord Protector,
238â9
,
239â40
; becomes Duke of Somerset,
240
; and religion,
243
,
249
; and Edward VI's formal entry into London,
243
; treatment of Edward's sisters,
245
; coup against,
250
; end,
254â5
,
289
Somerset, William Seymour, Duke of (K Grey's grandson),
386â7
,
388â90
,
414
Somerset, John Beaufort, Duke of,
15
Southampton, Earl of,
385
Spain: Arthur marries Katherine of Aragon,
99
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
105â9
,
125â6
,
174
; Philip II marries Mary I,
290â1
; he provokes her to war with France,
298
; considers substituting Lady Katherine Grey for Elizabeth I,
308
,
309â10
; Margaret Douglas appeals to,
315
; Armada,
368
,
374â8
; infanta put forward as Elizabeth's heir,
384
,
391
; Essex keen to pursue war with,
384
; supports Arbella Stuart as Elizabeth's heir,
393
Spinola, Baptista,
269â70
Spurs, Battle of the (1513),
134
Stafford, Sir Henry,
21
,
26
,
37
,
38
,
39
Stanley, Thomas, Lord: marriage to Margaret Beaufort,
40
,
41
; on chances of Edward IV pardoning Henry VII,
43
; acknowledges Edward V as king,
43
; temporarily arrested by Richard III,
46â7
; Richard III courts,
48
; Henry VII and Richard III vie for his support,
66
,
67
; at Bosworth,
69
,
70
,
71
;
supports Henry VII in Simnel rebellion,
89
Stanley, Sir William,
66
,
67
,
72
,
73
,
86
,
96
Stokes, Adrian,
288
Stony Stratford,
44
Strange, Lord,
66
Strangways, Thomas,
178
Stuart, Arbella: birth,
351
, lives with Bess of Hardwick,
363â4
; marriage to William Seymour,
386â7
,
388â90
; paranoia,
391
; foreign support as heir to Elizabeth,
392â3
; and tablet picture of Henry VIII,
414
Stuart, Lord Charles: background,
316
; brought to court to be watched over,
325
; imprisoned at Sheen,
326
; returns to court,
332
; reunited with mother after Darnley's death,
340
; marries Elizabeth Cavendish,
348â50
; named as heir to James VI,
351
; death,
351
; tomb,
352
Stuart of Traquair, Lady Jane,
167
Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of: background,
142
; at Margaret Tudor's wedding,
109â10
; at Mary Tudor's coronation,
143
,
144
; marriage to Mary Tudor,
141â2
,
145â8
; at tournament for Margaret's visit,
154
; daughter born,
154
; at Henry VIII's marriage trial,
175
; attitude to Anne Boleyn,
171
; she accuses him of sleeping with his daughters,
181
; and Anne Boleyn's fall,
204â5
; death,
231
Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole, Duke of,
104
,
116
,
117
,
134
Suffolk, Harry Grey, Duke of
see
Dorset, Harry Grey, Marquess of
Suffolk, John de la Pole, Duke of,
79
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of,
235
,
237
Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of
see
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of
sweating sickness,
76
Swynford, Katherine,
16
Tadcaster,
27
Tailboys, Gilbert,
155
Tallis, Thomas,
356
Tantallon Castle,
151
Teerlinc, Levina,
331
Tewkesbury, Battle of (1471),
38
Tewkesbury Abbey,
215
Thérouanne, siege of (1513),
134
,
156
Thirlwall, Sir Percival,
71
Thomas of Woodstock,
21
Thornbury,
156
Tilbury,
375â7
Tilney, Katherine,
225
Torrigiano, Pietro,
128
Tournai, siege of (1513),
137
tournaments,
144
Towton, Battle of (1461),
26â7
,
72
Troyes, Treaty of (1420),
18
Tudor, Catherine,
13
Tudor, David Owen,
389
Tudor, Edmund,
9
,
13â17
,
19â20
,
115
,
126
,
212
Tudor, Jasper: birth,
9
; education,
13
; at court,
13â14
,
126
; made Earl of Richmond,
14
; helps Margaret Beaufort after husband's death,
20â1
; at Wakefield,
24â5
; goes on run,
26
,
27
; estates seized,
28
; raids in Wales,
35
; escorts Henry VII to London,
35
; absence from Barnet,
37
; flees to
Brittany,
38â9
,
50
; escapes to France from Brittany,
61
; dragon badge,
64
; and Bosworth,
67
; at Henry VII's coronation,
79
; marriage to Katherine Woodville,
79
; as Henry VII's councillor,
86
; and Simnel rebellion,
90
; death,
103
; Masses for,
212
Tudor, Owen (husband of Catherine de Valois),
1â2
,
8â13
,
24â6
,
63
,
115
,
409
Tudor, Owen (son of the above),
13
Tudors: origins of name,
8
; sense of dynasty,
4
âThe Twelve Triumphs of Henry VII',
100
Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of,
384
,
392
Tyrrell, Sir James,
122
Vannes,
60
Venice,
390â1
Vergil, Polydore: on Buckingham,
52
; on Elizabeth Woodville receiving news of sons' death,
56
; on Elizabeth Woodville's retirement,
87
; on Henry VII's decline into avarice,
117
; on Henry VIII,
125
; on Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy,
94â5
; on Owen Tudor,
9
; on princes in the Tower,
122
; on Stanley's death,
96
; on Warbeck,
92
; on Warwick's death,
102
Vortigan, King,
64
Wakefield, Battle of (1460),
24
Wales: English attitude to Welsh,
10
; support for Henry VII,
64
,
65
Walsingham,
218â19
Wars of the Roses (1455â85): popular attitude to,
3
; origins of name,
19
; beginnings,
19
; erupts again in 1460,
23
; Edward IV wins throne,
24â7
; Henry VI imprisoned in Tower,
31
; Warwick betrays Edward IV and reinstates Henry VI,
33â5
; Edward IV recaptures throne and kills Henry VI,
36â8
; Richard III seizes throne,
46â9
; Buckingham's failed plot,
52â3
,
57â8
; Henry VII's invasion and Bosworth,
63â73
Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of,
47â8
,
76
,
77
,
81
,
87â90
,
101â2
Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of (âthe Kingmaker'),
26
,
33â5
,
37â8
Welles, John,
53
Welles, Richard,
85
Weobley Castle,
34
Westminster Abbey: Lady Chapel,
4
,
7
,
115â16
,
120
,
217
,
303
,
352â3
,
407â8
; Owen Tudor claims sanctuary,
11
; Elizabeth Woodville in sanctuary,
46
; princes in Tower possibly interred there,
122â3
; Mary I's funeral,
303
; Henry V's chantry,
409
Westmoreland, Earl of,
344
Weston, Sir Francis,
194
,
204
,
206
White, John, Bishop of Winchester,
303
William of Orange,
365
Winchester,
81â2
; round table,
179
Winchester Cathedral,
291
Windsor: St George's Chapel,
87
,
217â18
,
241â2
Wolsey, Thomas: provides supplies for Henry VIII's French campaign,
134
; Katherine of Aragon writes to,
137
; arranges treaty with Louis XII,
139
;
tells Henry about Mary's and Suffolk's wedding,
146
; godfather to Margaret Douglas,
154
; London home and growing wealth,
155
; surveillance on Buckingham,
156
,
157
; negotiates French marriage for Mary I,
161
; Northumberland serves in household,
163
; helps Henry seek annulment,
166
,
169
,
170â3
; end of career and death,
175â6
; fate of tomb commissioned for himself,
242
women: contemporary attitude to female virtue,
9â10
; âfemme sole' status,
84
; later depictions of Tudor women,
424
; relative freedom enjoyed in England,
106
; and royal succession,
165
,
267
,
302
,
306
Woodstock Palace,
290
Woodville, Anthony
see
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Lord
Woodville, Sir Edward,
50
Woodville, Elizabeth: marriage to Edward IV,
31â2
,
34
,
164
; family's ambition,
32
; Buckingham's attitude to,
45
; in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey,
46
; hands over Richard of York to Richard III,
47
; marriage declared bigamous,
47
; Margaret Beaufort negotiates marriage between Henry VII and Elizabeth of York with her,
53â4
,
56
; knowledge of sons' death,
54
,
55â6
; arranges pardon for Thomas Grey,
62
; retirement and death,
86
,
87â8
,
93â4