his appearance and abilities, 344,
345; François jealousy of him,
345; enters into a conspiracy
against his sovereign, ib.; is ob-
liged to flee from France, ib.;
takes command of the army of
Charles, ib.; defeats the French,
345, 346; captures Wyat, iv. 24;
attacks and sacks Rome, 25; is
killed, ib.

Boxley Abbey, popularity of the
shrine of, iii. 289, 290; treatment
of the abbot of, by Lady Wyat,
292, 293

Brandon, Charles, is created Viscount
Lisle, iii. 153; his feelings towards
the King's sister Mary, ib.; Henry
desires that he should marry the
Archduchess Marguerite, 155; is
created Duke of Suffolk and ap-
pointed ambassador to the Flemish
court, 178; his marriages and di-
vorces, 178, 179; aspires to the
hand of Archduchess Marguerite,
179; is present at the betrothal
of Mary Tudor and King Louis,
203; feelings of the Duke of Nor-
folk towards him, 211; desires on
the death of Louis to be near Mary,
217; by the influence of Wolsey
is appointed ambassador to France,
218; pledges extorted from him by
Henry before his departure, ib.;
his instructions to negotiate a treaty
with France against Spain, 225;
his interview with François, 226;
Mary's declaration to him, 227 ; is
married at the Hôtel de Cluny to
Mary, 228; effect of his marriage
on Norfolk and his party, ib.; Nor-
folk demands that he should be
tried for treason, 228, 229; Wol-
sey's letters to him, ib.; his sub-
mission, 229; is created Earl of
Lincoln, 351; harbours vindictive
feelings towards Wyat and Anne
Boleyn, iv. 49; his enmity to Wol-
sey, 95; goes with Rochford on a
mission to François to promote a
separation of England from the
Roman see, 114; François warns
him to beware of cardinals, 114;
his attack on the cardinals after
the trial of the divorce cause, 118;
his altercation with Wolsey, ib.;

is made vice-president of council,
135; his reasons for opposing Catha-
rine's divorce, 141; his projects
with respect to his ward, Catharine
Willoughby, 142; is foiled in his
attempt to defame the character of
Anne, 157; engages in a plot to
reinstate Catharine and ruin Anne,
169; his ingratitude to Anne, 169,
170; his fellow-conspirators, 170,
171;
his gross amours, 171; being
foiled in his plot, changes his line
of conduct, 176; his continued en-
mity to Anne, 195; his desire to
acquire the property of his ward
Catharine Willoughby, 196; his
message to Queen Catharine, 206;
his repulse by Catharine, ib.;
is appointed one of the judges of
Norreys and his fellow-prisoners,
306

Brankston Field, near Flodden, defeat
of the Scots at, iii. 156
Brehon law, iii. 252, 256, 274, 287,
301

Brereton, Sir William, his position
at the court of Henry, iii. 360;
commands the troops sent to Ire-
land to quell the rebellion, iv. 224;
lays siege to Drogheda, ib.; his
arrest and committal to the Tower,
267, 297; reasons for including
him among the 'conspirators,' 297;
charges brought against him, 305;
denies the accusation, 307; his
trial and sentence, 321; his death
on Tower Hill, 323
Bretagne, duchy of, intrigues of Fer-
nando to gain possession of it, iii.
164, 167

Bridewell Palace, assembly of peers
and commoners at the, iv. 110
Brooke, Sir George, iii. 134, 138, 360
Bruges, treaty of, iii. 277, 278
Bruys, Pierre de, iii. 326
Bryan, Lady Margaret, appointed

lady-mistress of Mary's household,
iii. 244; and of Elizabeth's, iv. 198
Bryan, Sir Thomas, his connexion
with the Boleyn family, iii. 286;
is appointed vice-chamberlain of
Catharine, iv. 199; enters the con-
vent of the Carthusians, ib.
Bryan, Frank, undeceives Henry, iv.
40, 41; is made a gentleman of the

privy chamber, 88; goes as envoy to
Rome, 111; is desired to ascertain
from canonists whether the Pope
has power to dispense with the
divine law, 112; is instructed to
find out the truth as to the secret
letter of Wolsey to the Pope, ib. ;
sees a forged copy of the breve,
114; denounces Quiñones and the
Roman cardinals, 121; assures the
King that the Pope will do nothing
for him, b.; procures Wolsey's
secret letter to the Pope, 120; his
letter to the King respecting his
cousin Anne, ib.; his arrest, 273;
his enmity to the cause of Charles,
280; his release, 300
Buckingham, Edward, third duke of,
his opulence and power, iii. 16, 17;
his relationship to King Henry,
17; his connexion with the Percies,
b.; his loyalty to Queen Catharine,
17, 27; his rivalry with the Ioward
family, ib.; honours conferred upon
him, 18; desires of the King the
earldom of Wiltshire for his bro-
ther Henry, ib.; his opposition to
King Louis and Cardinal Amboise,
28; earldom of Wiltshire conferred
on his brother Henry, 48; his quar-
rel with Compton in the King's
palace, 86; his wealth and family,
192; his rude behaviour at Ardres,
268; his pride and avarice, ib.;
his numerous estates, ib.; his treat-
ment of Wolsey, ib.; his arrest
and examination at Guildhall, 268,
269; his trial by his peers, 269,
270; his condenination, 270, 271;
distribution of his estates by Wol-
sey, 272; consequent poverty of
his duchess, 273
Bude,Guillaume,librarian to François,

iii. 281

Butler, James, son of Piers the Red,
project made to contract him to
his cousin Anne Boleyn, iii. 257;
Henry and Wolsey promote the
match, 274-277; resigns his claim
to the hand of Anne, 355; estates
of Boleyn in Ireland leased to him,
356; his answer to the rebellious
proposals of Lord Offaly, iv. 222;
is made admiral of Ireland, ib.
Butler, Lady (Mairgread Geroit),

wife of Sir Piers Butler, iii. 255;
legends respecting her, b.; attends
the council in Dublin in place of
her husband, 255, 256; comes with
her son to London, 273; rejoices
at the arrest of her brother Kil-
dare, 274

Butler, Sir Piers (the Red), his forci-
ble seizure of the Kilkenny estates,
iii. 252; his conduct appealed
against by Lady Margaret Boleyn,
253, 254; his quarrels with the
Geraldines, 254; is summoned by
Kildare before the Irish council,
ib.; answer of his wife, 'Mairgread
Geroit,' to this summons, 255, 256;
project of a match between his son
James and Anne Boleyn, 257, 276,
277; comes to London, 273; on the
appointment of Surrey as deputy,
accompanies him to Ireland, 274;
assumes the title of the Earl of
Ormond, 276; is recommended by
Surrey to act as his deputy in
Ireland, 300, 301; his assumption
of the title of the Earl of Ormond
not sanctioned by the King, 301;
the Geraldines refuse to treat him
as Earl of Ormond, 303; his as-
sumption of the title protested
against by the Boleyns, 304; at-
tacks the rebel Desmond, 353; his
conflicts with Kildare, 354; with
difficulty escapes from M'Morgho,
355; is succeeded in the deputy's
chair by Kildare, ib.; is created
Earl of Ossory and the King's de-
puty in Ireland, iv. 88, 89
Butler, Thomas. See Ormond.
Butts, Sir William, Henry's physi-

cian, his account of the sweating-
sickness, iv. 85, 86; is sent by Henry
to attend Anne, 87; and to Wolsey,
153, 154

Caceres, Francisca de, bedwoman to
Queen Catharine, iii. 33; Diego's
opposition to her marriage with
Grimaldi the banker, 33, 34; is
dismissed by Catharine, 34; her
marriage to Grimaldi, 35; intrigues
of Wolsey to restore her to Catha-
rine's favour, 159, 160; takes ser-
vice with Maria, sister of Archduke
Charles, 160

Cajetan, Cardinal, his hostility to
Luther, iii. 328
Calais, meeting at, between François
and Henry and Anne, iv. 180
Cambrai, treaty of, iii. 5, 55, 57
Campeggio, Lorenzo, signifies to
Henry the Pope's acknowledgment
of his great bounty, iv. 17; is sent
by Clement as legate to England,
74; offices and gifts bestowed on
him by Henry, ib.; is instructed
by Clement to induce Catharine
to retire into a holy house, 77;
sells himself to Charles, 97; Qui-
ñones obliges him to obey Charles
in the matter of the papal breve,
ib.; his slow progress in his journey
from Rome to England, 97-99;
Henry's impatience for his coming,
97, 98; his arrival in England, 98;
his interviews with Wolsey and
Bellay, 99-101; endeavours to dis-
suade Henry from proceeding in
the divorce, 101; desires Catha-
rine to enter a religious house,
101-103; neglects Anne Boleyn,
104, 354; moots the question of
a match between Henry Fitzroy
and his sister Mary, 104, 105;
Catharine confesses herself to him,
106; endeavours in vain to change
Catharine's determination not to
enter a convent, 106, 107; presides
with Wolsey over the court for
the trial of the divorce case, 114;
refuses to give judgment, and ad-
journs the court, 118; consequences
of his speech, 118, 119; Norfolk
proposes to Henry to send him
back to Italy, 125; sends Anne's
private letters to Rome, ib.; his
reception by Henry at Grafton
Lodge, 126; his departure from
England, 132; his boxes searched
at Dover in the hope of discover-
ing Anne's love-letters, ib.; is de-
prived of his bishopric of Salisbury,

236

Cardinals, Henry's appeal to the Col-
lege of, iv. 163; their fear of
Charles, 164

Carey, Henry, favour in which he is

held by Henry, iii. 357; manors
and estates conferred on him, 358
Carey, William, is privately married

to Mary Boleyn, iii. 274, 275; his
marriage to Mary not approved by
her family, 275, 285; desires to
promote the election of his sister
Elinor to be abbess of Wilton Ab-
bey, iv. 90; his death caused by
the sweating-sickness, 87
Carey, Elinor, her brother George
promotes her election to be abbess
of Wilton Abbey, iv. 90; result
of inquiry into her character and
conduct, 92

Carles, Lancelot de, secretary to
Bishop Bellay, is present at the
installation of Anne as Marchioness
of Pembroke, iv. 179; on the calm
demeanour of Anne during her
trial, 314

Carnaby, Sir Raynold, his message to

to Lord Percy, iv. 326, 327
Carne, Edward, is sent to the Pope,
praying that the King's case may
be remitted to an English court,
iv. 165

Caroz, Luiz, is appointed by Fer-
nando envoy at the court of Henry,
iii. 62; Fernando's deceitful in-
structions to him, 67, 70; attempts
to deceive the court and council of
Henry, 70, 71; his insinuations to
the King against Fox, 73; pretends
to be anxious to arrange the articles
of a crusade against the infidels, 73;
his success in cajoling Fox and
Ruthal, 76-78; his hostility to
Diego, 79; denounces Diego as a
traitor to Fernando, 79, 80, 81;
his communication to Fernan-
do of the domestic life of Henry,
84-86; articles of agreement drawn
up by him and Ruthal, 87, 88; is
troubled by his inability to pene-
trate the secrets of Catharine, 92-
95; his schemes to recall Fran-
cisca de Grimaldi to the court of
Catharine frustrated, 97, 98; his
letters to Almazan, 98, 100; hears
murmurs respecting the legality of
Catharine's marriage with Henry,
100, 101; receives instructions
from Fernando to incite Henry
against France, 106-107; urges
Henry to invade Guienne, 131;
excited feeling of the English
against him, 151, 152; his in-

structions from Fernando to de-
ceive Henry, 167; his trouble at
the reception accorded to Spinelli,
177, 188, 195; is not permitted to
be present at the betrothal of Mary
Tudor and Louis, 203; writes to
Fernando on the isolation of Queen
Catharine, 205, 206; his treatment
by Henry, 208; leaves England
precipitately, 220; takes up his
residence in Aragon, ib.; explains
his conduct to Fernando, ib.
Carvajal, Cardinal, Pope Julius hesi-
tates to trust him, iii. 134; Maxi-
milian's distrust of him, iii. 142
Casale, Gregorio da, is sent on a secret
mission to Henry and Wolsey, iii.
372; is employed by Wolsey to
procure from the Pope a papal
breve, iv. 55; receives from the
Pope the breve permitting the di-
vorce, 70; is informed by the Pope
of the probability of the question
of the divorce being tried before
him in Rome, 71, 72
Castel di Guido, iv. 20

Cat, the life of Sir Henry Wyat
wonderfully preserved by a, iii.
291, 292

Catharine, daughter of Fernando and

Isabel, and first wife of Henry
VIII., her loving devotion to her
husband, iii. 3; her relations with
the Catholic Church, 4, 5; her
position as the ambassadress of
Spain in England, 6, 7; varied
opinions respecting her position as
the wife of Prince Arthur, 8, 9;
her Spanish partisans, b.; her
friends and foes, iii. 14-16; con-
fidence placed by her in the de-
votion of the Franciscan friars, 13;
is a sister of the Franciscan Order,
b.; eninity of her adherents to the
French, 20; her many happy asso-
ciations with Richmond Palace,
29; her anxiety to preserve her
birth of a child secret, 29, 30; dis-
misses her Spanish servants, 33;
her financial transactions with the
banker Grimaldi, 34; dismisses her
bedchamber woman Francisca de
Caceres, ib.; writes to her father
on the intrigues against her con-
fessor Diego, 38, 39; birth, death,

and stealthy burial of her first
child, 48, 49; distressing state
of her mind, 51, 52; her
pledges to her father Fernando,
53; withdraws from her position
as Spanish ambassadress, 62; feast
given in her honour by Henry,
62-64; communicates a secret to
Diego, 65; supports Diego against
Caroz and Fox, 82; her maids of
honour dismissed from court, 86,
89; her vows to Pedro the in-
quisitor, 89, 90; secret birth of
another female child, 91, 93;
mystifies Caroz, 94, 95; her
doleful letter to her father, 98,
99; her distress respecting her
vow to Pedro, 99; entreats her
father to befriend Diego, 100;
rumours respecting the legality
of her marriage with Henry,
100, 101, 195, 201, 246; gives
birth to a prince, 115; arrange-
ments for its christening conducted
by Wolsey, 116, 117; feasts in
honour of the prince, 124, 125;
death of the prince, 126; her grief
at its death, 128; suffers another
miscarriage, 147; excites Henry
against the French, 148; on Henry
taking the command of his troops
in France acts as his regent, 146-
150; her powers as regent, 151;
is troubled by the rumours that
her father is secretly plotting a
treaty with France, 158; her reply
to Wolsey on his wishing that she
should restore to favour Francisca
de Grimaldi, 160; birth and death
of another prince, 161, 162; her posi-
tion when her father is suspected
by Henry of having deceived him,
169; her alarm at the increasing
friendship of Henry and Longue-
ville, 171; princesses who might
be her successors as queen, 201;
is present at the betrothal of
Mary Tudor and Louis XII., ib.;
desires to promote a match be-
tween Maria de Rojas and Lord
Stanley, 206; is rudely treated
by Henry, 209; birth and death
of a third son, ib.; listens to
the counsels of Manuel to promote
the renewal of the contract of

Charles with Mary on the death
of Louis, 222; sends Father Lang-
ley on a mission to Mary, 223;
gives birth to a still-born child,
229; birth of her daughter Mary,
233, 234; takes Father Forest into
her confidence, 238; favours the
Observant Friars, 240, 241; desires
that a match should be made be-
tween her daughter Mary and
Charles, 245; her uneasiness at
the proposed match between Mary
and the Dauphin, 259; her cold
reception of the Padre Alessan-
dro, 261-263; refuses to give
him any encouragement to re-
main in England, 262; the vali-
dity of her marriage questioned by
the French court at Blois, 266,
267; her opposition to the pro-
posed interview of Henry and
François at Ardres, 267; her rela-
tions with the King, 331-334;
account of her interview with the
King previous to his seeing the
Emperor Charles, 332, 333; her
state of health in her fortieth year,
333; her grief at not having any
male child, b.; protests in her
daughter's name against the pro-
motion of Henry Fitzroy, 351;
change in Henry's feelings towards
her, ib.; proposed by Wolsey that
she should be divorced and driven
into a convent, 369-374; her
manner of life, 370; failure of her
health, 371; her love to her church,
b.; is deceived by Henry and
Gramoat as to the secret matter'
submitted to the Pope, iv. 29, 30;
false assurance given her by Wolsey,
30; her anxiety respecting the po-
sition of Lady Willoughby, 30, 31;
suspects the truth as to the 'secret
matter' laid before the Pope, 33; her
interview with Wolsey and Samp-
son, 34; asserts that she was never,
except in name, Prince Arthur's
wife, 34, 35; is supported in her
views by Bishop Fisher, 36; her
fondness to Anne Boleyn, 43; her
observation to Anne over a game
of cards, 44; considers Wolsey the
cause of all her miseries, 53; craft-
ily sends Felipo to her nephew

VOL. IV.

Charles, 59; Erasmus suggests her
retirement to a holy house, 77;
the King's alienation from her, 79;
illness in her household, b.; Cram-
ner's views as to her divorce, 82;
her expectations of redress from
the mission of Campeggio, 99;
sympathy shown to her by the
King's sister Mary, 99, 100; Wol-
sey and Campeggio's views as to
her case, 100; her interview with
the legates, 102; declines the sug-
gestion of Campeggio to enter a
convent, 102, 107; wishes her case
to be tried in court, 105; names
Luis Vives as her advocate, 106;
confesses herself to Campeggio, ib.;
her depression at the meeting of
peers and commoners at Bridewell
Palace, 111; produces a copy of the
papal breve, 112; appears before
the legatine court at Blackfriars,
114; her passionate appeal to the
King, 115; refuses to plead before
the legates, 115, 116; the King
praises her qualities as a wife, 116;
Henry resides with her at Wood-
stock, 125; parts with Henry at
Woodstock, ib.; her residence with
her daughter at Greenwich, 140;
receives a visit from Chapuys, ib.;
her feelings towards Anne, 149; ap-
peals to the Pope to give his sen-
tence, 149, 168; her letter to Ortiz,
150, 151; refuses to yield her posi-
tion as Queen, 168, 169, 211, 242;
sickness of her daughter, 169; Suf-
folk instigates a plot on her behalf,
170, 171; her stormy interview
with Norfolk and other peers, 172;
appeals to the Pope, ib.; Henry's
final parting from her at Windsor
Castle, 173; rising in her behalf
in Wales, 176; her residence at
Ampthill, 184; refuses to appear
before Cranmer's court at the
priory of Dunstable, ib.; Cranmer
pronounces her divorce, ib.; is de-
prived of her title of Queen, 199;
maintains her rights, ib.; her resi-
dence at Buckden, 205; disputes
concerning her household, 203;
her mysterious mode of life, b.;
two Franciscan priests, Rich and
Risby, visit her in disguise, 207;

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