refuses to go to Fotheringay, 208;
selects Kimbolton Castle, 208, 209;
changes in her household, 209, 241;
Atequa appointed her confessor,
210; her interview with Bishops
Lee and Tunstall, 210, 211; re-
sult of her appeal to Rome, 212;
conspiracies in her behalf, 229-234,
238, 239; her sickness, 240; Cha-
puys requests to be permitted to take
the Princess Mary to see her, ib.; her
daily occupations, 242; her letters
from Lady Exeter and Lady Salis-
bury, 242, 243; expects the inter-
dict to be proclaimed, 243; her
letter to Paul III. 243, 244; her
anxiety respecting Forest, 244-
245; Lady Willoughby visits her,
246, 247; arrival of Chapuys, 248;
Chapuys is anxious to ascertain
whether she had been Prince
Arthur's wife, 249; her farewell
letter to her husband, 249, 250;
dies in Lady Willoughby's arms,
251; effect of the news of her de-
cease on Henry, 252; his orders
respecting her interment in Peter-
borough Cathedral, 253; Chapuys
suggests that she had been poisoned
by Anne, 256; her body opened,
256, 257
Catharine of York, selected as god-
mother to the infant prince, iii.
118; her marriage to Courtney,
b.; her misfortunes, 118, 119; is
recalled to court, 119
Cawood Castle, Wolsey arrested in,
by Lord Percy, iv. 159
Chamberlain enters the service of
Catharine, iv. 209
Chapuys, Eustace, his description of
the personal appearance of Anne
Boleyn, iii. 280; his character, iv.
61; is sent by Charles to England
to secure the services of Wolsey
by bribery, ib.; his qualifications
for his work, 139; his introduction
to Catharine, 140; seeks for evi-
dence as to Catharine having been
Prince Arthur's wife, b.; his study
of the character of Anne Boleyn,
140, 141; indulges the fancy of
Norfolk's marrying the Princess
Mary to his son, Surrey, 142, 143;
determines to oppose the union of
Henry with Anne, 144; his con-
versation with Norfolk on the pro-
ject of sending Wiltshire as ambas-
sador to Charles, 144; his letters
to Charles on the state of parties
at the court of England, 144, 145;
is of opinion that Wolsey may
regain his influence over Henry,
156; is peremptorily informed by
Norfolk that papal mandates can-
not be enforced in England, 165;
informs Charles of the reason for
the execution of Sir Rhese, 176;
and of the progress of reform in
the country, 177; communicates to
Charles the birth of Elizabeth,
189; insinuates to Henry that Anne
intends bodily harm to Mary, 203;
informs Mary that her father is
kind to her with the intent of
poisoning her, 204; dialogue be
tween him and Norfolk, 205; re-
ports intrigues against Anne as
signs of her approaching fall, 217;
rejoices over the result of Dacres
trial, 219; hopes based by him on
the Irish mutiny, 222; his at-
tempts to corrupt Cranmer and
Cromwell, 233, 234; rumours
brought him by Lady Exeter re-
specting Henry and Anne, 239;
requests to be permitted to take
Mary to see her dying mother,
240; is not able to ascertain from
Catharine the truth respecting
her marriage with Prince Arthur,
241, 246, 249, 251; his arrival at
Kimbolton Castle, 248; insinuates
that Catharine died by poison ad-
ministered by Anne, 256; has
Catharine's body opened, ib.; plots
instigated by him to ruin Anne, 260,
261; reports to Charles the pro-
gress and success of the conspiracy,
275, 276; and the wild merriment
of Henry after Anne's arrest, 289;
his vexation that only one of the
prisoners could be brought to
confess, 308; his amazement that
at the trial of Anne all rules of
justice were neglected, 312; states
the main charges brought against
Anne, 313; mentions the sensa-
tion among the people caused by
the condemnation of Anne and
the other prisoners, 320; reports
to Charles that Anne averred to
the last that she had never sinned
against the King, 333; his low
opinion of Jane Seymour, 343
Charles, Archduke. See Charles V.
Charles V.. Emperor of Germany,
King of Spain, son of Philip and
Juana, Fernando suggests that his
marriage contract with Mary Tudor
be broken off, and that he be
contracted to Louis' daughter,
Claude, iii. 164; his aversion to the
contract with Mary Tudor, 180,
181; his character and habits,
185; is publicly renounced by
Mary, 189, 190; desires on the
death of Louis XII. to renew his
contract with Mary, 217; succeeds
to the throne of Spain on the death
of Fernando, 235; match between
him and the Princess Mary opposed
by his councillors, 245, 249, 343;
his visit to Windsor, 320; renews
the project of a contract with his
cousin Mary, ib.; promises Wolsey
his support for the Papacy, ib.;
betrays Wolsey, ib.; his visit to
England for betrothal to Mary,
342; his doubts regarding the legi-
timacy of Mary's birth, ib. ; enters
into a league with Henry and Cle-
ment against François, 346; an-
nexes Bearn, ib.; acts perfidiously
towards Henry, ib.; inclines to
prefer Isabel of Portugal as his
wife to Mary, b.; defeats Fran-
çois at Pavia, 348; his deceitful
conduct regarding his contract
with Mary, 362; desires to de-
ceive Henry and Wolsey, 362–
364; his union with Isabel of
Portugal, ib.; François submits
to his terms, 366, 368; is in-
censed against Wolsey, 372; his
ambassador, De Praet, imprisoned,
ib.; terms imposed by him on
Clement, iv. 26; his reply to the
challenges from François and
Henry, 27; denounces the vena-
lity and greed of Wolsey, 53; re-
ceives letters from Catharine ap-
pealing to him for help, 59; his
instructions to Mendoza, ib.: pro-
poses a marriage between Henry
Fitzroy and Maria of Portugal, 60;
his letters to Lannoi and Clement,
60, 61; sends Chapuys to Eng-
land to secure Wolsey by bribery,
61; and Quiñones to incite the
Franciscan Order in favour of Ca-
tharine, 63, 64; league formed
against him by Henry and Fran-
çois, 73, 74; defeats Lautrec, 103;
is again master of the Vatican, ib.;
sends agents to Cork and Edin-
burgh to stir up war, 109; desires
to silence Wiltshire when before
the papal court, 151; receives in-
formation that England is ripe for
a revolt in favour of Catharine,
213; is unwilling to take advan-
tage of the Irish rebellion, 222; is
not prepared to carry out the in-
terdict of Paul III. by force, 233;
his cool reception of the news of
his aunt Catharine's death, 253
Chaumont, failure of his attack on
Pope Julius near Bologna, iii. 123;
his death, 124
Cheyne, his reception by François,
iii. 373
Claude, daughter of King Louis, pro-
posed match with her and Charles,
iii. 164; her contract with Fran-
çois, 180; Anne Boleyn is trans-
ferred to her service, 218, 228;
her death, 365
Clement V., Pope (Giulio de Medici),
defence of, by Henry, iii. 246,
247; events of his pontificate, 322;
Wolsey's letters of congratulation
to him on his election to the
Papacy, 323; Wolsey remonstrates
with him and threatens to call a
council, 323, 324; his answer to
Wolsey, 325, 326; confers on
Henry the title of Defender of the
Faith, 329; the validity of the
marriage of Henry and Catharine
submitted to him, 337; puts a
stop to the sale of papal breves
of marriage, 344; grants a special
act of plenary indulgence to Henry
and Catharine, ib.; sends a conse-
crated rose to Henry, ib.; negotia-
tions with him regarding Henry's
divorce of Catharine and his mar-
riage to Renée, 347-349; his posi-
tion after the battle of Pavia, 349,
350; sends Casale on a secret
mission to Henry and Wolsey,
372; the Vatican and St. Peter's
broken into by the troops of
Colonna, iv. 16; is compelled by
Charles to accept humiliating terms
of peace, b.; pecuniary assistance
forwarded to him by Henry, 17;
acknowledges the generosity of
Henry in full conclave, 17, 21; is
urged by Wolsey to make progress
in the 'secret matter,' 17, 18; sanc-
tions the marriages of François and
Mary, and Bourbon and Elinor, 22;
his indecision, b.; makes a sepa-
rate peace with Quiñones, 24; is
imprisoned in San Angelo, 26; is de-
sired by Wolsey to grant him decre-
tal powers, 54; Charles requires
him to forbid Henry proceeding with
his divorce from Catharine, and
to deprive Wolsey of his legatine
powers, 60, 61; instructions re-
ceived by him from Charles
through Quiñones, 63, 64; escapes
from San Angelo to Orvieto, 66,
67; is waited on by numerous
agents and envoys, 67; asserts
that as Catharine pleaded as a
stranger, a foreigner should be
associated with the English judge,
ib.; falsehoods respecting Anne
Boleyn palmed on him by friars,
67, 69; gives to Casale the papal
breve permitting the divorce, 70;
grants a bull allowing the second
marriage, ib.; his conversation
with Casale respecting the trial
of the divorce in Rome, 71, 72;
Holy League formed for restoring
him to Rome, 74; sends Cam-
peggio as his legate to England,
76; instructs Campeggio to induce
Catharine to retire into a holy
house, 77, 113; letters to him from
Campeggio, 100, 101; is troubled
by Wolsey's proposal of allowing
Henry to have two wives, 113,
114; Bryan's mission to him,
120; his interview with Con-
tarini. 121; his perplexity between
the claims of Henry and Charles,
121, 122; calls a council for ad-
vice, 122; his council determine
that the divorce cause should be
heard in Rome, ib.; Catharine
begs of him to give his decision
on the divorce, 149; a rumour
reaches England of his intention
to excommunicate the abettors of
the divorce, 151, 152; the Eng-
lish Parliament demand justice to
be done at once by him, 152;
his letter in reply, ib.; Cranmer is
sent to him at the instance of
Anne, b.; his cardinals are op-
posed to the opinion of the univer-
sities, 212; issues a decree annul-
ling the sentence given by Cran-
mer, and commanding Henry to
put away his 'concubine' and re-
store Catharine, 213; his death,
231
Clementine league, its formation and
object, iii. 374
Clergy, low condition of, at the be-
ginning of the reign of Henry, iii.
Clerk, John, agent of Henry at the
papal court, iii. 347; the conduct
of a secret matter' intrusted to
him, 347, 348; difficulties in his
way, ib.; converses with François
with respect to his marrying
Henry's daughter Mary, iv. 16
Cluny, Hôtel de, Mary passes her
days of mourning in, after the
death of Louis, iii. 215-219; mar-
riage of Mary and Viscount Lisle
at, 227, 228
Cobham, Lord, his daughter Eliza-
beth married to Wyat the poet,
iii. 225; interest taken by him in
the reform, iv. 52
Cockerells, a mansion granted to Ca-
tharine of York, iii. 118, 119; its
present condition, 387
Colonna, Pompeo, breaks into the
Vatican and St. Peter's, iv. 15
Compton, Sir William, a favourite of
Henry, is wounded in a joust in
Richmond Park, iii. 43; takes a
part in the court revels, 63; his hos-
tile feelings towards Diego, 80,
195, 197; his connexion with Lady
Fitzwater, 85, 86, 96; receives a
share in the distribution of the
estates of the Duke of Pucking-
ham, 272; his death caused by
the sweating-sickness, iv. 87
Conaro, the Venetian, describes the
manly appearance of Henry, iv. 4
Conscience, Case of, iii. 3, 10, 51, 373
Contarini, the Venetian envoy, his
interview with Clement, iv. 121
Conventual friars, iii. 239
Courtney, Lord, his relationship to
Henry, iii. 16, 17; his marriage to
Catharine of York, 118; is arrested
on suspicion of conspiring with
Edmund de la Pole, 119; is cast
into the Tower, ib.; is released by
Henry, ib.; takes a part in the
court revels, 125; is created Mar-
quis of Exeter, 351. See Marquis
of Exeter
Courtney, Lady Catharine, is chosen.
godmother to the Princess Mary,
iii. 235
Courtneys, their hostility to Anne
Boleyn, iv. 194, 196
Cousins, Mrs., attends Queen Anne
when committed to the Tower, iv.
274; acts as a spy on her words
and actions, 274, 289, 290; her
enmity to Anne, 274, 275.
Coverdale, Miles, assists Tyndale in
the translation of the Pentateuch,
iv. 68
Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of
Canterbury, his tastes and weak-
nesses, iv. 78; his first wife, and
her death, ib.; his college life,
79; his meeting with Gardiner and
Fox at Waltham, 81; gives his
opinion that the divorce case should
be submitted to the universities,
82; on his opinion being repeated
to the King, Henry declares that
'he has got the right sow by the
ear,' b.; is desired by Henry to
attend to the matter, 83; is en-
gaged by Rochford to be his chap-
lain and tutor to Anne, ib.; results
of his writings on the divorce case,
96; his embassy to the Pope and
his reception at Rome, 152; is
made Archbishop of Canterbury,
184; cites Catharine before his
court at Dunstable Priory, ib.;
pronounces the final judgment of
the English Church against Catha-
rine, 184; crowns Anne Queen,
185; at the birth of Elizabeth
obtains license for preparing and
publishing an English Bible, 193,
237; leaves court and retires to
seclusion in Kent, 234; his un-
easiness on hearing of the arrest of
Anne, 281; purposes entreating
Henry to undo his work, ib.; re-
ceives orders to remain within his
house, ib.; writes a prudent letter
to Henry, 281-286; feels convinced
that the object of the conspirators
is to destroy Anne, 286; questions
respecting the conditions of mar-
riage submitted to him by Crom-
well, 325; his inquiries as to
Anne's presumed pre-contracts of
marriage, 328; appoints a court
for the discussion of the condi-
tions of Anne's marriage, 328; de-
clares the marriage with Henry to
be null and void, 329; his expecta-
tions founded on this judgment dis-
appointed, ib.; his encounter with
Alesse, and their singular conver-
sation, 335, 336
Cromwell, Thomas, Secretary of State,
his birth, iv. 161; his travels and
his career, 162; enters the service
of Wolsey, 162; his advice to
Henry to determine the divorce
case by a civil process, ib.; his mar-
riages, ib.; his labours in Germany
in behalf of Anne, ib.; his mode of
dealing with refractory bishops, ib.;
his knowledge of the priories and
convents how obtained, ib. ; inflicts
a fine on the clergy, 165; threat
uttered against him by Norfolk,
219; his worldly spirit, 234; his
ambition, ib.; introduces Alesse
to the King, 236; does not in-
terfere on behalf of Tyndale, 262;
suggests that Henry should submit
his marriage with Anne to the
Pope, 263; cites Lord Percy before
the council, 263; part taken by
him in the arrest of Queen Anne,
275, 297, 298; his uneasiness in
the matter, 298; his double deal-
ing, ib.; submits to Cranmer
questions respecting the conditions
of marriage, 325; his inquiries of
Percy respecting the supposed pre-
contract between him and Anne,
326, 327; the council overrule his
demand that Anne should be exe-
cuted privately, 332; witnesses
the execution of Anne, 337
Croydon Park, iii. 30, 237
Cuero, Juan, dismissed from the ser-
vice of Catharine, iii. 32
Dacres, Lord, his readiness to rebel,
iv. 208, 213; is arrested and con-
veyed to the Tower, 218; his
numerous friends among the peers,
218; his trial and acquittal, 219
Darcy, Warden of the East Marches,
one of the first council of Henry,
iii. 14; appointed admiral of the
fleet designed to act against the
Moors, 129; his arrival at Cadiz,
ib.; his treatment by Fernando, 130;
his inclination to rebel, iv. 208, 213
De Praet, ambassador from Spain, is
arrested by Wolsey, iii. 372
Desmond, rebels against the Govern-
ment, iii. 353; assists Kildare in
his revolt, iv. 220, 221
Diego, confessor to Queen Catharine,
iii. 3; acts as secretary to the
King and Queen, 25; his letters
to King Fernando on the happiness
of the married life of Henry and
Catharine, 26; his hostility to
the banker Grimaldi, 33, 34; in-
fluences Catharine against Grim-
aldi, ib.; intrigues against him,
37-39; Catharine writes to her
father in his favour, 38, 39, 82;
news communicated by him to
Fernando, 40; a secret com-
municated by Catharine to him,
65; thwarts the projects of Fox
and Caroz, 79, 80; hostility to-
wards him, 80; his loyalty to Ca-
tharine, b.; is accused by Caroz
to Fernando of being unfit to be
confessor to Catharine, 81, 82; his
communications to Fernando, 82,
83; opposes the designs of Caroz
to restore Francisca to the court
of Catharine, 97, 98; is supplanted
by a friar sent by Fernando, 164,
165; is deprived of his position as
chamberlain to the Queen, 197,
198; is arrested, tried, and ban-
ished, 198; flees to Spain, 199;
his letter to the King, 199, 200
Dorset, Earl of, acts as patron to
Wolsey at college, iii. 111; as-
sumes the command of the army
of Guienne, 134; treatment of his
troops by Fernando, 135; refuses
to attack Navarre, 136; attacks
the French, 137; resigns his com-
mand, 146; accompanies Henry in
his invasion of France, 155; is
present at the trial of Buckingham,
269; his marriage to Lady Frances
Brandon, iv. 197; his hostile feel-
ings towards Anne, ib.
Dowera, Sir Thomas, prior of St.
John, is present at Henry's first
parliament, iii. 46; acts as com-
missioner to renew the French
treaties, 86
Drogheda, siege of, iv. 224
Dudley, his rapacity, iii. 47; is put
to death, ib.
Duns Scotus, iii. 239
Durham House, residence of the
Boleyns at, iv. 133, 140; is trans-
ferred by Wolsey to Rochford,
134; is resorted to by artists and
learned men, ib.
Eck, his opposition to Luther, iii. 328
Elinor, Archduchess, her marriage to
Maximilian, iii. 247
Elinor, widow of King Manoel, pro-
ject of her marriage with Bourbon,
iii. 345; is proposed as the wife of
François, 365
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and
Anne, her birth at Greenwich, iv.
189; her christening, 191-3; pro-
gress of reform following her birth,
193; copy of Tyndale's Obed-
ience' prepared for her future guid-
ance, ib.; visits of her parents to
her home at Hatfield Lodge, 200 ·
Eltham Palace, iii. 92, 334
Elvira prevents the marriage of Maria
de Rojas and Lord Stanley, iii. 207;
promotes the marriage of Maria
with her son Antonio, ib.
Empson condemned to death for his
unjust exactions, iii. 47, 113
England, state of, in the early years
of King Henry, iii. 44; progress
of the Reformation in, 246, iv.
148, 149; intestine strifes in, 149,
150; agitation of the divorce cause
in, 161; overthrow of the Papal
power in, 214
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