munications to the Sig-
nory, 68, 69, 86, 93, 115,
161
Bainbridge, Archbishop of
York, his mission to Rome
in behalf of Venice, IV.
66; his success, 71; is
created a cardinal by Pope
Julius, 116; is poisoned
by his chaplain, Rinaldo
da Modeno, 167
Ballyragget Castle, the re-
sidence of Lady Butler
IV. 230
Barlow, consulted by Cran-
mer in the matter of the
questions submitted to
him by Cromwell, VI. 172
Bayard, Chevalier, captured
by Henry at the battle of
the Spurs, IV. 141; his
kind treatment by Henry,
155
Bayeux, Cardinal of, is ar-
rested by Pope Julius, IV.
Bearn, its annexation by
Charles, IV. 77
Bedyngfeld, Sir Edward, is
appointed custodian to
Catharine when confined
in Kimbolton Castle VI.
66; is prevailed on by
Lady Willoughby to per-
mit her to see Catharine,
101; conducts Chapuys to
Catharine, 102
Beheading, French mode
of, practised by Henry on
Queen Anne, VI. 185
Bellay, Jean du, Bishop of
Bayonne, is sent as am-
bassador from François
to Henry, v. 176; is in-
structed to assist Wol-
sey in procuring a match
between Henry and Re-
née, ib.; thinks with Wol-
sey that Henry will soon
tire of Anne, 176, 179, 188,
205; is convinced of the
constancy of Henry to
Anne, 195; considers that
Wolsey is losing ground
with Henry, ib.; visits
Campeggio, 197; is asked
by Henry for a pass for
the messenger of Catha-
rine to Spain, 211; pays
Anne great attention, 238;
is present at the ceremony
of installing Anne Mar-
chioness of Pembroke, vI.
37; concludes a league
between England and
France against Charles
and the Pope, ib.
Benet, Father, one of Wol-
sey's chaplains, holds a
chapter for the election
of the Abbess of Wilton
Abbey,v.189; is instructed
by Wolsey to decide the
vote for Isabel Jordan,
Blackfriars Palace, court
held there by the papal
legates for the trial of
the divorce cause, V.
amour with Henry, v. 81;
gives birth to a son, who
is called Henry Fitzroy,
ib.; is married by Wolsey
to his ward Gilbert Tal-
bois, 82
Boleyns, family of, its
French extraction, IV. 24;
tablets to the memory of,
in Penshurst Chapel and
in Hever Church, 259.
Boleyn, Anne, her happy
days of childhood and
youth, IV. 23, 49, 63, 68,
122, 123; her birth in the
year 1501 at Hever Castle,
IV. 122, 259; is named
after her aunt, Anne
Plantagenet, IV. 123; in
her fourteenth year is
selected by the Duke of
Norfolk to accompany
Mary Tudor to France on
her marriage with Louis,
174; her education and
tastes, 175; her personal
appearance, 176, 177; her
letter to her father, 177,
178; state of parties on
her first coming to court,
178, 183, 184; her views
regarding the position of
Queen Catharine, 183,
184; at the death of Louis
is retained near the per-
son of Mary, 191, 192,
195; is transferred from
the service of Mary to
that of Queen Claude,
198, 207; project enter-
tained ofa match between
her and James Butler,
233; advantages to her
from her residence at
the court of Claude, 239;
her marriage to her
cousin James Butler pro-
moted by Henry and Wol-
sey, V. 10-12; is recalled
from France, 13; her per-
sonal appearance at the
age of twenty-one, 13-17;
her accomplishments and
tastes, 15, 16; her numer-
ous family connexions,
19; her regard for her
mother-in-law, 20;
ceives at court a position
in the wardrobe, 23; her
intercourse with the Wyat
family, ib.; is selected by
Wyat as the subject of
his muse, 29-31; Lord
Percy falls in love with
her, 31-33; her refusal of
the proposals of James
Butler, 36,70; is removed
by Wolsey's orders from
court, 49; makes a vow
to be revenged on Wol-
sey for separating her
from Lord Percy, 49, 50;
her domestic life at Hever
Castle after her separa-
tion from Lord Percy, 51,
70; her grief at the loss
of her grandfather Nor-
folk, 70; to escape the
persecutions of the new
Duke of Norfolk stealthily
leaves England for the
court of the Archduchess
Marguerite, 71, 72; her
reception by Marguerite,
72; is appointed maid of
honour by Marguerite,
73; her residence
Mechlin, 84; returns to
England, 85; her inter-
view with Henry at Hever
Castle, 106, 107; her ap-
pearance in her twenty-
sixth year, 106; high
opinion formed of her by
Henry, 107; her noble
reply to the coarse pro-
posals of Henry, 107, 108;
her excellence as a musi-
cian, 109, 110; her views as
to the relations of Henry
with Catharine, 110; gives
Henry a ring, 111; Wyat's
poetic sentiments towards
her, 112-114; her coldness
to the King's suit, 142,
143; views of her father
and Norfolk as to the
King's courtship, 144; Ca-
tharine is pleased with
her demeanour, 145, 146;
remark of Catharine to
her during a game of
cards, ib.; Henry's letters
to her, 147-49; exchanges
gifts with Henry, 148, 149;
rivalry between Henry
and Wyat for her favours,
150; her enmity to Wol-
sey, 152; Wolsey pre-
tends to be a convert to
her cause, 155; her re-
fusal to go to court and
her retirement to Hever,
165; Henry's letters to
her, 165, 166, 172, 173,
197; is a reader of Tyn-
dale's forbidden books,
168; Henry obliges Wol-
sey to restore to her the
book taken from Zouch,
169; prevails on Henry to
read Tyndale's "Obedi-
ence of a Christian
Man," ib.; Wolsey
denies the slanders
against her reported to
the Pope, 169; declines
to marry the King before
his divorce from Catha-
rine is canonically_pro-
nounced by the Pope,
172; takes an interest in
the Holy League, 173;
her letter to Wolsey, 174,
175; her bantering con-
versation with Heneage,
175, 176; listens with
pleasure to the news
brought from Gardiner,
ambassador at Rome, 180;
Cranmer is appointed her
tutor by her father, 183;
Henry's anxiety lest she
should be attacked by
the prevailing sickness,
184, 185; her illness, 186;
Henry despatches his
doctor to her, 186; her
recovery, 187; retirement
to Hever, ib.; begs Henry
to appoint Elinor Carey
as abbess of Wilton Ab-
bey, 190; Henry's letter
in reply stating reasons
for his not complying with
her petition, 191, 192; is
ignored by Campeggio,
202, 266; change in
her views respecting the
propriety of the divorce,
206; accompanies Henry
to Grafton, 222; prevents
Wolsey keeping his ap-
pointment with Henry,
228, 229; her life at Dur-
ham House, 231; is styled
Lady Anne Boleyn, 234;
approves of the appoint-
ment of More to be chan-
cellor, 236; Chapuys is
not able to find in her
conduct any ground for
malice, 238; Norfolk's
jealousy of her, 240, 241;
her respectful attentions
towards Catharine, VI. 10;
requests that Cranmer
should go to Rome for
the settlement of the di-
vorce, 13; sends her
golden tablets with com-
forting words to Wolsey
in his sickness, 15; fail-
ure of Suffolk to defame
her, 18; foils the plot
against her character, 28,
31; is created Marchio-
ness of Pembroke, 37;
sees in a book of divi-
nation her death pre-
dicted, 38; her dialogue
with Anne Gainsford, ib.;
is privately married to
Henry at Westminster,
38; is publicly proclaim-
ed, 40; her establishment,
ib.; her coronation, 42,
43; purity of her court,
44; Latimer is appointed
her chaplain, 45; pro-
motes the Reformation,
ib.; patronises artists and
poor scholars, ib.; pro-
cures the release of a
merchant imprisoned for
circulating Tyndale's New
Testament, 45, 46; her
care of the poor, 46; gives
birth to a girl, 47; is
frightened by the violent
conduct of Henry, 47, 48;
christening of her child,
49; Henry's altered de-
meanour towards her, 52;
assists Norfolk in the mar-
riage of his daughter to
the Duke of Richmond,
54, 55; inimical feelings
towards her, 53; her visit
to the Princess Mary at
Hatfield Lodge, 58;
dialogue between her and
Mary, ib.; intercedes in
behalf of Fisher and More,
72; discovers Henry's pas-
sion for Jane Seymour,
73;her numerous enemies,
82, 83, 85; papal maledic-
tion of her, 87; urges
Henry to place himself at
the head of the Gospel
League, 91, Gardiner's
suggestion that she
should be accused of un-
faithfulness, 92; her let-
ter to Lady Shelton re-
specting Mary, 92, 93; is
troubled by the conduct
of Frank Weston, 106,
107; desires to bring
about a match between
Norreys and Madge
Shelton, 107; Weston's
saucy speech to her, 107,
108; 1S accused by
Chapuys of having ad-
ministered poison to Ca-
tharine and of wishing
to poison the Princess
Mary, 109, 110; witnesses
Henry toying with Jane
Seymour, 110; Henry's
fancy that he had
been married to her by
sorcery, III; gives birth
to a dead son, 112; Hen-
ry's brutal language to
her, ib.; plot of Lady
Exeter and Chapuys to
ruin her, 113-117; Lord
Percy denies that she had
pledged her troth to him,
116; Gardiner suggests
that a criminal suit should
be brought against her,
ib.; is accused of incest
and adultery, 117; her
dialogue with Mark Smea-
ton, 119, 120; is present
at a joust at Greenwich,
121; is called before the
council, 121, 122; is pub-
licly repulsed by the King,
122; is arrested and con-
veyed to the Tower, 123,
124; her reception by
Kingston, ib.; is taken to
the apartments prepared
for her coronation, 124;
Mrs. Cousins and Lady
Boleyn appointed her at-
tendants, 126; her be-
haviour in the Tower, 137,
138; her conversations
reported to Cromwell,
139, 140; receives a mes-
sage from Henry that if
she will admit her fault
her life would be spared,
142; her reply asking for
a lawful trial, 143-147;
the charges brought
against her, 148-150;
Henry orders that her
trial should take place in
the Tower instead of
Westminster Hall, 158;
her trial and sentence,
158-162; asserts her inno-
cence, 162, 163; Cranmer
appointed to receive her
confession, 166; her bit-
terness of heart on hear-
ing that Smeaton had
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