CONTENTS.
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| The Editor’s Preface | [vii] |
| Who wrote Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey? ADissertation. By The Rev. Joseph Hunter,F. S. A. | [1] |
| The Life of Wolsey by George Cavendish | [61] |
| APPENDIX. | |
| Extracts from the Life of Anne Boleigne, byGeorge Wyatt, Esq. Son of Sir ThomasWyatt the younger | [417] |
| Six Letters, supplementary to the above Memoir;containing Particulars of the Arrest of Queen AnneBoleyn, and her Behaviour while in the Tower. | |
| LETTER I. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—UponQueen Anne’s Committal to the Tower | [451] |
| LETTER II. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—OnQueen Anne’s Behaviour in Prison | [453] |
| LETTER III. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—FurtherParticulars | [456] |
| LETTER IV. | |
| Edward Baynton to the Lord Treasurer.—Declaringthat only Mark will confess any Thing againstQueen Anne | [458] |
| LETTER V. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell, May 16,1536.—Upon the Preparations for the Executionof Lord Rochford and Queen Anne | [459] |
| LETTER VI. | |
| Sir William Kingston to the same.—Upon the sameSubject | [460] |
| ORIGINAL LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF WOLSEY. | |
| LETTER VII. | |
| Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, to his Bedfellowand Cosyn Thomas Arundel.—Complains of Injuriesreceived at the Hands of Cardinal Wolsey.Humble Solicitations for his Favour in certainMatters | [462] |
| LETTER VIII. | |
| The same to Secretary Cromwell.—Denying a Contract,or Promise of Marriage, having ever existed betweenAnne Boleyn and himself | [464] |
| LETTER IX. | |
| Queen Catherine of Arragon and King Henry VIII. toCardinal Wolsey.—A joint Letter, about the comingof the Legate, and Expressions of Kindness | [465] |
| LETTER X. | |
| Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey.—Thanking him forhis diligent Pains in the Affair of the Divorce | [467] |
| LETTER XI. | |
| The same to the same.—The same Subject; and thecoming of the Legate | [468] |
| LETTER XII. | |
| Cardinal Wolsey, in his Distress, to Thomas Cromwell | [469] |
| LETTER XIII. | |
| Cardinal Wolsey to Secretary Gardener | [471] |
| LETTER XIV. | |
| The same to the same.—The miserable Condition he isin, his Decay of Health, and Poverty, and desiringsome Relief at the King’s Hands. A melancholyPicture | [474] |
| LETTER XV. | |
| The same to the same.—Desiring Gardener to write andgive him an Account of the King’s Intentions inregard to him | [476] |
| LETTER XVI. | |
| The same to the same.—Requesting Gardener to expeditethe Making out his Pardon in large and ampleForm as granted by the King | [477] |
| LETTER XVII. | |
| The same to the same.—In favour of the Provost ofBeverley, and desiring Gardener to intercede withthe King for his Colleges | [479] |
| LETTER XVIII. | |
| The same to the same.—Desiring his Favour in a Suitagainst him for a Debt of £700. by one Strangwish | [481] |
| LETTER XIX. | |
| Lettre de M. de Bellay Evesque de Bayonne à M. leGrant Maistre, 17 Oct. 1529.—Containing an interestingPicture of the Cardinal in his Troubles,and desiring the Intercession of the King of France,&c. in his Favour | [482] |
| LETTER XX. | |
| Thomas Alvard to Thomas Cromwell.—Containing agenuine Picture of one of the last Interviews withwhich Wolsey was favoured by Henry VIII. | [487] |
| A Parallel between Cardinal Wolsey andArchbishop Laud, first printed in 1641 | [490] |