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]

ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS.

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The Will of Thomas Wolsey, Father to the Cardinal[502]
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Notice of his Book against the Divorce of Henry and Catherine of Arragon[504]
The Schedule appended to the King’s Gift to the Cardinal after his Forfeiture by the Premunire[507]
A Memoryall of such Communication as my Lorde Legatts Grace had with the Queenes Almoner.—Containing a circumstantial Account of Queen Katherine’s Objections to have her Cause finally judged by the Legates, &c.[509]
Itinerary of Cardinal Wolsey’s last Journey to the North[516]
The Comming and Reseyvyng of the Lord Cardinall into Powles for the Escaping of Pope Clement VII. A. D. 1527. Ao Regni Henrici VIII. xixo[519]
The Ceremonial of receiving the Cardinal’s Hat, sent by the Pope to Wolsey[522]
Specimen of the Poems of George Cavendish[526]

DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES.

Fac Simile of the Original Autograph MS.[to face this page.]
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
No. 1. Part of the Text of the commencement of the Life, with the attestation finis quod G. C.
No. 2. Last Stanza of the Author’s Address to his Book, with the subjoined inscription of the date of the completion of the MS. See Preface, p. [xvi].
Portrait of Anne Boleyn[to face the Title]
Portrait of Wolsey[p. 62]
Portrait of King Henry VIII.[79]
Cardinal Wolsey in progress[149]
Dukes of Suffolk and Norfolk receive the great seal from Wolsey[246]
Cromwell. Earl of Essex[258]
Tokens sent to Wolsey by the King and Anne Boleyn[288]
Portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt[424]