INDEX.
Abbots, mitred:
division of opinion on the Annates Bill, [187].
“Advocation” of a cause to Rome, [108].
Alençon, Princesse d’:
Wolsey’s alleged desire of Henry VIII.’s marriage with, [49] sq.
Amadas, Mrs., [235].
Annates Bill, [187].
Appeals, Act of, [58], [209].
Arches Court, the, reformation of, [185].
Arthur, Prince (Henry VIII.’s brother):
question of the consummation of his marriage with Catherine, [171].
Ateca, Father (Bishop of Llandaff), Catherine’s confessor, [379].
Audeley, Chancellor, [405].
Barentyne, Sir William, [60].
Barton, Elizabeth. See [Nun of Kent].
Bath, Bishop of (English ambassador at Paris), on the initial stages of the divorce of Henry VIII., [25].
Becket, Archbishop (Canterbury), the hero of the English clergy, [158].
Bellay du (French ambassador to England):
on Wolsey’s position towards the divorce, [94];
on the Blackfriars Legatine court, [107];
account of Wolsey after his fall, [121];
mission from Francis to Anne Boleyn, [250];
special mission to Clement, [256];
the Pope’s reply, [257] sqq.;
mission to the Pope in regard to Milan, [362];
description of the debate in Consistory on the Bull of Deposition, [369].
Benet, Dr., English agent at Rome, [104].
Bishop’s courts, the, reformation of, [185].
Bishops, English:
their qualified acceptance of the Royal Supremacy, [161];
their official opinions on the divorce question, [166];
unanimous against the Annates Bill, [187].
Bilney, Thomas, burnt as a heretic, by a bishop’s order, [255].
Blackfriars, the trial of the divorce cause before the Legatine court at, [49];
the Papal supremacy on its trial there, [100].
Boleyn, Sir Thomas (Anne Boleyn’s father; afterwards Earl of Wiltshire):
opposed to his daughter’s advancement, [48].
See also [Wiltshire, Earl of.]
Boleyn, Lady, [47];
the charge of her being unduly intimate with Henry VIII., [55], [57].
Boleyn, Anne:
account of her family and her early life, [47];
alleged amour with Henry Percy, ib.;
hatred of Wolsey, [48];
her personal appearance, ib.;
attempt to influence Henry in appointing an Abbess, [71];
annoyance at Wolsey’s getting a pension after his fall, [132];
pleasure at the signs of Henry’s breach with the Papacy, [152];
said (by Chapuys) to be favouring the Lutherans, [163];
unpopularity arising from her insolence and her intrigues, [167];
objects to the Princess Mary being near her father, [174];
created Marchioness of Pembroke, [193];
compliments paid her by the French king, [194];
present at the interview between Henry and Francis, [195];
continued unpopularity, [201];
agrees to a private marriage, [203];
a staunch Lutheran, [207];
announcement of her being enceinte, [211];
her coronation, [230];
gives birth to a daughter, [238];
Bill establishing the succession in her offspring by Henry, [262];
attempts to force Princess Mary to acknowledge her as Queen, [266];
alleged threats against Mary, [262], [266], [269], [279];
suspected evil intentions against Catherine, [277];
meets a rebuff in the acquittal of Lord Dacre, [284];
violence and insolence to the King through jealousy, [296];
and to his principal Ministers, [297];
urges Henry to bring Catherine and Mary to trial under the Succession Act, [312];
joy at Catherine’s death, [382];
friendly message to Mary, [383];
Anne’s continued unpopularity, [385];
letter to Mrs. Shelton about Mary, [387];
a second miscarriage, [388];
a long catalogue of misdeeds charged against her, [402];
Easter (1536) at Greenwich, [404];
inquiry into infidelities charged against her, [415];
charged before the Council with adultery, [417];
sent to the Tower, ib.;
alleged to have planned the poisoning of the Princess Mary and the Duke of Richmond, [418];
denial of the charge of adultery, [419];
charged with having been herself the solicitor to adultery, [420];
her trial: the indictment, [426];
a reason suggested for her infidelities, [426] n.;
her trial, 480 sqq.;
her confession to Cranmer, invalidating her marriage with Henry, [431];
her marriage declared null, [431];
her dying speech, [435];
execution, ib.
Boleyn, Mary:
Henry VIII.’s alleged intimacy with, [55] sqq.;
Chapuys’s reference to it, [130].
Bourbon, Cardinal, [46].
Bourbon, Duke of:
his treatment of Italy after the battle of Pavia, [27];
sack of Rome by (1527), [35].
Brereton, Sir William (paramour of Anne Boleyn), [416], [419];
execution, [420].
Brewer, Mr.:
his translation and interpretation of Wolsey’s suggested Papal dispensation for Henry VIII.’s second marriage, [54] sq.;
his views on the alleged intrigue between Henry and Mary Boleyn, [58].
Bribery of ministers, a common custom, [45].
Brief of Execution:
its issue still delayed by Paul III., [318];
differences between it and the Bull of Deposition, [353] n.
Brown, Dr. (Augustinian friar):
denounces the authority of the Pope in England, [298].
Bryan, Sir Francis:
his opinion of Clement VII.’s intentions towards Henry VIII., [93];
suspected of intriguing with Anne, [421].
Bulls for English bishoprics, enormous cost of, [89].
Burgo, Andrea de, [103], [168].
Burgo, Baron de:
appointed to succeed Casalis as Nuncio in England, [144];
Chapuys’s account of his first interview with Henry, [145];
protest against the revival of the statute of Præmunire, [148];
Henry’s reply, [149];
report of an interview with Henry at Hampton Court, and with Norfolk, [150];
reply to Norfolk’s caution against introducing Papal briefs, [156];
his attempted appeal to Convocation, [160];
presents Clement’s brief to Henry, [162];
account of Henry’s reception of the threat of excommunication, [169];
secret communications with Henry, [205];
accompanies the King in state to the opening of Parliament, [206].
Butts, Dr. (Henry’s physician):
Chapuys’s account of his treachery, [323].
Calais, Conference at, [339], [347].
Cambrai:
suggested as neutral ground for the trial of the divorce cause, [124], [129], [169], [176], [200].
Cambrai, Peace of, [66], [109], [112], [114], [134], [223].
Campeggio, Bishop (Salisbury), [64], [92];
chosen by the Pope as special Legate to England, [67] sq., [74];
reception in England, [76];
his reports thence, [78];
his consultation with Wolsey, [79];
suggestion to marry the Princess Mary to the Duke of Richmond, ib.;
dilatoriness, [84];
account of Lutheran proposals to Henry, [91];
his advice to Catherine at Blackfriars, [100];
effect upon him of Bishop Fisher’s denunciation of the divorce, [107];
indignity offered to him on his leaving England, [122];
Henry’s reply to his complaint, ib.;
revenues of his see sequestrated, [238].
Canonists, Henry VIII.’s consultation of, and the results, [136].
Capello, Carlo (Venetian ambassador to London):
his account of Anne Boleyn’s unpopularity, [201].
Carew, Sir Nicholas, [415].
Carey, Eleanor:
Henry VIII.’s refusal to appoint her Abbess of Wilton, [71].
Casalis, Sir Gregory, English agent at Rome, [37];
on a special mission to the Pope at Orvieto, [53];
his report, [63];
on the Pope’s position, [68];
account of his interview with Clement to complain of dilatoriness, [84];
after the Pope’s recovery from illness, [89];
résumé of the Pope’s position towards the Emperor, [96];
protests to the Pope against Fisher being made Cardinal, [338].
Casalis, John (Papal Nuncio in England):
his statement that the Pope desired to reconcile the King and the Emperor, [127];
the Nuncio “heart and soul” with the King, [135].
Catherine of Aragon:
death of her male children by Henry, [21];
irregularity of her marriage, [23];
her character, [24];
description of her by Falieri, [32];
first discovery of the proposal for a divorce, [34];
a scene with her husband, [38];
endeavours to obtain the revocation of Wolsey’s Legatine powers, [39];
no suspicion for some time of Anne Boleyn, [48];
believed that Wolsey was the instigator of the divorce, [49];
her ignorance of any intrigue between Henry and either Lady Boleyn or her daughter Mary, [58];
Catherine refuses to acquiesce in a private arrangement of the divorce, [62];
stands resolutely upon her rights, [64];
objects to the case being tried in England, [75];
the arguments of the Legates to her, [77];
the Queen remains still firm, [78];
her popularity, [79], [81];
the Brief amending defects in Julius’ dispensation, [83], [86];
Catherine refuses to embrace a conventual life, [87];
protest against the trial at Blackfriars, [101];
appeal to Henry there, ib.;
Catherine pronounced contumacious, [102];
her joy at the advocation of the cause to Rome, [108];
objection to the summoning of Parliament, [110];
first interview with Chapuys, [113] sq.;
demands from Rome instant sentence in her cause, [125];
dislike of Wolsey up to his death, [132];
fresh efforts to persuade her to take the veil, [133];
the suggestion of a neutral place for the trial, [143];
alarm at the enforcement of Præmunire, [149];
a party formed in her favour in the House of Commons, [151];
letter of Catherine to Clement, [151];
sends a special representative to Rome, [159];
reception of the news that Henry had declared himself “Pope” in England, [162];
distrust of Clement’s intentions, [163];
renewed appeal to the Emperor, [165];
causes of her popularity, [167];
her answer to a delegation of Peers and Bishops urging a neutral place of trial, [170];
sneer at the “Supremum Caput,” [171];
question of the consummation of her marriage with Prince Arthur, [171];
Catherine separated from her daughter, and sent to Moor Park, [174];
English nobles make another effort to move Catherine, [176];
her reply, [177];
annoyed at the Pope’s delays, [179];
her opinion on the probable result of the meeting of Henry and Francis, [193];
complaints to Charles, [197];
the proposal that Cranmer should try the cause in the Archbishop’s court, [207];
Catherine pressed by English peers to withdraw her appeal, after the passing of the Act of Appeals, [214];
her reply, [216];
résumé of her position in regard to Henry, [217] sq.;
summoned, refuses to appear before Cranmer’s court at Dunstable, [220];
her rejection of the demand that she be styled and endowed as “Princess Dowager,” [234];
allowed to have the Princess Mary with her, [234];
said to have desired a marriage between the Princess and Reginald Pole, [241], [295];
absolute refusal of the renewed Cambrai proposition, [246];
sent to Kimbolton, and separated again from her daughter, [252];
fear of foul play, [254];
insistence that Chapuys should appeal to Parliament for her, [262];
refusal to take the Succession oath, [271];
two accounts of her interview with Tunstal and Lee on the subject, [275] sq.;
suspected evil intentions of Anne against her, [277];
disquiet at the Emperor’s inaction, [280];
obliged to refuse to receive Chapuys at Kimbolton, [281];
her household reduced by Anne, [296];
endeavours to quicken the Emperor’s resolution, [392];
anxiety caused by her daughter’s second illness, [304];
the Emperor’s refusal to interfere the death-knell of her hopes, [309];
another appeal to Charles, [319];
appeal to the Pope to “apply a remedy,” [356];
a similar appeal to Charles, [357];
what the “remedy” was, [362];
Catherine’s expectation of “martyrdom,” [366];
seized with fatal illness, [372];
her last letters, [373];
interviews with Chapuys, [377];
her death, [379];
suspicion that she was poisoned, [379] sqq.;
her burial as “widow of Prince Arthur,” [389].
Catholic party in England:
incipient treason develops into definite conspiracy, [240];
notorious intention to take arms in behalf of Catherine and Mary, [271];
all their leaders sank into bloody graves, [461].
Cellini, Benvenuto, anecdote of Clement VII., [75].
Chabot, Admiral Philip de, [364].
Chapuys, Eustace (Imperial ambassador to England):
his character, [112];
his reception in England, ib.;
interview with Henry, [113];
and with Catherine, [114];
report on the feeling of the people, ib.;
report of Henry’s refusal to aid Charles with money against the Turks, [126];
and of Henry’s attack on the Pope and Cardinals, ib.;
on Henry’s firm determination to marry again, [127];
on English popular hatred of the priests, [128];
suggestion of reference to the Sorbonne, [129];
on Norfolk’s dread of Wolsey’s return to office, [132];
statement that the Commons were sounded on the divorce, [133];
report of Norfolk’s opinion of probable results of refusing the divorce, [136] sq.;
Chapuys’s mistaken estimate of English feeling, [137];
on Wolsey’s communications with Catherine, [138];
and his desire to “call in the secular arm,” [139];
secrets obtained from Wolsey’s physician, [140];
his account of De Burgo’s (Nuncio) first interview with Henry (1530), [145];
advice to the Nuncio, [146];
on Anne Boleyn’s jubilance, [152];
dislike of his position in England, [153];
reply to Norfolk’s statement of the superiority in England of the King’s to the Pope’s authority, [155];
astounded by the enforcement of Præmunire against the English clergy, [160];
blames Clement’s timidity and dissimulation, [162];
his account of Henry’s treatment of the Pope’s attempts at friendly negotiations, [178];
report of Henry’s denunciation of Papal claims in England, [209];
desires the Emperor to make war on England, [213];
interview with Henry after the passing of the Act of Appeals, [214];
report on Cranmer’s judgment, [221];
bold action, and consequent discussion with the Council, [226];
proposes a special Spanish embassy to London, [233];
his high opinion of Thomas Cromwell, [236];
attempt to combine Scotland and England through a marriage between James and the Princess Mary, [261];
interview with Henry as to Catherine’s appeal to Parliament, [263];
his intrigues with Scotland and with Ireland against the peace of England, [268] sq., [275];
speech to the English Council against the Succession oath, [272] sq.;
presses his views on Cromwell, [275];
account of Tunstal’s and Lee’s interview with Catherine on the Succession oath, [276];
expresses fears for the safety of Catherine’s life, [277];
his pilgrimage to our Lady of Walsingham (taking Kimbolton on the way), [281] sq.;
delight at the Irish rebellion, [285];
renewed fears for the safety of Catherine and Mary, [286];
negotiations for insurrection with Lords Hussey and Darcy, [288] sq.;
reversal of his revolutionary tactics, [309];
fresh negotiations with Cromwell, [309] sqq.;
belief that Cromwell desired to have the Princess Mary made away with, [314];
presses on Cromwell the appeal to a General Council, [321];
letter to Charles emphasizing Catherine’s appeals for the “remedy,” [357];
belief that time and circumstances were propitious, [358];
reception of Cromwell’s protest against the Emperor’s supposed intended attack on Henry, [359];
interviews with the Marchioness of Exeter, [365];
interview with Henry before visiting Catherine in her mortal illness, [374];
visit to Catherine, [377];
suspicious as to her having been poisoned, [379] sqq.;
advice to Mary in regard to Anne Boleyn, [383];
another plan for Mary’s escape, [391];
resumes negotiations with Cromwell for a treaty between Charles and Henry, [394];
expectations of Henry’s separation from Anne, [400];
continued negotiations for the treaty, [403];
account of the Easter (1536) at Greenwich, [404];
Henry insists on a letter from Charles, [406], [408];
Chapuys’s report to Charles, [409];
report to the Emperor of Anne Boleyn’s downfall, [418];
false account of Rochford’s dying speech, [428];
his explanation of Anne’s mysterious confession to Cranmer, [432];
reports about Jane Seymour, [442];
the negotiations for a treaty again taken up, [446];
introduced to Henry’s new Queen, [448];
advises Mary to take the Succession oath with a secret protest, [457];
on the title “Princess of Wales,” [459] n.;
difficulty with Rome about absolution for Mary’s “protest,” [460];
the success of the Reformation indirectly owing to Chapuys, [463].
Charles V. (Emperor):
his position in regard to Europe in 1526, [26];
his relations to the Church, [43];
letter to Henry VIII. on his desired divorce, [44];
letter to Wolsey, [45];
persistent efforts to bribe Wolsey, [50];
allows the Pope to escape from captivity, [52];
suggests a private arrangement between Henry and Catherine, [64];
declaration of war by France and England against Charles, [65];
his reply, ib.;
instructions to Mendoza on the Legatine Commission, [74];
letter to Catherine, [75];
suggestion that she should take the veil, [77];
becomes the champion of the Roman hierarchy, [97];
seeks Henry’s aid against the Turks, [126];
determination to stand by Catherine, [133];
fear of exciting the German Lutherans, ib.;
his coronation at Bologna, [134];
reply to the English deputies, ib.;
personal interest in the question of papal dispensations—his affinity to his wife, [141];
unconscious of the changes passing over the mind of the English people, [154];
perplexed by Henry’s enforcement of Præmunire, [164];
letter to Sir T. More, [167];
insistence that only the Pope should be the judge in Henry’s case, [171];
slight modification in his demand, [173];
efforts to effect reunion of the Lutherans with the Church, [175];
his position towards England after Cranmer’s judgment, [222] sqq.;
his nearness to the succession to the English Crown, [254];
dread of an Anglo-French alliance, [278];
suggests a joint embassy to England from the Pope and himself, ib.;
causes of his hesitation to accede to the wishes of the reactionists in England, [299], [302];
ultimate refusal, [306], [308];
proposed treaty between Charles and Henry, [307];
letter to Henry relating to the proposed treaty, [335];
his successful campaign in Africa, [347];
memorandum of the Spanish Council of State, [348];
apparent change of feeling towards Henry, [360];
modifications of policy after the death of Duke Sforza (Milan), [364];
Charles’s treatment of Chapuys’s alarms about Henry’s intentions towards Catherine and Mary, [366];
reception of the news of Catherine’s death, [392];
resumption of negotiations for the abandoned treaty, [394];
eagerness for reconciliation with Henry, [396];
his proposal, [397];
anticipated remarriage of Henry, [398];
reply to Cromwell’s suggestions on the treaty, [403];
proposes the Infanta of Portugal as a wife for Henry, and the Infant (Don Louis) as a husband for Princess Mary, [438];
an alternative proposal, ib.;
disappointed with Henry’s conduct after his new marriage, [448];
signally defeated by the French in Provence, [449].
Charterhouse monks:
their retractation of their Supremacy oath, [327];
executed for treason, [328].
Church reform in the Parliament of 1529, [115] sqq., [127] sq.
Cifuentes, Count de (Imperial ambassador to Rome), [210],
[224], [231], [256] sqq., [270], [278], [346] sq., [353], [460].
Clarencieulx (English herald), [65].
Clarendon, Constitutions of, [184] sq.
Clement VII., Pope:
his political position when the divorce was first mooted, [25];
Charles V.’s inroads on Italy, [27];
the Pope’s appeal for help to Henry VIII., ib.;
financial difficulties and the method of relieving them, [30];
a witness of the sack of Rome (1527), [35];
his captivity, [38], [44];
Dr. Knight’s mission to, from Henry VIII, [51];
the Pope’s escape to Orvieto, [52];
his desire to please Henry, [62];
his suggestion of a compromise, [63];
concessions to Henry, [67];
consent that the cause should be heard in England, [68];
the secret “decretal,” [69];
alleged contingent assent to the proposal to marry Princess Mary to Duke of Richmond, [80];
perplexities in regard to the secret “decretal,” [84];
fresh pressure from the Emperor, [86];
the brief of Julius II., [87];
serious illness of Clement, [88];
expresses determination not to grant the divorce, [90];
résumé of his halting conduct in the cause, [99];
between the hammer and the anvil, [105];
veers towards Henry’s side, [125];
desirous to reconcile Henry and the Emperor, [127];
his prohibitory brief against Henry’s second marriage, [134];
the hand of the Emperor therein, ib.;
his desire that Henry should solve the difficulty, by marriage, [142];
his reply to the English mission after the failure at Blackfriars, [144];
issues a second brief forbidding Henry’s second marriage, [153];
continued desire of a compromise, [160];
treatment of the appeal to a General Council, [166];
reasons for his delay in the divorce case, [168] sq.;
brought by Micer Mai to consent to communion in both kinds and to the marriage of priests, [175];
attempts friendly negotiations with Henry, [178];
Clement’s distrust as to the statements about English popular sentiment, [180];
he sends Henry another expostulating brief, [181], [189];
Ortiz’s attempt to extract a sentence of excommunication, [189];
Clement’s privately expressed wish that Henry would marry without waiting for sentence, [192];
another brief prepared against Henry, [196];
continued indecision, [197];
conditional excommunication of Henry, [198];
reception of the news of Henry’s marriage, [210];
preparation for the interview with Francis at Nice, [231];
Clement signs the brief Super Attentatis, [233];
interview with Francis at Marseilles, [243];
treatment of the French suggestion that Henry’s case should be heard at Cambrai, [244];
subject to a cross-fire of influences, [256] sqq.;
the sentence delivered: the marriage of Henry and Catherine declared valid, [259];
threat to absolve English subjects from their allegiance, [265];
the Brief of Execution (calling in the secular arm) held back, [278];
Clement’s death, [290].
Clergy Discipline Acts, [125].
Clergy (English):
their state, and the popular feeling towards them, [115];
their sentiments on the contest between Henry and the Pope, [157];
unanimous censure of the King, [158];
the clergy under Præmunire, ib.;
felonious clerks punished like secular criminals, [185];
traitor priests executed in their clerical habits, [185], [462];
indignation of the clergy at the statutes passed in restraint of their privileges, [451].
Commission to investigate charges against Anne Boleyn, the, [420];
the evidence before them, [421].
Commons, Petition of the (1529), [115].
Comunidades, the revolt of the, [43].
Conspiracy connected with the Nun of Kent, [195], [247], [265].
Convocation:
De Burgo’s futile appeal to, [160];
acceptance of Royal Supremacy, [186];
alleged address against annates, [187] n.
Covos, Secretary, [269].
Cranmer, Thomas (afterwards Archbishop):
one of the English deputies at the coronation of Charles V., [134];
his marriage as a priest, [202];
made Archbishop of Canterbury, [203];
the proposal that he should try the divorce cause, [207];
gives judgment for the divorce, [220];
his qualified oath to the Pope, [227];
his high regard for Anne, [421];
his alarm for the political results of Anne’s guilt, [450].
Cromwell, Thomas:
his relations with Chapuys, [229], [235], [240];
sketch of his career, [236];
eager for the reform of the clergy, [237];
alleged desire of the deaths of Catherine and Mary, [286];
his discovery of the Emperor’s intentions in regard to Princes Mary, [302];
on the illness of the Princess, [303];
his political principles, [308];
in negotiation again with Chapuys, [309], [321], [330], [333];
professed anxiety for Catherine’s and Mary’s safety, [311];
Anne Boleyn’s enmity to him, [334];
statement of English objection to a Papal General Council, [339];
interferes with the election of the Lord Mayor, [359];
treatment of Chapuys’s advances for resuming negotiations of the abandoned treaty, [394];
contingent acceptance of the Emperor’s proposals, [395];
sounded by Chapuys as to Henry’s possible separation from Anne, [400];
negotiations continued, [403];
his knowledge of Anne’s infidelities, [413];
informs the King, [415];
report of the proceedings against Anne, [424];
the commission of investigation of monastic establishments, [452];
influence over some parliamentary elections, [454];
a strong friend of Princess Mary, [455];
her refusal of the Succession oath brings on Cromwell the King’s displeasure, [457];
expresses his belief that Mary will be declared his heir by the King, [460].
Dacre of Naworth, Lord:
tried for treason, and acquitted, [284].
Darcy of Templehurst, Lord:
his charges against Wolsey, [117] sqq.;
opinions on the Royal Supremacy, [186];
scheme proposed by him to Chapuys for an insurrection against Henry, [289];
intimates to Chapuys that the time of action has arrived, [298];
eager for insurrection, [332], [346];
comes to a violent end, [461].
Darcy, Sir Arthur (Lord Darcy’s son), [312].
Darius, Sylvester, English agent at Valladolid, [82].
Davalos, Rodrigo (Spanish lawyer):
his special method of expediting the divorce suit at Rome, [232].
Deceased husband’s brother, marriage with, [24], [52].
Deposition, the Bull of:
not identical with the Brief of Execution, [353] n.
Desmond, Earl of:
offers his services to the Emperor against Henry, [269].
Dispensing power, the Papal claim of, in matrimonial matters, [24], [33];
various views of canon lawyers, [125];
how it affected various Royal families, [141];
a Cardinal’s opinion of the alleged power, [160].
Dublin, Archbishop of, slaughtered by Lord Thomas Fitzgerald, [285].
Dunstable, Cranmer’s court at, [220].
Durham, Wolsey bishop of, [89].
Dyngley, Sir Thomas, [59].
Ecclesiastical Courts:
their tyranny over the laity, [115].
Edward IV.:
his children by Elizabeth Grey declared by a Church court to be illegitimate, [22].
Elections, parliamentary, limited extent of Crown influence over, [453] sq.
Elizabeth, Princess;
proposal for her marriage with the Duke of Angoulême, [331].
Emmanuel, King (Portugal):
married successively to two sisters and their niece, [141].
English people:
their sentiments on the contest between Henry and the Pope, [157], [167];
wearied of the tyranny of Rome, and of the iniquities of Church courts and the clergy, [451].
Esher, Wolsey’s residence at, [132].
Essex, Sir William, [60].
Europe, general interest of, in the English Reformation movement, [13].
Exeter, Marchioness of, [365] sq., [400].
Exeter, Marquis of (grandson of Edward IV.:
a possible claimant to succeed Henry VIII.), [23], [214], [457], [461].
Falieri, Ludovico (Venetian ambassador to England):
his descriptions of Queen Catherine and Henry VIII., [32];
on female succession to the English crown, [123].
Ferdinand (King of Hungary, and King of the Romans:
Charles V.’s brother), [133], [342].
Fisher, Bishop (Rochester):
his first views about the divorce, [42];
his emphatic denunciation of it, [106];
objection to the Clergy Discipline Acts, [125];
staunch in favour of Catherine, [151];
his opposition to the Royal Supremacy overcome by threats, [163];
determination to defend Catherine in Parliament, [184];
committed to the custody of Bishop Gardiner, [212];
released, [231];
becomes leader of the Catholic conspiracy, [241];
sent to the Tower, [249];
again sent to the Tower for refusing to take the Succession oath, [268];
created Cardinal, [338];
committed for trial, [339];
incriminating letters found on him, [341];
trial and execution, [343].
Fitzgerald, Lord Thomas:
in negotiation with Chapuys, [269];
in open rebellion against Henry, [285];
want of means, [297];
defeat, [301];
receives the Pope’s absolution for the murder of the Archbishop of Dublin, [332];
a prisoner in the Tower, [355];
executed, [361].
Fitzwilliam, Sir William, [176], [417], [419], [457].
Flemish artisans in London, [83].
Floriano, Messer:
his speech on Campeggio’s arrival in London, [76].
Foxe, Dr. (afterwards Bishop):
his mission from Henry to Clement, [66];
his reply to Chapuys’s defence of his action for Catherine, [227].
Francis I. (France), defeat and capture of, at Pavia, [25];
his belief that Charles intended to transfer the Apostolic See to Spain, [46];
doubts Wolsey’s honesty in regard to Henry VIII., [95];
negotiations with the Smalcaldic League against Charles V., [135];
promise to arrange with the Pope if Henry cut the knot and married, [144];
desires the Pope to delay sentence, [165];
his compliments and presents to Anne Boleyn, [194];
meeting with Henry, [195];
encourages Henry to marry and break with the Pope, ib.;
fails to keep his apparent promise to Henry, [231];
abandons Henry, [243];
letter to Anne Boleyn, [250];
last efforts at Rome, [256] sq.;
influence on him of the remembrance of Pavia, [278];
desire to set up a Patriarchate of France, [279];
promotes the election of Farnese (Paul III.), [291];
anxious desire to take Milan, [331], [334];
dubious position on the question of the Papal deposition of Henry, [349];
fresh aspirations towards Milan, 362; policy towards the Bull of Deposition, [364];
successful invasion of Italy, [449];
defeats Charles in Provence, ib.
Gardiner, Stephen, [66], [92], [131], [212], [424].
General Council:
suggested appeal to, for the settlement of difficulties, [166], [312], [320], [339];
demanded of the Pope by France and England, [195].
Ghinucci, Bishop (Worcester), [64];
revenues of his see sequestrated, [238].
Granvelle (Spanish Minister), [353], [409], [419], [438].
Grey, Lord Leonard, [360].
Greys, the family of, possible claimants to succeed Henry VIII., [23].
Gueldres, Duke of, [405].
Hannaert, Viscount (Charles’s ambassador at Paris):
promotes a treaty between Charles and Henry, [307];
his report on Anne’s infidelity, [419].
Haughton, Prior (Charterhouse), executed for treason, [328].
Henry VIII.:
effect of religious prejudice in estimating his character: on Catholics, [4];
High Churchmen, [5];
Protestants, ib.;
his ministers and prelates must share in whatever was questionable in his acts, [8];
his personal popularity, [9];
permanent character of his legislation, [10];
its benefits extended beyond England, [11];
all his laws were submitted to his Parliament, [13];
calumnies and libels against Henry in his lifetime, [14];
recent discovery of unpublished materials for his history, [15];
nature and especial value of these, [16] sq.
Henry VIII.:
prospects (in 1526) of a disputed succession through the lack of an heir, [21];
primary reason for his ceasing to cohabit with Catherine, ib.;
irregularity of his marriage, [23];
first mention of the divorce, [25];
receives an appeal for help from Clement VII., [27];
sends the Pope money, [28];
the first public expression of a doubt as to Princess Mary’s legitimacy, [31];
Falieri’s description of Henry, [32];
the King before the Legatine court, [34];
unpopularity of the divorce, [39];
receives a letter from Charles urging him not to make the divorce question public, [44];
Henry determines to choose a successor to Catherine, [47];
attracted to Anne Boleyn, ib.;
endeavors to obtain from the Pope a dispensation to marry a second time, [51];
résumé of Henry’s position, [52] sq.;
examination of the charge that Henry’s connection with Anne was incestuous, [55] sqq.;
the Pope’s advice that he should marry again and then proceed with the trial, [63];
Henry joins with France in declaring war against Charles, [65];
his statement of his case as laid before Clement at Orvieto, [67];
Henry’s letter to Anne Boleyn, [70];
the Abbess of Wilton, [71];
Henry’s letter of complaint to Wolsey about the appointment of an unfitting person, [72];
Campeggio’s prearranged delays, [74];
speech in the City, [81];
resolves to let the trial proceed before Campeggio and Wolsey, [93];
Henry’s address to the Legates at Blackfriars, [101];
refuses to accept Clement, the Emperor’s prisoner, as judge of his cause, [102];
his momentary inclination to abandon Anne, [111];
reception of Chapuys, the Imperial ambassador, [112];
interpretation of the advocation of his case to Rome, [123];
denunciation of the Pope and Cardinals, [126];
approves of the reforming side of Lutheranism, ib.;
consults foreign doctors on his cause, [127], [134], [136];
continued liking for Wolsey, [129];
a brief from Clement forbidding his marriage, [134];
Henry invited by Francis to join the Smalcaldic League, [135];
desire to recall Wolsey, [136];
sends him down to his diocese, [139];
the suggestion of a neutral place for the trial, [143];
Henry again denounces the Pope and all his Court, [145];
emphatically refuses to allow his cause to be tried at Rome, ib.;
revival of the Præmunire, [147];
a step towards the break with the Papacy, [149];
Henry’s direct appeal to the Pope, [150];
Clement’s second brief against Henry’s second marriage, [153];
a struggle with the Pope inevitable, [157];
clipping the claws of the clergy, [158];
Henry declared Supreme Head of the Church of England, [159];
receives the Papal brief forbidding his second marriage, [162];
reply to the Nuncio’s questions as to the nature of his new Papacy, [163];
and to the Pope’s appeal for aid against the Turks, [164], [178];
disregards the Pope’s threat of excommunication, [169];
rejects the Pope’s efforts at friendly negotiations, [178];
alleged bribery by Henry’s ambassador at Rome, [179];
deliberateness of Henry’s conduct of his policy, [182];
his reply to Bishop Tunstal’s letter against schism, [183];
steps towards the toleration of heresy, [186];
displeasure with More, ib.;
Annates Bill, [187];
French advice to Henry to marry without waiting for sentence, [192];
meeting with Francis, [193] sqq.;
the immediate outcome thereof, [195] sq.;
rumour of his secret marriage with Anne, [196];
again threatened with excommunication, [198];
Henry appoints Cranmer to Canterbury, [203];
privately married to Anne Boleyn, ib.;
his law in restraint of the powers of bishops, [205];
courteous conduct towards the Nuncio, [206];
allows his marriage to be known, [208];
preparations for possible war, ib.;
appeals to Rome forbidden, [209];
résumé of Henry’s position (in regard to the divorce) towards the Pope, [218] sq.;
Cranmer’s judgment, [220];
Henry informs the Emperor of his marriage, [224];
the formal announcement in the House of Lords, [225];
discovers that he had been misled by Francis, [231], [235], [245];
disappointment at the birth of a daughter, [238];
order that the Pope was only to be styled “Bishop of Rome,” [230];
difficulty in disposing of Catherine, [251];
Henry’s fears of an insurrection, ib.;
the King’s nomination to bishoprics sufficient, without requiring Papal Bulls, [256];
the Papal sentence, [259];
passage of the Act abolishing the Pope’s authority in England, ib.;
refusal of Chapuys’s demand to speak in Parliament for Catherine, [263];
enforces the oath to the Succession Act, [267];
orders more kindly treatment of Princess Mary, [271];
the question of demanding the Succession oath from Catherine and Mary, [271] sqq.;
the King modifies the demand, [276];
another meeting with Francis arranged, but postponed, [279];
cooling of his feelings for Anne, [286];
reported nouvelles amours, [287], [296];
interference on behalf of Mary, [287];
refuses to acknowledge any special authority in any Pope, [291];
prospects of civil war, [301];
anxiety for Mary in her second illness, [303];
refuses Chapuys’s request that she should be again placed under her mother’s care, [304];
his high opinion of Catherine’s courage, [305];
desire to be on good terms with Charles, [310];
letters to Sir John Wallop for the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, [330];
receives a letter from Charles, [335];
threat in regard to “Cardinal” Fisher, [339];
jealousy of the rival Powers, [350];
enthusiastic reception during his progress to the Welsh borders, ib.;
slanders against him on the Continent, [359];
interference in the election of Lord Mayor, ib.;
a period of danger for Henry, [361];
opinion that Catherine and Mary must “bend or break,” [365];
interview with Chapuys during Catherine’s mortal illness, [375];
effect of Catherine’s death, [382];
rejoicings in the Palace, [383];
Henry’s treatment of Mary, [384];
beginning of his dissatisfaction with Anne, [387];
disappointment at her second miscarriage, [389];
present from him to Mary of her mother’s crucifix, [395];
speculation on his remarriage, [398];
rumours about Henry’s partiality to Jane Seymour, [400];
his legal position towards Anne Boleyn, [401];
refuses the Emperor’s proposal of reconciliation with Rome, [403];
reception of Chapuys at Greenwich (Easter, 1536), [404] sqq.;
Henry’s determined position towards Charles, [406] sqq.;
his report on the affair to his ambassador to the Emperor, [410];
dissolution of Parliament, [413];
informed of Anne’s infidelities, orders an inquiry, [415];
the trials resulting, [422] sqq.;
the trial of Anne, [425];
the mystery of Anne’s confession to Cranmer, [430] sqq.;
the Lambeth sentence, [431];
Anne’s execution; high personages present by the King’s command, [435];
competition from the Continent for his hand, [436];
overtures for reconciliation from Rome, [440] sq.;
Jane Seymour, [441];
speedy marriage with her, [444];
Mary restored to favor, [445];
Henry’s declaration of neutrality in the war between Francis and Charles, [449];
his return to the Roman communion expected by the Catholics, [450];
determination to carry out the Reformation, [452];
his difficult position towards the new Parliament, [453];
his popularity strengthened by the condemnation of Anne, [454];
strength of his affection for Mary, [455];
his anger at her again refusing to take the Succession oath, [457];
joy at her acquiescence, [458];
hopeless of further offspring, [460];
close of the first Act of the Reformation, [460] sqq.
Husee, John:
his letter on Anne Boleyn to Lord and Lady Lisle, [422];
on Henry’s seclusion after Anne Boleyn’s execution, [444].
Hussey, Lady, [457].
Hussey, Lord, [288], [334], [461].
Illegitimacy, treatment of, by the Church of Rome, [22].
Inteville, M. d’:
his compound mission to England, [423], [437].
Ireland, rebellion in:
proofs that it was part of a Papal holy war, [285].
Italian conjuror, the, [294].
Italian League, the, [28].
Jaen, Cardinal of, [269].
James V. of Scotland, a possible claimant to succeed Henry VIII., [23].
Jordan, Isabella (Prioress of Wilton), [71].
Julius II., Pope:
his dispensation for Henry VIII.’s first marriage, [53];
defects in his Bull of dispensation to Henry, [83];
alleged brief correcting these, [83], [87];
a Roman opinion of the nullity of his dispensation, [160].
Kimbolton, Catherine’s residence at, [252].
Kingston, Sir W. (Constable of the Tower), [300], [431], [435], [443].
Kite, Bishop (Carlisle), [443].
Knight, Dr. (secretary to Henry VIII.):
his special mission to Rome, [51].
Laity, English middle class:
their feelings towards Queen Catherine and towards the Church, [79].
Lambeth sentence, the:
the nullity of Henry’s marriage with Anne Boleyn, [431] sq.
Langey, Sieur de:
special envoy to Anne Boleyn from Francis, [194].
Lee, Archbishop (York), [176].
Legatine Commission, the (Campeggio’s), [67] sqq., [74], [76].
Legatine court, Wolsey’s, [34].
Legend, invulnerability of, [61].
Legends, historic, [1] sqq.
Liberty, spiritual, of the world, won by Henry’s work in the Reformation, [463].
Liège, Cardinal of:
suggested as a judge in the divorce cause, [144].
Lincolnshire rebellion, [460].
Lingard, Dr.:
his interpretation of Wolsey’s suggested Papal dispensation for Henry VIII.’s second marriage, [55].
Llandaff, Queen Catherine’s confessor Bishop of, [64].
Lorraine, Cardinal, [46].
Louis XII.:
his method of settling a matrimonial difficulty, [188].
Luther, Henry VIII.’s partial sympathy with, [126].
Lutheran advances to Henry VIII., [91].
Lutheranism:
its rapid spread in England, [255], [280], [297].
Lutherans, German:
their tacit encouragement by Charles V., [27], [35];
his fear of exciting them, [133];
decidedly opposed to Henry’s divorce, [154].
Mai, Micer:
Imperial agent at Rome, [89];
resentment of a slight put upon the Emperor, [90];
assent to Lutheran political objections to Rome, [91];
his opinion of the Pope and his councillors, [103];
and of Salviati’s instructions to Campeggio, ib.;
reports on the mission from Henry to Clement, [143];
suggestion of a General Council to settle difficulties, [166];
obtains from Clement concessions as to reunion of Lutherans, [175];
distracted with the Pope’s evasions, [179];
charges English ambassador with bribery, [179], [191].
Manor of the More, Wolsey’s residence at, [116].
Martyrology:
the Protestant longer and no less honourable than the Catholic, [463].
Mary, Princess:
proposed marriage of, with Francis I. or with one of his sons, [29];
suggested proposal to marry her to her father’s natural son (Duke of Richmond), [79];
separated from her mother, [174];
her father’s love of her, ib.;
the Emperor’s desire to protect her rights, [200];
allowed again to live with her mother, [234];
deprived of the title of “Princess,” [240];
letter to her father after his marriage with Anne, [254];
attached to the establishment of her sister Elizabeth, [252];
anecdotes of the King’s affection for her, [252] sq.;
her determined attitude, [261], [266];
“shows her teeth” against the Succession oath, [271] sq.;
has an alarming illness, [286];
belief that her life is threatened, [287];
project to convey her out of England, [300];
another serious illness, [302];
consternation of the physicians, [303];
reality of her personal danger, [317];
fresh plans for her escape, [319];
removed from Greenwich to Eltham, [320];
further plans, ib.;
petition to the Emperor to “apply the remedy,” [355];
her friends desire to have her married to the Dauphin, [358];
reply to Anne Boleyn’s friendly message after Catherine’s death, [383];
discovery of a letter about her from Anne to Mrs. Shelton, [388];
proposal to take the Succession oath with a mental reservation, [390];
another plan of escape, [391];
rejoiced at the prospect of her father’s separation from Anne, [399];
received back into her father’s favor, [445];
question of her marriage, [446];
her popularity increased in consequence of the machinations of Anne, [455];
the question of the Succession oath revived, [456];
by Chapuys’s advice she submits (with a secret protest), [457];
delight of the King and Queen, [458];
her real feelings not disguised, ib.;
unable to obtain a Papal absolution for the “secret protest” connected with her oath, [460].
Maximilian, Emperor:
his high opinion of the English people, [20].
Medici, Catherine de’ (niece of Clement VII.), marriage of, with the Duke of Orleans, [243].
“Melun, the eels of” (proverb), [226].
Mendoza, Inigo de (Bishop of Burgos), mission of, from Spain to France and England, [29], [32], [34], [38];
offers Wolsey the bribe of the Papacy, [39];
instructed to offer other bribes to win Wolsey’s friendship to the Emperor, [45];
his first mention of Anne Boleyn, [48];
his belief that Wolsey was the instigator of the divorce, [49];
reports to Charles on the Legatine Commission, [75];
mistaken estimate of English national opinion, [82];
recalled: his farewell interview with Henry, [97].
Milan:
the question of succession reopened, [362];
treaty prepared by Spain for settlement of the dispute, [393].
Molza, Gerardo:
his account of Campeggio’s reception in England, [76].
Monastic orders:
their depraved condition, [325];
preachers of insurrection, [326];
the “very stews of unnatural crime,” [350];
continued proofs of their iniquitous condition, [452].
Money, comparative value of, in Henry VIII.’s time, [89], [117].
Montague, Lord, [305], [461].
Montfalconet (Charles’s maître d’hôtel):
his report to Charles on Catherine’s desire for a sentence, [188].
Moor Park:
Catherine’s residence at, [174].
More, Sir Thomas:
made Lord Chancellor, [120];
lack of sympathy with advanced Reformers, [131];
enforces heresy laws against Lutherans, [154];
horrified at the King’s claim to Supremacy over the Church, he resigns the Chancellorship, [163];
statement before the Lords of the opinions of Universities on the divorce, [166];
his chancellorship distinguished for heresy-prosecutions, [186];
resigns his office, [188];
sent to the Tower for refusing to take the Succession oath, [268];
his prophecy in regard to Anne Boleyn’s fate, [329];
committed for trial, [339];
sketch of his position, [343];
trial, [344];
execution, [345].
Mortmain Acts:
measures to prevent their evasion, [185].
Mountjoy, Lord, [214].
Mythic element, the, influence of, in history, [1].
Nixe, Bishop (Norwich):
imprisoned for burning a heretic, [255] sq.
Norfolk, Duke of (uncle of Anne Boleyn), joins in an appeal to the Pope to concede the divorce, [84];
opposed to Anne’s marriage with the King, [111];
sentiments about the divorce, [114];
made President of the Council, [120];
his opinion on the absolute need of the divorce (1529), [128];
condemnation of the Pope’s position in the matter, [129];
suspicions of Wolsey’s possible return to power, [129], [131] sq.;
his statement to Chapuys of the necessity of Henry having made succession, [136];
suggests the Cardinal of Liège and the Bishop of Tarbes as judges in the divorce cause, [143];
cautions Chapuys against introducing Papal briefs into England, [154];
firm stand against the threat of excommunication, [164];
admiration of Catherine and dislike of Anne Boleyn, [167];
heads a deputation of Peers and Bishops to Catherine, [170];
consultation with Peers on restraint of Papal jurisdiction, [186];
his courtesies to the Papal Nuncio, [206];
interview with Chapuys before attending the meeting of the Pope and King Francis at Nice, [230];
denunciation of Rome and Romanism, [250];
expected that Henry would submit to the successor of Clement in the Papacy, [291];
withdrawal from Court, [305];
present at the execution of Charterhouse monks, [328].
Norris, Sir Henry, [255];
present at the execution of Charterhouse monks, [328];
a paramour of Anne Boleyn, 416 sq., [418], [419];
execution, [429].
Northumberland, Earl of (Henry Percy), alleged secret marriage of, with Anne Boleyn, [47];
disgust at Anne’s arrogance, [297].
Nun of Kent;
disclosures connected with, [195], [265];
the effect of the “revelations,” [247].
Observants, the General of the, Charles V.’s guardian of the Pope, [52], [62], [68].
Orleans, Duke of:
marriage with Catherine de’ Medici, [243].
Ortiz, Dr., Catherine’s special representative at Rome, [159], [165], [176], [178] sq., [181], [189], [194], [199], [259], [261], [351] sqq., [361], [367], [373].
Orvieto, imprisonment of Clement VII. at, [52], [62].
Oxford, Earl of, [214].
Paget, Lord:
his description of Chapuys’s character, [112].
Papal curse, inefficiency of, in modern days, [260].
Paris, University of:
decision in favor of the divorce, [142].
Parliaments, annual, introduced by Henry, [13].
Parliament summoned after the failure of the Blackfriars court, [110];
object of the meeting, [120];
impeachment of Wolsey, [121];
reform of Church courts, and Clergy Discipline Acts, [125];
effect of Clement’s delays on, [151];
treatment (session 1531) of the Universities’ opinions on the divorce, [166];
third session (Jan. 1532):
formation of an Opposition against violent anti-clerical measures, [182];
measures passed in restraint of clerical claims, [185];
the Opposition (Peers and Prelates) appeal to Chapuys for armed intervention by the Emperor, [225];
the Act of Supremacy, [292];
dissolution, [413];
a new Parliament speedily summoned after Anne’s execution, [453];
no account left of the debates in this Parliament, [454];
the new Act of Succession, [455].
Patriarchate, a new, proposed, with Wolsey as its head, [38].
Paul III. (Farnese):
elected Pope as successor to Clement VII., [290];
favourably disposed towards Henry, [291];
restrained by Charles from issuing the Brief of Execution, [318];
acknowledgment (when Cardinal) of Henry’s right to a divorce, [333];
prevents the treaty between Charles and Henry, [337];
creates Fisher a Cardinal, [338];
exasperation at the news of the execution of Fisher, [348];
difficulties of desired retaliation, [349];
delay in issuing the censures, [351];
reasons therefor, [352];
desire that Catherine should apply for the Brief of Execution, [356];
thinks of declaring Mary Queen in place of her “deposed” father, [358];
annoyance at the failure of Fitzgerald’s rebellion, [360];
thinks himself a new Hildebrand, [362];
summary of his Bull against Henry, [363];
delay in its issue, [367];
a warm debate in Consistory, [368] sqq.;
professes kindly feelings to Henry after Catherine’s death, [403];
reception of the news of Anne’s fall, [439];
overtures for reconciliation, [440] sq.;
eager solicitations to Henry to return to the Roman communion, [454].
Paulet, Sir William, [420].
Pavia, political results of the defeat of Francis I. at, [25] sqq.
Peers, English:
their petition to Clement to grant Henry’s petition, [142].
“Penny Gleek,” [443].
Percy, Henry (Earl of Northumberland):
his statement that Anne Boleyn meant to poison the Princess Mary, [253];
swears that there was never contract of marriage between him and Anne, [419].
Petition of the Commons (1529), [115].
Peto, Cardinal, [60].
Pilgrimage of Grace, the, [59], [460].
Pole, Geoffrey (brother of Reginald), [295], [416].
Pole, Reginald:
his manifesto accompanying Paul III.’s Bull deposing Henry VIII., [56];
his statement of Henry’s desire to break with Anne Boleyn, [111];
suggested marriage with Princess Mary, [241], [295].
Pommeraye, La (French ambassador in London):
his denunciation of “that devil of a Pope,” [181];
recommendation that Henry should follow Louis XII.’s example, [188], [192].
Præmunire, [118], [147];
proclamation for its enforcement, [148];
embarrassments caused by its revival, [164].
Prejudice, influence of, in judging historical characters, [2] sqq.
Provisors, the Statute of, [122];
its revival, [149].
Reformation, English:
at first political rather than doctrinal, [6];
its characteristic excellence, [7].
Reunion of Christendom, Charles V.’s efforts for, [175].
Richmond, Duke of (cr. 1525), natural son of Henry VIII., [22], [395];
present at the execution of Charterhouse monks, [328];
educated as a Prince, but his position not recognized by the law, [453];
his popularity and resemblance to his father, [455];
Surrey’s proposal that the Crown should be settled on him, [455];
his death, [459].
Rochford, Lord (Anne Boleyn’s brother):
mission to Paris to announce his sister’s marriage, [208];
present at the execution of Charterhouse monks, [328];
specially attentive to Chapuys, [404];
refused the Garter, [415];
takes part in the tournament (1536), [416];
arrested, [418];
charged with incest with his sister, [420];
his trial, [426] sq.;
Chapuys’s account of his dying speech, [428];
the real speech, ib.
Rome, sack of, by the Duke of Bourbon, [35].
Royal Supremacy, meaning of, [159];
accepted by Convocation, [186].
Russell, Sir John, sent with money to Clement VII., [28].
St. Albans, Wolsey abbot of, [89], [116].
St. John the Baptist and Herod, Bishop Fisher’s allusion to, in the matter of the divorce, [106].
Salisbury, Countess of, [23], [241], [461].
Salviati, Cardinal, [46], [88], [103], [233].
Sampson, Dean (of the Chapel Royal):
speech against the Pope’s claims over England, [274].
Sanctuary:
felonious clerks deprived of the right of, [454].
Sandys, Lord (Henry’s chamberlain), [297].
Sanga (Clement VII.’s secretary), [27], [80], [96].
Sens, Cardinal (Chancellor), [46].
Seymour, Sir Edward, [405].
Seymour, Jane:
first association of her name with Henry, [400];
her marriage, [444];
great popularity, [445];
kindness to Mary, [455], [458].
Sforza, Duke of Milan, death of, [362].
Shelton Mrs. (Anne Boleyn’s aunt), [252], [262], [267], [269] sq., [320], [387], [392].
Six Articles Bill, the, [7].
Smalcaldic League, the, [135], [255].
Smeton, Mark (paramour of Anne Boleyn), [415], [416], [419];
execution, [429].
Sorbonne, the:
suggested reference of the divorce cause to, [129].
Soria, Lope de (Minister of Charles V. at Genoa), his letter on the sack of Rome, [36], [43].
Spain:
the Cabinet’s discussion of Catherine’s position after Cranmer’s judgment, [221] sqq.;
their decision, [223];
debates on proposed treaty between Charles and Henry, [307], [335].
Spaniards, the:
their atrocities in Italy, [29], [35].
Statute Book, the:
its historic aspect, [13].
Stokesley, Bishop (London), [134], [416].
Succession to the English throne, danger of a disputed, [21], [79], [123];
various possible claimants if Henry VIII. had no heir, [23].
Succession, Act of, [264];
the oath to it enforced, [267];
debate in Council as to its enforcement on Catherine and Mary, [271] sqq.;
(after Anne’s death) the discussion of, [454] sq.
Suffolk, Duke of:
his mission from Henry to France, [94];
Chapuys’s report on his sentiments about the divorce, [114];
made Vice-President of the Council, [120].
Supremacy, Act of (explaining in detail the meaning of the Royal Supremacy), [292] sq.;
enforced, [327] sqq.
Sussex, Lord:
one of a deputation of nobles to Catherine at Moor Park, [176];
proposes to Parliament (after Anne’s execution) that the Duke of Richmond should have the succession to the Crown, [455].
Tarbes, Bishop of (afterwards Cardinal Grammont):
his mission to England from France, [30];
the first publicly to question the legitimacy of the Princess Mary, [31], [81];
(ambassador to Clement VII.) his statement of Clement’s real opinion on the divorce, [134];
suggested by Duke of Norfolk as a judge in the divorce cause, [143];
caution to Clement as to the consequences of his losing England, [168];
mission to Rome to demand a General Council, [195];
a proposal to Clement apparently in Henry’s name, [244].
Talboys, Sir Gilbert:
married the mother of Henry VIII.’s illegitimate son, [22].
Throgmorton, Sir George:
his statements about Henry VIII., Lady Boleyn and her daughters, [59] sqq.
Throgmorton, Michael, [59].
Toison d’or (French herald), [65].
Tournon, Cardinal:
his special mission to Rome to demand a General Council, [195], [231].
Treasons, the Statute of, [456].
Tunstal, Bishop (Durham):
his letter to Henry on the Royal Supremacy, [182];
speech in favor of the Succession Act, [273] sq.;
mission to Catherine on the subject, [275].
Wallop, Sir John (English representative at Paris), [306], [373], [424].
Warham, Archbishop (Canterbury), assessor to Wolsey as Legate, [34];
doubtful as to the divorce, [42];
afterwards in favour of it, [142];
his halting opinions [151];
protest against the Royal Supremacy, [183];
dying protest against the anti-papal legislation, [187].
Weston, Sir Francis, paramour of Anne Boleyn, [417] sqq., [422] sq.;
execution, [429].
Wilton, the state of the convent at, [71];
Henry VIII.’s letters on the appointment of its Abbess, [72].
Wiltshire, Earl of (Sir Thomas Boleyn, Anne Boleyn’s father), [111], [134];
one of the English deputies at the coronation of Charles V., [134];
withdraws his opposition to his daughter’s marriage with the King, [208];
present at the execution of the Charterhouse monks, [328].
Winchester, Wolsey bishop of, [89], [116].
Wolsey, Cardinal:
his first efforts to promote the divorce of Henry, [25];
eager to maintain the Papacy, [26];
his desire of an Anglo-French alliance, [29];
a pensionary of the Emperor, ib.;
brings the question of divorce before his Legatine court, [34];
his policy after the Sack of Rome, [37];
the proposal to make Wolsey Archbishop of Rouen and Patriarch, [38];
refuses the Emperor’s offered bribe of the Papacy, [39];
mission to Paris, [41];
interview with Bishop Fisher, [42];
further bribes offered him by Charles, [45];
signs the French Cardinals’ protest against the Pope’s captivity, [46];
distrust at the King’s selection of Anne Boleyn, [49];
at first endeavors to check the divorce, [50];
sends a draft dispensation for the Pope’s signature, [53];
the wording thereof, [54];
consultations with Campeggio, [79];
the secret decretal, [84], [88];
chances of Wolsey’s election to the Papacy, [88];
his boundless wealth, ib.;
letter to Campeggio on Catherine’s position, [93];
in doubt about the progress of his French policy, [94];
foresight of coming events, [97];
the Legatine court at Blackfriars, [99];
delays, [105];
effect of Bishop Fisher’s interposition, [106];
Campeggio refuses to pass sentence, [107];
despatch to the Commissioners at Rome, ib.;
causes of the animosity that broke out against him, [116];
the manifold sources of his wealth, ib.;
his son, [117];
Lord Darcy’s list of complaints against him, ib.;
details of his fall, [120] sqq.;
hopes of return to power, [131];
obliged to resign the sees of Winchester and St. Albans, [132];
allowed a grant by way of pension, ib.;
becomes the friend of Catherine and the secret adviser of Chapuys, [138];
starts to visit his diocese, [139];
his death at Leicester Abbey, [140].
Worcester, Lady, the first accuser of Anne, [415].
Wriothesley Chronicle, the, [428], [432].
Wyatt, Sir Henry, [421].
Wyatt, Sir Thomas (the poet), one of the lovers of Anne Boleyn, [47], [421].
York, Archbishop (Lee):
mission, with Tunstal, to Catherine about the Succession Act, [275].
York, Wolsey archbishop of, [89], [116].
Yorkshire rebellion, [460].
Footnotes:
[1] Calendar of State Papers, Hen. VIII., Foreign and Domestic, vol. iv. Introduction, p. 223.
[2] Calendar, Foreign and Domestic, Hen. VIII., vol. iv. p. 1112.—Hen. VIII. to Clement VII., Oct. 23, 1526.—Ib. p. 1145. Giberto to Gambara, Dec. 20, 1526.—Ib. p. 1207.