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Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell, The
(Skelton)
120
–1,
124
–5

Gibbs, Catherine
46
,
51

Gibson, Richard
323

Gloucester, Richard, duke of
see
Richard III, king

Golden Tree (tournament), 1468
153

Gordon, Lady Catherine
113

Gould, William
25

Gower, Margery
63
,
173

Great Chronicle of London
87
,
346
,
372

great councils
52
,
53
,
54
,
95
,
301
–4

Green, Sir Thomas
218

Greenwich Palace, Kent
51
,
54
,
63
,
98
,
185
,
218
,
228
–9,
235
,
236
,
237
,
238
,
239
,
247
,
249
,
250
,
273
,
275
,
282
,
283
,
287
,
306
,
310
,
312
,
315
,
330
,
333
,
334
,
337
,
338
,
356
; Catherine of Aragon falls pregnant at
329
,
330
; Elizabeth of York’s favourite residence
68
; H born at
11
,
14
,
68
,
104
; H’s coronation and
287
; H marries Catherine of Aragon at
275
,
329
; H’s christening ceremony
takes place within
45
,
61
; H’s favourite residence
275

Grey, Sir Richard
354

Guildford, Sir Henry
173
,
252
,
351
–2,
356

Guildford, Lady Jane
351

Guildford, Sir Richard
152
,
351
,
360

Guisnes
151
,
194

Halesworth, Dr
168

Hall, Edward
320
,
321
,
322
,
323
,
346
–7,
355

Hammes Castle
241

Hanworth
236
,
239
,
241
,
247
,
250
,
251
,
274
,
329

Harrington, Lord
152
,
153
,
155

Hastings, George
337
,
338

Henry IV, king
20
,
82
,
292

Henry V, king
4
,
19
,
20
–1,
292

Henry VI, king
19
,
21
–2,
24
,
25
–6,
27
,
28
,
39

40
,
100
,
277

Henry VII, king (Henry Tudor)
11
; appearance
18
,
134
,
184
–7; Arthur, prince of Wales and
40
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44
–5,
46
,
116
–17,
134
,
139
–41,
142
,
164
–5,
166
,
186
; astrologer, use of
155
,
159
,
167
–8; birth
19
; ‘bonds’ and ‘recognizances’
245
–8,
303
–4; Bosworth, victory at
8
,
17
,
36
–7,
55
,
78
,
105
; Brittany, exile in
28
,
29
,
32
–4,
44
,
48
,
50
,
53
,
109
; chapel at Westminster Abbey
205
; childhood
24
; City, relations with
262
; clerical ministers
245
–6; Cornish rebellion and
114
–16; coronation
38
,
50
; crown-wearing days
55
,
86
; death
195
–6,
250
–5,
258
,
259
,
296
; eloquence
187
; failure to join regional revolts against Richard III, 1483
33
; family
19

20
; financial gifts to H
117
,
138
; fines
85
,
245
–50,
251
–2; France, 1492 war with
64
–8,
73
,
77
,
80
; funeral
260
,
266
–8,
269
,
271
,
277
,
279
,
310
,
353
; great councils
52
,
53
,
54
,
95
,
301
–4; H’s creation as duke of York, role in
90
–1,
93
–4,
95
; H, endows on his creation as duke of York
100
,
157
; H, installation as knight of the Garter, involvement in
110
–11; H’s power, possible fear of
157
–9; H, relationship with
4
,
116
–17,
137
–8,
157
–9,
185
,
187
–9,
196
; H’s succession, attempts to secure
196
; health
295
,
196
,
234
–41,
247
,
248
–53; history regarded by
179
; house of Lancaster ancestry
16
,
18
,
19

21
,
23
–7; Imperial Crown and
55
–6,
192
; James IV and
114
,
163
; jousting and
222
,
224
,
226
,
232
–3; luck
18

19
,
33
,
35
,
39
,
42
; Magna Carta and
302
–3; Margaret Pole and
306
–7,
308
; marriage
8
,
18
,
31
–3,
38
,
39
; marriage of daughter Mary and
250
; Maximilian von Hapsburg and
80
,
81
; money, attitude towards
4
,
85
,
244
,
319
–20; negotiates for H to marry Catherine of Aragon
137
–8,
189
–94,
241
,
253; nobility and
232
–3,
303
–4; pardon, general
251
,
261
–4; parent, loving
70
,
72
–3; parents
19

20
; parliaments
56
–7,
184
; personality
28
; Philip of Burgundy and
208
–11,
215
–16,
217
,
218
–19,
220
,
221
; portrait
186
; Princess Mary, special devotion to
70
; privy chamber, establishes
237
–43,
253
–5; Raglan Castle, time spent at
24
; reaction to daughter Elizabeth’s death
70
,
72
; ‘readeption’ of Henry VI and
24
; reforms character before death
250
–2,
261
; religion
250
–2; royal council
49
,
243
–41,
259
,
261
–2,
272
; sails to Britain to confront Richard III
34
; Stoke, battle of
55
,
192
; Suffolk rebellion and
150
–1,
154
,
156
,
157
–9,
193
,
195
–6,
216
–17,
223
,
224
,
226
,
232
–3,
317
,
348
; Tewkesbury, flees to Brittany after battle of
28
,
205
; theatre and ceremony, uses to promote Tudor’s
45
,
82

99
,
143
–7,
152
–3; usurper
73
; Warbeck conspiracy and
75
,
77
,
78
,
80
,
81
,
82

99
,
100
,
101
,
104
,
109
–10,
112
–17; wife’s death, reaction to
171

Henry VIII, king: ACCESSION AND CORONATION:
4
,
254
,
255
,
257
–62,
316
–17; cancels many of Henry VII’s ‘bonds’ and ‘recognizances’ upon
303
–4,
313
–14; commissions of ‘oyer and terminer’
302
; contrast with father’s rule
264
–6,
270
,
271
,
300
–14; coronation
7
,
286
–96,
318
,
356
; exhilaration of kingship, experiences
275
; general pardon
262
–6,
299

300
; House of York, treatment of upon
8

9
,
18
,
305
–12; household
265
–6,
272
,
320
; Magna Carta, respect for
302
–3; More on
4

5
,
297

302
,
305
,
312
; Mountjoy on
5
; nobility approves of
303
–4; patronage
269
–77,
318
–20,
324
–5,
349
–52,
360
–70; Tower, move to between father’s death and
258
,
260
,
261
,
263
,
264
,
265
,
268
,
275
; Wars of the Roses end with
4
,
8

9
,
18
,
305
,
307
–12

APPEARANCE: bust by Guido Mazzoni
133
; Edward IV and
23
,
83
; Holbein’s portrait of
3
,
5
; lack of decent youthful representations of
5
; paintings of
2

3
,
5
,
133
–4; shape
2
; stature
226
–7,
234
,
289
,
322

CHILDHOOD AND BIRTH: Arthur, prince of Wales, relationship with
67
,
169
; birth
11
,
13

14
,
15
,
61
,
68
; births and deaths of siblings, effect of upon
69

71
; christening
11

14
,
59
,
144
; conceived
149
; Cornish rebellion, flees with mother
114
,
260
,
332
; cradles
60
–1,
75
; early memories of stories of turbulent family history
16
,
127
; education
see
education;
Eltham
87
,
88
,
90
,
98
,
100
,
103
,
105
,
110
,
116
,
125
,
129
,
135
,
173
,
177
,
228
,
236
,
342
; femininity of upbringing
66
–8,
172
–3; household
66
–9,
70
,
71
,
72
,
73
,
173
; lady mistress
68
,
71
; mother, closeness to during
4
,
18
,
81
,
111
,
112
,
163
–4; nursery apartments
60
–4,
66
–9,
70
,
71
,
72
,
73
; parents, relationship with during
72
–3,
146
; rewards nursery staff when accedes to throne
331
–2; ‘rockers’
47
,
59

60
,
62
,
63
,
69
,
70
; second son, effect of status as
15
,
133
,
134
–5; sisters, brought up with
4
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
66
–8,
69

71
,
103
,
118
–20,
129
–30,
172
–3; tutors
see
education; war with France and
64
–5; wet-nurse
59
,
60
,
62
,
66
,
71
,
77
,
290
,
332

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