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Seymour, Thomas: ambitions of, 19, 26, 29, 30, 39, 212; death of, 34, 215; Edward Seymour's relationship with, 20–21, 22, 26, 27, 30–31, 34, 52; Edward VI relationship with, 20, 26–27, 34; Elizabeth's memory of, 36, 51–52; as Elizabeth's model for attractive men, 19, 36; Elizabeth's relationship with, 18, 19, 21–24, 26, 27, 28–29, 37–38, 39–40, 91, 107; as Elizabeth's suitor, 17, 19, 26, 27, 28–30, 31–34, 39–40; Essex compared with, 212; family background of, 17; Grey courtship and, 26–27; Parr marriage/relationship to, 16–17, 18, 19–24, 25–26, 34; Parr's death and, 25–26; personality and character of, 17–18, 21, 27, 29, 39–40; picture of, 132; professional career of, 17, 18–19; titles of, 16, 17; in Tower of London, 30–31; treason charges against, 34, 38; views about Parliament of, 82

Shakespeare, William, 145

Shrewsbury, Countess of, 174–75

Sidney, Sir Henry, 105–6, 141

Sidney, Lady, 98

Sidney, Sir Philip, 192, 209

de Silva, Diego Guzmán (Spanish ambassador), 112, 126, 140–41, 144, 147, 148, 151, 152, 156, 158, 160–61

de Simier, Jean, 174–75, 177, 178–79, 180, 182, 187–88, 190

Smith, Sir Thomas, 150–51, 166–67, 168

Somerset, Duchess of, 20, 21, 28, 29, 39, 43

Somerset, Duke of.
See
Seymour, Edward

Spain: English relations with, 166, 188–89, 190; French relations with, 64–66, 67, 71–80, 81, 166, 188–89, 190, 193; Portugal acquired by, 188, 190; rebellion in, 155.
See also
specific person

St. Bartholomew's Eve massacre (Paris), 165, 169–70, 178, 191

Stafford, Sir Edward, 189

Stubbs, John, 183–84, 185

Succession Act (1544), 13–14

Suffolk family, 41, 115, 121

Sussex, Earl of, 99, 104, 111, 153, 154, 155, 175, 181

Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas, 26, 100, 102–3, 104, 111

“Triumph” enactment, 192

Tyrwhitt, Lady, 33

Tyrwhitt, Sir Robert, 31–32, 33–34, 35, 38, 84

Valois, House of.
See
specific member

Vaucelles, Treaty of, 58

Wallop, John, 18

Walsingham, Francis: Alençon as suitor and, 167, 168–70, 175, 186–87, 188, 189, 193, 195, 196, 202; Anjou as suitor and, 160, 161–62, 163, 164, 165, 166; St. Bartholomew's Eve massacre and, 169–70

Warwick, Earl of, 118–19

weal of the kingdom: Cecil's devotion to Elizabeth and, 130; Elizabeth's dedication to, 128, 146, 172; Elizabeth's health and, 115–16; Elizabeth's promise about, 145–46; Elizabeth's suitors and, 114–46, 216; succession to the throne and, 114–46

Wriothesley, Charles, 8

Wyatt, Thomas, 1, 2, 3, 192

Wyatt, Thomas, the younger, 50, 51, 69, 215, 216

York, Archbishop of, 190

Zwetkovich, Adam von, 127–29

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

I
am deepy grateful to Beatrix Miller, who helped and encouraged me from the outset, and the late Christopher Falkus, whose inspiration and enthusiasm made this book possible. Others who have given me valuable assistance include Dr. David Starkey, who kindly read the manuscript, and Francesca Ronan, who edited it. For this paperback edition, I am indebted to Kate Shearman, Gail Paten, and Emily Krump. I should also like to thank the staff of the Public Record Office, the staff of the London Library, my late parents, Andrew Todd, and John Wilder.

The author has quoted mainly from the following sources:

MANUSCRIPT
SOURCES

State Papers, Domestic (
SP
1,10,11,12)

State Papers, Foreign, General Series (
SP
70)

PRINTED
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Acts of the Privy Council of England,
ed. J. R. Dasent,
HMSO
, London 1890.

Ambassades de MM de Noailles en Angleterre,
ed. R. Vertot, Paris 1763.

Burghley State Papers,
ed. S. Haynes, London 1740.

Burghley State Papers,
ed. W. Murdin, London 1740.

Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII,
vols. VI–XX, ed. J. Gairdner, R. H. Brodie,
HMSO
, London 1882–1907.

Calendar of Salisbury MSS,
vol. II, Historical
MSS
Commission,
HMSO
, London 1888.

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vols. X–XIII, ed. R. Tyler,
HMSO
, London 1914–54.

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vols. I–III, ed. M. A. S. Hume,
HMSO
, London 1892–6.

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ed. C. P. Cooper, Paris and London 1840.

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ed. L. C. Berry, Folger Shakespeare Library, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1968.

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ed. J. G. Nichols, Roxburghe Club, London 1857.

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Queen Elizabeth and Some Foreigners,
ed. V. von Klarwill, trans. T. H. Nash, John Lane/The Bodley Head, London 1928.

C R E D I T S

Cover painting:
Portrait of a Woman
(said to be Elizabeth I) 1576, attr. to George Gower, Private Collection © Arthur Ackermann Ltd., London/The Bridgeman Art Library

C O P Y R I G H T

First published in Great Britain in 1975 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson as
Suitors to the Queen.

Reissued by Orion Books as
The Men Who Would Be King
in 2005 and 2011.

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