The Other Tudors
Philippa Jones
is an historian and read Egyptology
at Cambridge University. She lives in Bristol and
has worked at Bristol’s Museum and University.
She has published many books and articles,
including the critically acclaimed
Elizabeth – Virgin Queen?
.
AND BASTARDS
PHILIPPA JONES
This e-book published in 2011
Printed edition first published in 2009 by New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd
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1 The Formative Childhood Years
– King Henry VII and Prince Hal
– Elizabeth Denton
3 The Longed-for Wife and the Maids of Dishonour
– Catherine of Aragon
– Anne Hastings, sister of the Duke of Buckingham
– Etionette de la Baume and Jane Poppincourt, the ‘Flemish Mistresses’
4 The Worldly Jewel and the Plotting Widow
– Bessie Blount and her son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond
– Mary Howard, Dowager Duchess of Richmond, and the Howard Plot
5 The First Mistress Boleyn and the Questionable Bastard
– Mary Boleyn and her son Sir Henry Carey
6 The Wool Merchant’s Wife and the Amazing Mercenary
– Jane Pollard and her son Thomas Stukeley
7 The Huntsman’s Wife and the Blustering Diplomat
– Mary Berkeley and her son John Perrot
8 From Mistress to Queen to the Executioner’s Block
– Anne Boleyn, Mistress and Queen
9 The Mysterious Mistress and the Tailor’s Foster Daughter
– Joanna Dingley and her daughter Etheldreda Malte
10 The Question of Mary or Madge and the Quiet Queen
– Margaret Shelton, the Chosen Mistress
– Jane Seymour, Mistress and Queen
11 The Virgin Queen and the Merry Maidens
– Anne of Cleves and the baby boy
– Anne Bassett and Elizabeth Cobham
12 The Foolish Queen, the Last Queen and the Last Love
– Catherine Howard
– Catherine Parr
– Katherine d’Eresby
– Elizabeth Bryan; Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Wyatt; Sir Henry Lee; Richard Edwards; Lady Eleanor Luke; Mistress Parker; Elizabeth Amadas
| 1485 | August | 22nd: Henry VII ascends to the throne |
| 1486 | January | 18th: Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York |
| | September | Prince Arthur is born |
| 1489 | | Princess Margaret is born |
| 1491 | June | 28th, Prince Henry is born |
| 1492 | | Princess Elizabeth is born (dies 1495 aged 3) |
| 1496 | | Princess Mary is born |
| 1499 | | Prince Edmund is born (dies in infancy); Mary Boleyn is born |
| 1500 | | Elizabeth Denton becomes governess to the Princess Mary |
| 1501 | November | Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon |
| 1502 | April | 2nd: Prince Arthur dies |
| 1503 | February | 11th: Princess Catherine is born(dies after three days); |
| | | Elizabeth of York dies in childbirth |
| 1505 | | (?) Margaret Shelton is born |
| 1507 | | (?) Anne Boleyn is born |
| 1509 | | Jane Seymour is born |
| | April | 21st: Henry VII dies; Henry VIII ascends to the throne |
| | June | 11th: Marriage to Catherine of Aragon; 29th: Margaret Beaufort dies |
| 1510 | May | Affair between Henry VIII and Anne Hastings |
| 1511 | January | 1st: Prince Henry is born (dies in March) |
| 1512 | | Catherine Parr is born |
| 1513 | | Anne Boleyn joins the Court of Margaret of Austria |
| | September– | Affair between Henry VIII and Etionette de la |
| | October | Baume |
| 1514 | January | Affair between Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount begins (lasts to 1519) |
| | | Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor |
| | September | Affair between Henry VIII and Jane Popincourt begins (lasts to January 1515) |
| 1516 | February | 18th: Mary I is born |
| 1518 | | Last recorded pregnancy of Catherine of Aragon |
| 1519 | June | Henry Fitzroy, son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount is born; Elizabeth Blount marries Gilbert Tailboys |
| 1520 | | Affair between Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn begins; Katherine d’Eresby is born |
| | February | 4th: Mary Boleyn marries William Carey |
| 1521 | | Anne Boleyn returns to England from France; |
| | | Anne Bassett is born |
| 1522 | | (?) Catherine Howard is born |
| 1523 | | Anne Boleyn is courted by Henry Percy, heir to the Earl of Northumberland |
| 1524 | | Mary Boleyn gives birth to either Catherine or Henry Carey |
| 1525 | | Henry Fitzroy is created Duke of Richmond and Somerset and Earl of Nottingham; |
| | | Affair between Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn ends |
| 1526 | March | Mary Boleyn gives birth to either Catherine or Henry Carey; Affair between King Henry and Anne Boleyn begins |
| 1527 | | Mary Perrot gives birth to John Perrot. |
| | July | First mention of Henry VIII ’s divorce |
| 1528 | | William Carey dies |
| 1529 | | Catherine Parr marries Edward Borough |
| 1530 | | (?) Thomas Stukeley is born |
| | November | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey dies |
| 1532 | | Elizabeth Blount marries Edward Fiennes Clinton |
| | September | 1st: Anne Boleyn is created Marquess of Pembroke |
| 1533 | | Catherine Parr marries John Neville, Baron Latimer |
| | January | Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII marry |
| | April/May | Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon |
| | September | 7th: Elizabeth I is born |
| 1534 | | Henry Fitzroy marries Mary Howard; Mary Boleyn marries Sir William Stafford |
| | September | 7th: Katherine d’Eresby marries Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; |
| | | (?) Affair between Henry VIII and Joanna Dingley |
| 1535 | | (?) Affair between Henry VIII and Margaret Shelton |
| | June | 23rd: Etheldreda Malte is born (?) |
| 1536 | January | 7th: Catherine of Aragon dies |
| | May | 19th: Anne Boleyn is executed; 30th, Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour |
| | July | 22nd: Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, dies |
| 1537 | October | Jane Grey, briefly Queen Jane I, is born |
| | September | Anne Bassett becomes a lady-in-waiting to Queen Jane |
| | October | 12th: Edward VI is born; 24th, Jane Seymour dies in childbirth |
| 1540 | | Elizabeth Blount dies |
| | January | 6th: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves |
| | July | 9th: Marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled; |
| | | 28th: Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard |
| 1542 | February | 13th: Catherine Howard is executed |
| 1543 | July | 12th: Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr; |
| | | 19th: Mary Boleyn dies |
| 1545 | August | 24th: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, dies |
| 1547 | January | 28th: Henry VIII dies; Edward VI ascends to the throne |
| 1548 | | Catherine Parr marries Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley |
| | August | 30th: Mary, daughter of Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour is born |
| | September | 7th: Catherine Parr dies |
| | | Etheldreda Malte marries John Harrington |
| 1549 | March | 20th: Thomas Seymour is executed |
| 1550 | | Thomas Stukeley is the King’s standard bearer in Boulogne |
| 1552 | | Katherine d’Eresby marries Richard Bertie |
| 1553 | July | 6th: Edward VI dies; 10th, Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England; 19th: Mary I ascends to the throne |
| 1554 | | Anne Bassett marries Sir Walter Hungerford |
| | February | 12th: Jane Grey is executed |
| 1555 | Thomas Stukeley marries Anne Curtis | |
| | October– | |
| | November | Etheldreda Malte dies |
| 1557 | July | 16th: Anne of Cleves dies |
| | December | Mary Howard, Dowager Duchess of Richmond, dies |
| 1558 | | (?) Anne Bassett dies |
| | November | 17th: Mary I dies |
| | | Elizabeth I ascends to the throne |
| 1570 | April | Thomas Stukeley retires to Spain |
| 1571–3 | | Sir John Perrot is made president of Munster, in Ireland |
| 1578 | August | 4th: Thomas Stukeley is killed at the Battle of Alcazar |
| 1580 | September | 19th: Katherine d’Eresby dies |
| 1582 | | John Harrington dies |
| 1584–8 | | Sir John Perrot is made Lord Deputy of Ireland |
| 1592 | September | Sir John Perrot dies in the Tower accused of treason |
| 1596 | July | 23rd: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, dies |
| 1603 | March | 24th: Elizabeth I dies |