Tudor (83 page)

Katherine of Lancaster,
105

Kenilworth Castle,
355

Keyes, Thomas,
342–3
,
348

Kildare, Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of,
88–9

Knollys, Lettice,
360

Knox, John,
267
,
302
,
341

Landais, Pierre,
60

Landsknecht
,
89

Lathom Castle,
41

Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester,
293

law: Tudor-era attitude,
399

Le Havre,
329

Leicester,
67–8
,
71–2

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of: appearance,
305
; sent to bring Mary I to London,
265
; at Elizabeth I's coronation,
305
; relationship with her,
307–8
,
310–11
,
312–16
,
319
; wife's death,
313–14
; Katherine Grey appeals to for help re secret
marriage,
319–20
; Margaret Douglas' attitude to,
327
,
333
; Elizabeth asks should be made Lord Protector in event of her death,
329
; and Mary, Queen of Scots,
332
,
333
,
344
; made Earl of Leicester,
333
; lays on court entertainments,
335
; dines with Margaret Douglas,
352
; legacy from her,
352
,
414
; ongoing relationship with Elizabeth,
354–5
; Kenilworth entertainments,
355
; remarriage,
359–60
; and Anjou match,
361
,
420
; Mary, Queen of Scots hopes to marry Arbella to son,
364
; and the Armada,
376
,
377
; death,
379

Lennox, Matthew Stuart, Earl of: background,
230
; marriage to Margaret Douglas,
230
; claim to Scots throne,
236
; relationship with Edward VI,
255
; wife works for restoration of his rights,
315
; brought to court to be watched over,
325
; sent to Tower,
326
,
328
; allowed to join wife at Sheen,
329
; allowed to return to Scotland,
332
; marital happiness celebrated in Lennox Jewel,
346
; becomes James VI's regent,
346–7
; on Bishop,
412–13
; death,
347

Lennox Jewel,
346

Leo X, Pope,
165

Lincoln, John de la Pole, Earl of,
79
,
88–90
,
91

Linlithgow Palace,
133
,
135
,
151
,
227

Loch Leven,
341

London: courtiers' quarters,
15
; atmosphere in 1470s,
35–6
; Henry VII's official entry,
74–6
; Katherine of Aragon's formal entry,
107
; Edward VI's formal entry,
243–4
; atmosphere in 1559,
304–5
places in: Baynard's Castle,
108
; Blackfriars,
173
; Coldharbour Palace,
76
,
77
; College of Arms,
15
; Little Scotland,
254
; Newgate,
12–13
; Le Ryall,
15
; St Paul's,
108
,
120
; Westminster,
11
; York Place (Whitehall),
155
,
218
;
see also
Westminster Abbey

Longe, Thomas,
70

Louis XI, King of France,
34
,
38
,
39

Louis XII, King of France,
124
,
133
,
139–44

Louise of Savoy,
147

Louth,
213

Ludlow Castle,
103
,
109

Lumley, Lord,
385

Luther, Martin,
164–5
,
170
,
171

Maisse, André Hurault Sieur de,
382–4

Maitland of Lethington, William,
321–3

Malory, Sir Thomas:
Le Morte d'Arthur
,
65
,
81
,
126
,
207

Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy,
34
,
88
,
89
,
94–5
,
100

Margaret, Queen of Scots: character,
113
; birth,
86
; at Henry VIII's investiture as Duke of York,
95
; at Arthur's wedding,
107
; marriage to James IV,
109–10
; goes to Scotland,
113–14
; James V's birth,
133
; assimilation to Scots way of life,
133
; husband's death at Flodden,
135–7
; made regent,
137
; marries Angus in attempt to keep regency,
138–9
; sends Mary a wedding gift,
139–40
; replaced as regent by Albany,
148
; children taken from her,
148
,
149–50
; Margaret Douglas born,
151
; love of clothes,
152
; visits England,
152–5
; marriage to Angus annulled,
167
; helps James V escape Angus'
clutches,
177
; asks Henry VIII for return of daughter,
178
; and Anne Boleyn's coronation,
184
; supports her imprisoned daughter,
212
; death,
223
; fate of body,
410–11

Margaret of Anjou: appearance,
17
; pregnancy,
17
; son born,
19
,
83
; at Garter ceremony,
30
; flees to Scotland,
27
; in exile in France,
31
; alliance with Warwick,
35
; returns to France after Lancastrian defeat,
38
; death,
38

Margaret of Austria,
162

Margaret of Palma,
297
,
298

Mary I, Queen of England: appearance,
180
,
290
,
303
; birth,
153–4
; betrothal to Francis I's heir,
155
; possible marriage to Charles V,
159
; as heir,
161
,
165
,
180–1
; French marriages negotiated,
161
; legitimacy,
166
,
194
; and parents' separation,
180–1
,
181–2
; reaction to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn,
184
; Henry turns on,
188–9
; Anne Boleyn's attitude to,
194
; Jane Seymour promoted as possible wife as way of improving her situation,
196–7
; Henry claims Anne intended to poison,
204
; signs articles accepting her illegitimacy,
209
; reconciliation with Henry,
210
; and Pilgrimage of Grace,
213
; at Edward VI's christening,
216
; at Jane's funeral,
217
; and Katherine Parr,
228
; Henry refuses to allow to marry,
229
; gives wedding gifts to Margaret Douglas,
230
; named as one of Edward VI's heirs,
230
,
235
; his closeness to her,
232
; given land grant and household by Somerset,
245
; reaction to Katherine Parr's remarriage,
246
; refuses to give up Catholicism,
249
,
251–2
,
253–4
,
258–9
; visited by Greys,
251–2
; courted because of Edward's ill health,
254
,
255
; visits him,
258–9
; he excludes her from succession,
259
,
264
; still considered threat however,
260
; Northumberland attempts to conciliate,
262
; evades capture by him,
265
; leadership skills,
272–3
; regal style,
307
; wins back throne from Lady Jane Grey,
271–7
; coronation,
277–8
; marriage issue,
279–80
,
284
; succession issue,
280
; intention to pardon Jane,
280–2
; overthrows Edward's religious reforms,
281
,
282
,
283
,
284
,
301
,
405
,
406
; Wyatt's revolt,
283–5
; subsequent executions,
285–8
; puts Elizabeth I in Tower,
288–90
; marriage to Philip II,
290–1
; ‘pregnancy',
291
; returns England to Rome,
291–2
; court life,
292–3
; heresy burnings,
293–4
,
405
,
406
; realises not pregnant after all,
294–5
; Philip returns to Continent,
295
; relationship with Elizabeth,
296–8
; plots against,
296–7
,
298
; war with France,
298–9
; another phantom pregnancy,
299
; confirms Elizabeth as her heir,
300
; and Bishop,
413
; and Margaret Clifford,
419
; death,
301
; funeral,
302–3
; influence on Elizabeth,
301–2
,
375
,
406–7
; popular image and overview of reign,
405–6
; absence from Belvoir Castle codex,
422

Mary, Queen of France: birth,
86
; at Arthur's wedding,
107
; betrothed to Charles V,
117
; marriage to Louis XII,
139–44
; widowed,
144
; marriage to Suffolk,
141–2
,
145–8
; makes
Albany promise not to harm Scottish princes,
151
; daughter born,
154
; attitude to Anne Boleyn,
181
; death,
184

Mary, Queen of Scots: appearance and character,
317
,
363
; birth,
228
; proposed marriage to Edward VI,
229–30
; ignored in Henry VIII's will,
236
; ignored in Edward VI's will,
259
; marriage to dauphin,
302
; a rival to Elizabeth I from the start,
302
,
308
,
311
,
315
; widowhood makes international prize,
316
; courtship with Darnley,
316–17
; seeks to be recognised as Elizabeth's heir,
321–4
; Cecil plots against,
327
; Hales on her right to English throne,
331–2
; Elizabeth hopes to persuade to marry Leicester,
332
,
333
; Darnley as suitor,
333–4
; marriage to him,
336–7
; marriage breakdown and murder of Riccio,
338–9
; birth of James VI,
339
; Darnley's death.
340–1
,
350–1
; marriage to Bothwell,
341
; deposed and imprisoned,
341
; flight to England and imprisonment there,
343–4
; northern England rebellion in support of,
344–5
; Elizabeth refuses to execute,
345
; supporters kill Lennox,
347
; and Ridolfi plot,
347–8
; Margaret Douglas' rapprochement with,
350–1
; Casket letters,
350
; life with the Shrewsburys,
363–4
; negotiations to free her come to nothing,
364–7
; England turns against,
365
; turns to Philip II,
367–8
; Babington plot,
368–9
; death,
369–73
; tomb,
373
,
407–8

Mary of Guise,
227
,
228
,
255–6
,
311
,
312

Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor,
95
,
125
,
137

Medici family,
175

Mirror of Naples (diamond),
147–8

monarchy, English: arrangement of royal household,
16
; monarchs' duties and responsibilities,
2–3
; Tudor-era attitude,
399–402
,
406
; Stuart-era attitude,
408

monasteries, dissolution of,
199
,
214–15
,
404

Montague, Henry, Lord,
219

Monteagle, Lord,
384
,
385

Moray, Earl of,
338
,
346–7

More, Thomas,
103
,
122
,
183
,
190
,
192

Mortimer, Roger,
24
,
31

Mortimer's Cross, Battle of (1461),
24–5

Morton, James Douglas, Earl of,
350

Morton, John, Bishop of Ely,
53

Mountjoy, William Blount, Lord,
131

Najera, Juan Esteban, Duke of,
228–9
,
242

Nau, Claude,
366

Neville, Anne,
35
,
49
,
61–2

Neville, Isabel,
34–5

Nicholson, George,
392

Nonsuch Palace,
310

Norfolk, Agnes, Dowager Duchess of,
223

Norfolk, John, Duke of,
27
,
69–70

Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of,
86
,
135
,
136