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The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather / Being the True Stories of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sisters

Chapter 22: INDEX
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A narrative history recounts the fates of two royal cousins whose contested succession rights, grounded in royal wills and parliamentary acts, draw them into secret marriages, imprisonment, and public disgrace. It follows one sister’s clandestine union and the birth of heirs, and the other’s unequal marriage, both provoking harsh royal reprisals and long-term political anxiety. The account situates these episodes amid court intrigues and the career of their influential grandfather, examines the monarch’s personal and political responses, and explores how love, family loyalties, and dynastic claims combined to create lasting danger for those involved.

INDEX

Alva, Duke of, 114, 115, 249

Amy Robsart, 148, 149 and footnote, 155;

her death, 156, 157, 172, 210

Anne Boleyn, Lady, 36 and footnote, 60 and footnote

Anne Boleyn, Queen, 24, 36 f.n., 60 f.n., 65 f.n., 68;

her coronation procession, 69, 72, 258, 262 f.n.

Anne Brown (second wife of Charles Brandon), betrothed to Brandon, 13;

betrothal annulled, 14;

her relationship to Lady Mortimer, Brandon’s other wife, 15 and footnote;

married to Brandon, 16;

her children, her death, 16;

her children legitimized, 62;

their marriages, 63

Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, 22 f.n., 47

Anne of Cleves, Queen, 72

Ascham, 94

Aylmer, 95, 96 f.n.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 213, 246

Baynard’s Castle, 97, 98

Bertie, Mr., 19 f.n.;

marries Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, and flies from England, 79, 106;

Mr. Stokes and Hertford consult with him, 136-137

Bess of Hardwick (Mrs. Saintlow), her marriage, 85-86, her origin, etc., 87, 88, 89, 90, 129, 170, 174

Blanche Parry, 144 and footnote, 145, 288 and footnote

Boulogne, 7, 29;

Church of Notre Dame at, 30-31, 76, 77 and footnote, 33, 75

Bradgate Hall, 83, 93, 298

Brandon, origin of the family of, 7-8

Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, his extraordinary resemblance to Henry VIII, 3-5;

his appearance, 4;

his powerful imagination, 5-6;

his parentage, 11;

his education, 12-13;

goes to sea, 13;

is betrothed to Anne Browne, 13;

betrothal annulled, marries Lady Mortimer, 14, 14-15 f.n.;

his marriage with Lady Mortimer annulled, 16;

marries Anne Browne, 16;

tries to marry Elizabeth Grey, Lady Lisle, 16;

assumes title of Lisle, but relinquishes it, 17;

goes to Flanders, 17;

created Duke of Suffolk, 18;

list of lands bestowed on him, 18 and footnote;

makes game of Margaret of Savoy, 20-21;

courts Mary Tudor, 21, 22 f.n., 25, 26, 39;

fights in a tournament, 42-43;

Mary Tudor declares her affection for him, 48;

his interview with Mary Tudor, who wishes to marry him, 49-50, 50 f.n.;

his clandestine marriage with Mary Tudor, 50-51;

letter to Wolsey, 51-52;

received by Henry VIII, remarried to Mary Tudor, 54;

verses by, 56;

attitude of Wolsey towards, quarrels with Wolsey, 56-57;

his London residences, 58;

fights in a tournament, 59;

Lady Mortimer claims connubial rights, 61;

reaffirmation of the dissolution of his marriage with her, 61;

Pope Clement publishes a bull dissolving this marriage, and legitimizing Anne Browne’s children, 62, 63 f.n., 64, 65;

his mistress, and illegitimate offspring, 66 and footnotes;

neglects Mary Tudor, 67;

attends Anne Boleyn’s coronation, 68, 69;

behaves rudely to Katherine of Aragon, 68, 71, 72, 74, 75;

writes to Wolsey, 68;

not present at Mary Tudor’s funeral, 70;

his abominable behaviour to Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard, 72;

marries a fourth time, 73;

his children by his fourth wife, Katherine Willoughby, 74 and footnote;

his public career, French campaigns, etc., 75-77;

his last illness and death, 77-78;

his last portrait, 78;

funeral, 78;

his tomb, 78;

his bequests, 78, 244 f.n., 293, 294

Brandon, Geoffrey, 8, 302

Brandon, Lady Eleanor, Countess of Cumberland, her birth, 60, 61, 64;

betrothed to Henry Clifford, 69, 295;

attends his mother’s deathbed and funeral, 70, 71;

attends her father’s death-bed, 78, 293;

her appearance, portraits of, 294;

marries Henry Clifford, 294-295;

in peril during the “Pilgrimage of Grace”, 295-296;

rescued, 296;

death of her sons, 296;

her death and burial, 297, 298

Brandon, Lady Frances, Marchioness of Dorset, Duchess of Suffolk (mother of the Ladies Jane, Katherine and Mary Grey), 15 f.n.;

her birth, 59;

her baptism, 60, 64;

her marriage, 69;

attends her mother’s death-bed and funeral, 70, 71;

attends her father’s death-bed, 78, 84, 86, 93, 96;

her marriage with Adrian Stokes, 103, 255-256;

portrait of her, 104;

reasons for her marriage, 105-106;

her rights of precedence restored, 107-108, 126;

approves of Lady Katherine’s proposed marriage, falls ill, 132;

is still ill, sends for her daughters, 135;

wishes Lady Katherine to marry Hertford, 136, 138;

her death and burial, 140, 257;

her tomb, 141;

her will, 141, 212, 244 f.n., 256, 293, 294, 299, 304

Brandon, Richard, 66 and footnote

Brandon, Sir William (father of Charles Brandon), 11;

his marriage, and death at Bosworth, 11

Brandon, son of Charles Brandon (jeweller to Queen Elizabeth), 66 and footnote, 302

Brandon, Thomas, 12

Brandon, William, 9, 10 and footnote

Browne, Sir Anthony, 131

Bruyn, Sir Henry, 11 and footnote

Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh (Queen Elizabeth’s Chief Secretary), 142, 157;

favours Lady Katherine Grey’s claims, 158-159, 221;

questions Hertford about his courtship of Lady Katherine, 161-162;

questions Lady Katherine, 162-163, 169;

his connection with Lady Katherine’s marriage, 172;

his enmity with Robert Dudley, 172, 187, 213-214;

letters to Cecil, 173 f.n., 190-192, 196-197, 199 f.n., 200, 201, 203 and f.n., 204 and  footnote, 211, 216, 218, 226 f.n., 228 f.n., 231, 249, 270-271, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 284, 285, 292;

attempts a coup d’état, 187-188; 192, 194, 208;

is implicated in Hales’s book in favour of Lady Katherine’s claims, 213, 215, 240, 245;

supports her sons’ claims, 246, 247 f.n., 252, 263, 264, 266, 276, 282, 285, 286, 302, 304

Charles, Archduke of Castile and Austria, 17, 19, 21, 26, 47, 49

Claude, Queen of France, 36 f.n., 47 and footnote

Clement VII, Pope, 62 and footnote

Clifford, Henry, Earl of Cumberland (husband of Lady Eleanor Brandon), 69, 70, 295, 296, 297, 298

Clinton, Lady (the “Fair Geraldine”), 130, 131, 204, 257, 268, 288, 300

Cockfield Hall, 227, 229, 230, 231 and footnote

Dacre, Lady Magdalen, 115, 123

Darcy, Elizabeth, 11 and footnote

Dee, Dr., 144 and footnote

De Guaras, Antonio, 246, 247

Derby, Earl of, 286, 299, 303

Dorset, Henry Grey, Marquis of (father of the Ladies Jane, Katherine and Mary Grey), 15 f.n., 43, 69, 70, 76, 83, 86, 91, 93 and footnote, 96, 244 f.n., 294

Dorset Place, 83

Dudley, Edmund, 17

Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, rumours about his relations with Queen Elizabeth, 146, 148, 156;

death of his wife, 156-157;

rumours of his desire to murder her, 156, 157, 158 and footnote, 160;

Lady Katherine’s nocturnal visit to, 171;

reveals her marriage to the Queen, 171, 172;

favours the Earl of Huntingdon’s claim, to the Throne, 184, 185, 187;

opposes Lady Katherine’s claim, 193, 203, 208, 209;

correspondence with Hertford about some gloves for the Queen, 210;

plots for Cecil’s downfall, 213-214, 215, 216, 218, 223;

offers to support Hertford, 224, 240, 245, 249, 251, 282, 286

Edward VI, 76, 77, 94, 95, 96, 98, 104, 188, 244 f.n.

See Will of Edward VI

Eleanor Brandon, Lady. See Brandon, Lady Eleanor

Elizabeth, Queen, 103, 104, 109, 110;

her reception of Lady Katherine Grey, and fear of her, 133;

her court, her dress, appearance, etc., 134, 137, 138;

pretends great affection for Lady Katherine, 142;

her loss of popularity, 146, 149;

rumours about her relations with Robert Dudley, 146, 148, 156;

believes she will have offspring, 146-147;

unwilling to marry, 147;

refuses King Philip and other Princes, 147-148;

her passion for Dudley, 148, 149;

her dislike of Lady Katherine, 151, 152, 153, 161;

speaks to the Spanish Ambassador about a marriage with Dudley, 155, 156;

hears of his wife’s death, 157-158;

her connivance at Amy Robsart’s murder, 158;

her rumoured marriage with Dudley, 158 f.n., 159, 160, 161;

goes on a progress, 165;

learns of Lady Katherine’s marriage, her anger thereat, 171;

her orders to Sir Edward Warner touching Lady Katherine, 174, 175, 182;

falls ill with smallpox, 183;

her recovery, and request to the Council, 185;

her orders for Lady Katherine’s removal from the Tower, 194 and footnote;

Lady Katherine’s petition to, 202;

her indignation at Hales’s pamphlet, 212-214, 220;

Parliament tries to coerce her into naming a successor, 221-223;

she refuses to do so, 221 et seq., 250;

her orders to Mr. Roke Green, 226-227;

her orders to Sir Owen Hopton, 227-228;

Lady Katherine’s dying request to, 233, 247;

her treatment of Lady Katherine and Hertford considered, 235-236, 240, 241;

entertained by Hertford, 241;

her kindness to his wife, 242;

wishes to kill Prince James, and place Lady Katherine’s son on the Scotch Throne, 246;

takes charge of her children, 247;

falls ill, 248;

mention of an alleged illegitimate daughter of, 251;

refuses to name Lady Katherine’s son her successor, 252;

seizes the Greys’ property, 256, 257, 258, 262 and footnote, 268 f.n.;

learns of Lady Mary Grey’s wedding, her anger thereat, 263-264;

her orders to William Hawtrey, 265-266, 273, 274, 276 and footnote, 277;

her gifts to Lady Mary and others, 286-287; 300, 301, 303, 304

Feria, Count de (Spanish Ambassador in England), 102, 129;

his influence over Lady Katherine Grey, 130, 133, 147, 148, 152, 153

Feria, Countess de (Jane Dormer), 115, 130, 152, 153, 195 f.n.

Francis I, King of France, 40;

falls in love with Mary Tudor, 44-45, 46;

tries to court her, and is refused, 47-48, 50;

tries to propitiate Henry VIII, 51, 53, 76

Gardiner, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester, xxix, 61, 116, 126

Goldwell, Mrs., 262, 263, 265, 267, 268-272, 290

Gosfield Hall, 216, 219 and footnote, 220, 225, 229

Green, Mr. Roke, 226, 228, 229

Gresham, Sir Thomas, 278, 282, 284, 285, 290, 292

Grey, Henry, Marquis of Dorset. See Dorset

Grey, Lady Jane, xxviii, 15 f.n., 39, 59, 83, 85, 86, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97;

her last letter, to Lady Katherine, 98-101, 98 f.n., 120, 122, 153 f.n., 175, 188, 235, 255, 256 f.n., 298 and footnote

Grey, Lady Katherine, Countess of Hertford, xxviii, 15 f.n., 39, 64, 78;

her birth, 83;

her childhood, infantile costume, toys, early education, 84-85;

entry into society, 85, 86, 89;

her travels in 1551, 1552 and 1553, 90-93;

falls ill, her health, 93;

Katherine is not trained to be Queen, contrast between her girlhood and Lady Jane’s, 94-95;

does not go to Edward VI’s court, 96, 96 f.n.;

is contracted to Lord Herbert, goes to Baynard’s Castle, 97;

letter to Katherine, from Lady Jane, 98-101;

her betrothal annulled, 101-102;

expresses her willingness to marry Lord Herbert, 102;

goes to court, 107;

accompanies Queen Mary on progresses, 108;

receives a royal pension, 109;

is well treated at Mary’s court, 109;

first public appearance, 111;

assists at marriage of Philip and Mary, 115, 117, 118, 120;

her meeting with the Earl of Hertford, 122;

her lovemaking with him, 125, 127;

goes to Hanworth, 127;

her life at Queen Mary’s court, 128, 129, 131;