| Henry VII. | Frontispiece |
| From a Painting by an unknown Flemish artist, in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| To face page | |
| Cardinal Wolsey | 36 |
| From a Painting by Holbein in the collection at Christ Church, Oxford | |
| Sir Thomas More | 76 |
| From a Painting by Holbein in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex | 116 |
| By Holbein, from an Engraving by Houbraken in the British Museum | |
| Henry VIII. | 158 |
| From a Portrait by Jost van Cleef in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace | |
| Protector Somerset | 206 |
| From a Painting by Holbein | |
| Thomas Cranmer | 238 |
| From a Painting by G. Fliccius in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| William Cecil (Lord Burghley) | 280 |
| From a Portrait by Marc Gheeraedts (?) in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| Sir Francis Walsingham | 326 |
| From an engraving by G. Vertue after the picture by Holbein, in the British Museum | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | 362 |
| From the Painting by Federigo Zuccaro in the National Portrait Gallery |