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Letters giving the reason of Henry VIII. refusing
to join the Pope against the Turks.....
His letters to the king of France on the same sub-
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ject, &c. &c.
HENRY, SURNAMED MONMOUTH-his versatility of cha-
racter, &c. the companion of Falstaff....
Gives a judge a box on the ear
His committal to prison
submission...
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conduct when seated on the throne. His be-
haviour towards the accomplices of his youthful
follies
Battle of Agincourt.
consequences to Henry V... 67
Dilapidation of the times.
Swiss soldier stabs the image of the Virgin
The blood said to have spurted out.....
Effigy of the soldier since annually burnt
HENRY VII. Two extraordinary events recorded
67
Richard Simon, a priest; his design to disturb the government
False report of the Duke of York's escape.-Per-
Simnel taken prisoner at the battle of Stoke.—He
is made a scullion of in Henry's kitchen
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.....
Similar attempt of the Duchess of Burgundy with
one Perkin Warbeck
Warbeck hanged
Walpole's opinion of him
Fruit during this reign...
Mere accident prevented Henry VII. from equip-
....
ping Columbus on his memorable voyage
Henry fits out Sebastian Cabot, a Venetian
£14,000 expended in building a ship, called the
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A FRAGMENT.-Historical particulars of the reign of King
Henry VIII. Edward VI. Queen Mary, and part
of the reign of Queen Elizabeth-(from the Mys-
teries of State and Government)
COURT OF HENRY VIII.-Memoirs, letters, and other
curious documents relative to
Revolution in manners, dress, and religion.....
Limitations on female dress...
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Jousting, or fighting in single combat....
The barriers, single combat with battle-axes, &c.
Henry's regard for the son of Sir Wm. Brandon, 92
Combat between Sir Thomas Knevet and Lord
Neville....
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90
The crystal shield, the prize of valour
...
94
Pageant introduced in the hall at Richmond, &c. 95
Singular instance of clerical justice....
96
Probability of Catharine's pregnancy at this time, 101
Joint letter, another singular document ...
Letter from William Knight, divulging a scene
between Henry VIII. and his secretary
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105
......
... 101
Cause, by the advice of Cranmer, referred to the
judgment of the universities of Europe ....
111
Henry's marriage pronounced invalid by the con-
vocations of York and Canterbury
112
The king declared supreme head of the church
Nuptials of Henry and Ann Boleyn privately ce-
lebrated
Catharine declared contumacious
LETTER. Sir Thomas Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey, upon
the Christening of the Duke of Orleans, after-
wards King Henry II. of France, illustrative of
the manners of the age
Sir Thomas to Wolsey
Ann Boleyn delivered of a daughter (Sep. 7, 1533)
113
117
on whom the name of Elizabeth was betowed, 118
Catharine must submit to be treated as Princess
Dowager of Wales
... 118
She refuses-persists in her pretensions-irritates
the king, which induces him, contrary to his first
purpose, to exclude her first daughter from the
Cardinal Wolsey ...
Cardinal Wolsey's orders for an establishment for
the Duke of Richmond; he ordains a council
hall for the Lady Mary
HOUSEHOLD-BOOK OF LADY MARY, extracts from, in va-
rious years
Particulars relative to the fall of Buckingham
Roy alludes to Wolsey as his destroyer
........
William Tyndale's rare tract, "Practice of Pre-
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123
124
Description of the Duke of Albany, by the same, 130
Henry, Charles of Castile, and Francis I.. ... 130
Directions from Henry to Sir Thomas Boleyn, to
sound the intention of Francis
Letter from Sir Thomas Boleyn to Wolsey
Letter from Sir T. Boleyn, a curious document of
courtly intercourse
133
LETTER from Dr. Simpson to Cardinal Wolsey, on the
news of the battle of Pavia ....
136
Moderation of Charles V.
LETTER from Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Mr.
Hawkins, ambassador at the Emperor's court, 143
JOHN DE PONTE, a poor Frenchman, to Secretary Crom-
well- 1-a curious story
144
SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES, singular scenes during 146
DOCUMENTS, remarkable, from Ellis Price to Cromwell.. 148
King Edward III. to William de la Zouche .. 157
Progress after landing in France 157
Edward's army; description of the expe-
dition
Letter in Robert de Avesbury's Historia de Mira-
158
.... 164
bilibus Gestis Edwardi Tertii, translated Froissart's account of Edward's operations Edward's arrival before the town of Caen capture of Chamberlain de Tankerville
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168
169
LETTER from Robert Willoughby de Eresby, to his
father-in-law, Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh
.. 171
Complains of his property withheld from him-
his services-death, &c.
LETTER relative to the death of Mary Queen of Scots,
173
by John Wolley, clerk of the council........ 176
Secretary Davison and Q. Elizabeth
177
HOWARD, DR.-Extracts from his collection of letters .. 180
From many princes, great personages, and states-
men, &c. ...
HENRY CUFFE, secretary to the Earl of Essex, his speech
at the place of execution
A MAID of HONOUR, letter from
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