PHILIPPA JONES
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Contents
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
Chronology
| 1485 | August | 22nd: Henry VII ascends to the throne |
| 1486 | January | 18th: Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York |
| September | Prince Arthur is born |