The history of the reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary the first written by the Right Honourable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ; the other three by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Godwyn, Lord Bishop of Hereford.

AN INDEX ALPHABETICAL, Directing to the most Observable Passages in the ensuing HISTORY.

A.

AN Accident, in it self trivial, great in effect	Pag. 108
Advice desired from the Parliament	33, 35, 56
Aemulation of the English to the French, with the reasons of it	36
Affability of the King to the City of London	113
Affection of King Henry to the King of Spain	61
Affection of the King to his Children	136
Aid desired by the Duke of Britain	33
Aid sent to Britain	37
Aiders of Rebels punished	23
Alms-deeds of the King	131
Ambassadors to the Pope,	24
into Scotland	25
Ambassadors from the French King	26
Ambassadors in danger in France	31
Ambassadors into France	54
Ambition exorbitant in Sir William Stanley	78
Answer of the Archduke to the King's Ambassadors	74
Appeach of Sir William Stanley	76
Arms of King Henry still victorious	133
Arrows of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the length of them	96
Articles between the King and the Arch∣duke	91
Arthur Prince married to the Lady Ka∣therine	116
Arthur Prince dies at Ludlow	117
Aton Castle in Scotland taken by the Earl of Surrey	98
Attainted persons in Parliament, excepted against	8
Attaindor and corruption of Blood reacheth not to the Crown	ibid. 15
Avarice of King Henry	134
Audley General of the Corhish Rebels	93

B.

BAnishment of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 our of the Kingdom	74
Battel at Bosworth-field,	1
at Stokefield	〈◊〉〈◊〉
at St. Albans in Britain	87
at Bannocksbourn in Scotland	〈◊〉〈◊〉
at Black-heath	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Behaviour of King Henry towards 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Children	117
Benevolence to the King for his 〈◊〉〈◊〉	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Benevolence, who the first Author	ibid
Benevolence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by Act of 〈◊〉〈◊〉	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Benevolence revived by Act of 〈◊〉〈◊〉	ibid
A Benevolence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the King	23
Birth of Henry the 〈◊〉〈◊〉	35
Bishops, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the King	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Blood not unrevenged	112, 122
Britain 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉	37
Three causes of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ibid.
Britain united 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by Marriage	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Brakenbury 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 murder King 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Broughton Sir 〈◊〉〈◊〉, joyned with the Rebels	11

A Bull procured from the Pope by the King, for what causes	24
Bulloign besieged by King Henry	63

C.

CArdinal Morton dieth	113
Capell Sir William fined	80, 131
Cap of Maintenace from the Pope	101
Ceremony of Marriage new in these parts	48
Chancery, power and description of that Court	38
Clifford Sir Robert flies to Perkin,	70
revolts to the King 72
Clergy priviledges abridged	39
Christendom enlarged	61
Columbus Christopher and Bartholo∣meus invite the King to a discovery of the West Indies	107
Confiscation aimed at by the King	76
Conference between King Henry and the King of Castile, by casualty landing at Weymouth	128
Conquest, the Title unpleasing to the Peo∣ple, declined by William the Conqu.	3
and by the King 5
〈◊〉〈◊〉 for Perkin	70
Contraction of Prince Henry and the Lady Katherine	118
Conditional speech doth not qualifie words of Treason	77
Commissioners into Ireland	79
Commissioners about Trading	91
Coronation of King Henry	7
Coronation of the Queen	24
Counsel, the benefit of good	25
Counsel, of what sort the French King used	32
Counsel of mean men, what and how different from that of Nobles	ibid.
Lord Cordes envy to England	48
Cottagers but housed Beggars	44
Counterfeits. Lambert proclaimed in Ireland, 15 Crowned at Dublin, 19 taken at Battell, 22 put into the King's Kitchin, ibid. made the King's Faulconer, ibid. Duke of York counterfeit. See Perkin. Wilford another counterfeit, Earl of Warwick 111
Courage of the English, when	37
Court, what Pleas belong to every Court	38
Court of Star-chamber confirmed	ibid.
Creations	6
Crown confirmed to King Henry by Par∣liament	7
Cursing of the King's Enemies at Paul's Cross, a custom of those times	72, 122

D.

DAm, a Town in Flanders, taken by a slight	59
Lord Daubeny	96
Devices at Prince Arthur's Marriage	117
Device of the King to divert Envy	64
Decay of Trade doth punish Merchants	90
Decay of People, how it comes to pass	44
Declaration by Perkin to the Scottish King	85
Desires intemperate of Sir William Stan∣ley	78
Dighton, a murderer of King Edward's two Children	71
Dilemma, a pleasant one of Bishop Morton	58
Diligence of the King to heap Treasures	120
Displacing of no Counsellors, nor Servants in all King Henry's Reign save of one	138
Dissimulation of the French King	29, 30, 49
Dissimulation of King Henry in pre∣tending War	56
A Doubt long kept open, and diversly determined, according to the diversity of the times	117
Dowry of Lady Katherine, how much	116
Dowry of Lady Margaret into Scotland, how much	119
Drapery maintained, how	45

Dudley one of the King's Herse-leeches	119
Duke of York counterfeit.	See Perkin.

E.

EArl of Suffolk flies into Flanders,	121
returns	129
Earl of Northumberland slain by the People in collecting the Subsidy some∣what harshly	40
Earl of Warwick executed	111
Earl of Warwick counterfeit	13, 110
Earl of Surrey enters Scotland	98
Edmund, a third Son born to King Henry, but died	109
Edward the Fifth murdered	85
Envy towards the King, unquenchable; the cause of it	111
Envy of the Lord Cordes to England	48
Enterview between the King and the King of Castile	128
Emblem	94
Empson, one of the King's Horse-leeches	119
Errours of the French King in his business for the Kingdom of Naples	82
Errours of King Henry, occasioning his many troubles	128
〈◊〉〈◊〉 service	92
Espials in the Rebels camp	21
Espousals of James King of Scotland and Lady Margaret	118
Exchanges unlawful, prohibited	40
Exceter besieged by Perkin,	102
the Loyalty of the Town, 103 the Town rewarded with the King's own Sword 105
Execution of Humphrey Stafford, 12 John a Chamber, and his fellow∣Rebels at York, 41 Sir James Tyrril, murderer of King Edward's two Sons, 71 of divers others, 75 Sir William Stanley, 77 Rebels, 79 Perkin's company, 81 Audley and Cornish Rebels, 96 another counterfeit Earl of Warw. 110 Perkin Warbeck, 111 the Mayor of Cork and his Son, ibid. Earl of Warwick ibid.

F.

FAme ill affected	97
Fame entertained by divers, the reasons of it	70
Fame neglected by Empson and Dud∣ley	119
Fear, not safe to the King	79
Fines	43
Without Fines, Statute to sell Land	58
Flammock a Lawyer, a Rebel	92
Flemings banished	75
Flight of King Henry out of Britain into France, wherefore	34
Forfeitures and Confiscations furnish the King's wants	9, 17
Forfeitures aimed at	45, 76
Forfeitures upon Penal Laws taken by the King, which was the blot of his times	80
Fortune various	16, 22
Forwardness inconsiderate	96
Fox made Privy Counsellor,	10
made Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, ib. his providence 98
Free-fishing of the Dutch	129
Title to France renewed by the King in Parliament	56
Frion joyns with Perkin	68
First-fruits	10
In forma Pauperis, a Law enacted for it	84

G.

GAbato Sebastian makes a Voyage for Discovery	107
Gordon Lady Katherine, wife to Per∣kin	87
Granado vindicated from the Moors	60
Guard Yoomen first instituted	7
Gifts of the French King to King Henry's Counsellors and Souldiers	64

Gratitude of the Pope's Lègate to King Henry

42

H.

HAllowed Sword from the Pope	101
Hatred of the People to the King, with the main reason of it	12
Hearty Acclamations of the People to the King	〈◊〉〈◊〉
King Henry his Description,	133, &c.
his Piety,	1, 60
he hath three Titles to the Kingdom	2
Hereticks provided against, a rare thing in those times	115
Hern, a Counsellor to Perkin	101
Hialas, otherwise Elias to England, how	98
Holy War	114
Hopes of gain by War	64
Hostages redeemed by the King	10
Houses of Husbandry to be maintained, to prevent the decay of People	45
Histories, defects in them, what	46

I.

IAmes the Third, King of Scotland, his distress and death	42
Idols vex God and King Henry	105
John Egremond Leader of the Rebels	41
Inclosures, their manifest inconveniencies, and how remedied	44
Ingratitude of Women punished	85
Innovation desired	12
Incense of the People, what	118
Instructions of Lady Margaret to 〈◊〉〈◊〉	66
Intercursus Magnus	91
Intercursus Malus	ibid. 129
Invectives of Maximilian against the French King	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Invectives against the King and Coun∣cil	79
Improvidence of King Henry to prevent his troubles	12, 14
Improvidence of the French	82
Jointure of Lady Katherine, how much	117
Jointure of Lady Margaret in Scotland, how much	119
Joseph a Rebel	92
Ireland favoureth York Title	15
Ireland receiveth Simon the Priest of Oxford, with his counterfeit	ibid.
Irish adhere to Perkin	68
Jubile at Rome	114
Juno, i. e. the Lady Margaret, so cal∣led by the King's friends	65

K.

KAtherine Gordon Perkin's Wife, royally entertained by K. Hen.	104
Kent loyal to the King	81, 94
The King the publick Steward	36
Kings, their miseries	50
King of Rakehels, Perkin so called by King Henry	103
The King's Skreen, who	92
King of France Protector of King Henry in his trouble	133
Kingdom of France restored to its inte∣grity	25
King of France buys his Peace of King Henry	64
King of Scots enters England,	87
again	98
Knights of the Bath	95
Knights of Rhodes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 King Henry Protector of the Order	115

L.

LAncaster Title condemned by Par∣liament	3
Lancaster House in possession of the Crown for three Descents together	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Lambert Simnel. See Counterfeit	13
Laws enacted in Parliament	38
Divers Laws enacted	123
Law charitable enacted	84
A good Law enacted	ibid.
A Law of a strange 〈◊〉〈◊〉	83
A Law against carrying away of Women by violence, the reasons of it	39

Law of Poynings	79
Laws Penal put in execution	80
A Legate from the Pope,	42
preferred to be Bishop in England by King Henry, ibid. his gratitude to King Henry ibid.
Lenity of the King abused	101
Letters from the King out of France to the Mayor of London	64
A Libel	55
Libels, the causes of them	79
Libels, the females of Sedition	ibid.
Libels, the Authors executed	ibid.
A Loan from the City to the King, re∣paid	46
London entred by King Henry in a close Chariot, wherefore	5
London in a tumult because of the Re∣bels	95
London purchase Confirmation of their Liberties	124

M.

MAlecontents, their effects	40
Margaret of Burgundy the foun∣tain of all the mischief to K. Henry,	18
she entertains the Rebels, 41, 69 she a Juno to the King, 65 she instructs Perkin 66
Lady Margaret desired in Marriage by the Scottish King	108
Manufacture forein, how to be kept out	36, 123
Marriage of King Henry with Lady Eli∣zabeth,	10
of the French King with the Duchess of Britain, 55 of Prince Arthur 116
Mart translated to Calice, the reasons of it	74
Maintenance prohibited by Law	38
Merchants of England received at Ant∣werp with procession and great joy	91
A memorable Memorandum of the King	121
Military power of the Kingdom advanced, how	44
Mills of Empson and Dudley, what, and the gains they brought in	124
Mitigations	120
Money, bastard employments thereof re∣pressed	36
Money left at the King's death, how much	132
Morton made Privy Counsellor,	10
made Archbishop of Canterbury, ib. his Speech to the Parliament 32
Morton's Fork	58
Morton author of the Union of the two Roses	114
Moors expelled Granado	61
Murmuring	14
Murmurs of the People against the King	70
Murther and Manslaughter, a Law con∣cerning it, in amendment of the com∣mon Law	39
Murther of King Edward the Fifth	85
Murther of a Commissioner for the Sub∣sidy	93

N.

NAvigation of the Kingdom, how advanced	45
Neighbour over-potent, dangerous	34
Bad News, the effect thereof in Souldiers	63
Nobility neglected in Council, the ill effects of it	32
Nobility, few of them put to death in King Henry's time	134
North, the King's journey thither, for what reasons	11

O.

OAth of Allegiance taken	9
Oath enforced upon Maximilian by his Subjects	46
Oath kept	ibid.
Obedience neglected, what follows	42
First Occasion of a happy Union	109
Obsequies for the French King, per∣formed in England	ibid.

Obsequies to Tyrants, what	1
An Ominous answer of the King	119
An Ominous Prognostick	129
Opinions divers what was to be done with Perkin	105
Orator from the Pope met at London∣Bridge by the Mayor	101
Order of the Garter sent to Alphonso	64
Ostentation of Religion by the King of Spain	60
Over-merit prejudicial to Sir William Stanley	73
Outlawries how punished	120
Oxford Earl fined for breach of the Law	121

P.

PAcificator, King Henry between the French King and Duke of Bri∣tain	32
Pardon proclaimed by the King	9, 11, 16
A Parliament called speedily	7
A Parliament called for two reasons	33
another	122
Parliaments advice desired by the King	33, 35, 56
Passions contrary in King Henry, joy and sorrow, with the reasons of both	36
Peace pretended by the French King	29
Peace to be desired, but with two con∣ditions	33
Peace concluded between England and France	64
People, how brought to decay, the redress of it by the King	44
Pensions given by the King of France	64
A Personation somewhat strange	65
A great Plague	12
Edward Plantagenet Son and Heir of George Duke of Clarence	4
Edward Plantagenet shewed to the People	17
Plantagenet's Race ended	195
Perkin Warbeck, History of him, 65 his Parentage, 68 God son to K. Edward the Fourth, ibid. his crafty behaviour, 65, 69 favoured by the French King, 68 by him discarded, 69 favoured by the Scottish King, 85 he yieldeth, and is brought to the Court, 106 set in the Stocks, 109 executed at Tyburn 111
A Pleasant passage of Prince Arthur	118
Policy to prevent War	26
A point of Policy to defend the Duchy of Britain against the French	29, 34
Policy of State	26
Pope, sows seeds of War	54
Pope, Ambassador to him	24
Poynings Law in Ireland	79
Priest of Oxford, Simon	13
Pretence of the French King	28, 29
Prerogative, how made use of	133
Price of Cloth limited	45
Prisoners, Edward Plantagenet, 4 Prince of Orange and Duke of Or∣leance, 37 Maximilian by his Subjects 46
Priviledges of Clergy abridged	39
Priviledges of Sanctuary qualified in three points	24
Proclamation of Perkin, what effect	90
Protection for being in the King's service limited	58
Proverb	104
Providence for the future	43

Q.

QUeen Dowager	13
enclosed in the Monastery of Ber∣mondsey, 16 her variety of Fortune ibid.
Queens Colledge founded in Cambridge	17
Q. Elizabeth Crowned after two years	24
Queen Elizabeth's death	119

R.

REbellion of Lord Lovel and Staf∣fords

11

Rebellion in Yorkshire	41
Rebellion how to be prevented	35
Rebellion, how frequent in King Henry's time	42
Rebellion of the Cornishmen	92
Rebels but half-couraged men	96
Religion abused to serve Policy	122
Remorse of the King for oppression of his People	131
Restitution to be made by the King's Will	132
Return of the King from France	64
Retribution of King Henry for Treasure received of his Subjects	43
Revenge divine	1
Revenge of Blood	122
Reward proposed by Perkin	111
Richard the Third a Tyrant	1
Richard slain at Bosworth-field,	ibid.
this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Burial, ibid. murder of his two Nephews, 2 jealous to maintain his Honour and Re∣putation, ibid. hopes to win the People by making Laws, ibid. this Virtues overswayed by his Vices, 2 yet favoured in Yorkshire 40
Riches of King Henry at his death	132
Riches of Sir William Stanley	76
Richmond built, upon what occasion	106
Riot and Retainers suppressed by Act of Parliament	123
Rome ever respected by King Henry	42
A Rumour false, procuring much hatred to the King	12
Rumour false, enquired after to be pu∣nished	23
Rumour that the Duke of York was alive, first of the King's own nourishing	37

S.

SAnctuary at Colneham could not protect Traytors	12
Sanctuary-priviledges qualified by a Bull from the Pope in three points	24
Saturday observed and fancied by King Henry	5, 96
Saying of the King when he heard of Rebels	41
Scottish men voyded out of England	58
Service of 〈◊〉〈◊〉	92
Simon the Priest	13
Skreens to the King, who	92
A Sleight ingenious, and taking good effect in War	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Sluce besieged and taken	ibid.
Soothsayers Prediction mistaken	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Speeches	32, 49, 53
Speech of the King to Parliament	55
Speech of Perkin	85
Speech conditional doth not qualifie 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Treason	77
Speeches bitter against the King	64
Sparks of Rebellion neglected, dangerous	〈◊〉〈◊〉
Spies from the King	72
Sprites of what kind, vexed K. Henry	65
Stanley Sir William crowns King Henry in the field,	〈◊〉〈◊〉
motives of his falling from the King 77 is appeached of Treason, 70 is confined, examined, and consesseth, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is beheaded, 77 Reasons which aliènated the King's af∣fections 78
Star-Chamber Court confirmed in certain cases	38
Star-Camber Court described, what Causes belong to it	ibid.
Statute of Non-claim	43
Steward publick, the King	36
Strength of the Cornishmen	96
Spoils of Bosworth-field	78
Spoils as water spilt on the ground	97
Subsidy denied by the inhabitants of York∣shire and Durham, the reason where∣fore	40
Subsidies denied by the Cornishmen	92
Subsidy Commissioner killed	93
Subsidy, how much	91
Swart Martin	19
Sweating Sickness,	6
the manner of the cure of it ibid.
Sweating Sickness, the interpretation the People made of it,	23

T.

ATale pleasant concerning the King	137
Terrour among the King's Servants and Subjects	67
Tyrrell Sir James, a murderer of King Edward's two Sons	71
Tyrell executed	122
Thanks of the King to the Parliament	32
Thanksgiving to God for the Victory	1, 23, 24, 61
Three Titles to the Kingdom meet in King Henry	2
Title to France stirred,	54
by the King himself 55
Treasure to be kept in the Kingdom	45
Treasure raised by the King, how	23, 31, 120
Treasure inordinately affected by the King	121
Treasure how increased	124
Treasure left at the King's death, how much	132
Trade, the increase thereof considered	36
Trade in decay pincheth	90
Traytors taken out of Sanctuary	12
Tower the King's lodging, wherefore	75
A Triplicity dangerous	94
Triumph at the Marriage of the Lady Elizabeth to King Henry	10
Truce with Scotland	25
Tyrants, the Obsequies of the People to them	1

V.

VIctory wisely husbanded by the French	37
Victory at Black-heath	96
Union of England and Scotland, its first original	98
Voyage of King Henry into France	63
Voyage for Discovery	107
Urswick Ambassador	65
Usury	40

W.

VVAlsingham Lady vowed to by King Henry	20
Wards wronged	120
War between the French King and the Duke of Britain	30
War, the fame thereof advantagious to King Henry	31
War gainful to the King	91
War pretended to get money	57
War of France ended by a Peace, where at the Souldiers murmur	64
White Rose of England	69, 104
Wilford counterfeit Earl of Warwick	110
A Wives affection	129
Woodvile voluntarily goes to aid the Duke of Britain	31
Woodvile slain at St. Albans in Britain	62
Wolsey employed by the King	130
Women carried away by violence, a Law enacted against it; the reasons	39
Womens ingratitude punished by Law	84

Y.

YEomen of the Guard first instituted	7
Yeomanry how maintained	44
York House and Title favoured by the People	3, 12
York Title and Line depressed by King Henry	4, 10
York Title favoured in Ireland	15
Yorkshire and Durham deny to pay the Subsidy	49