A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 Together, vvith their armes, vviues, and children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke Esquire, Yorke Herauld: discouering, and reforming many errors committed, by men of other profession, and lately published in print ...

King HENRY the Eight.

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KIng HENRY the eight, borne at Greenwich, the 22. of Iune, 1491. and at the age of twelue yeares, was by his Father, cre∣ated Duke of Yorke, and (after his Bro∣ther Arthurs deth) Prince of Wales. And in the 18. yeare of his age, he began his Reigne of King of England, the 22. of Aprill, and on the 25. day of Iune after, was crowned with his Wife Queen Ka∣therine, at Westminster, 1509. And in the fourth yeare of his Reigne, hee wonne Turwin and Turney; hauing vnder his Banner, the Emperor Maximillian, with most of the Nobility of Brabant, Plan∣ders and Holland. And in the 37. yeare of his Reigne, the Towne of Boloigne was yeelded vnto him; hee being there in person, at the winning thereof. Hee married sixe Wiues, and died on Thurs∣day, the 28. of Ianuary, 1547. when he had Reigned King, 37. yeares, and ten moneths.

His Wiues.

KAtherine, the first Wife of King Henry the eight, was daughter of Ferdinan∣do the sixt, King of Spaine (and the Widdow of Prince Arthur his brother) and was married to King Henry the eight, the third of lune, 1509. and was crow∣ned with him, the 25. day of Iune after: And twenty yeares after was diuorced from him, by the Bishop of Canterbury. She dyed at Kimbalton in Huntingtonshire, the 8 of Ianuary 1535. and was buried in Peterborough Church.

ANNE, the second Wife of King Henry the eight, was second daughter of Sir Thomas Bullen, Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond. She was first created Marchionesse of Penbroke, hauing one thousand pounds a yeare giuen her to maintaine her estate; and was married to him in the Closet at White-Hall, the 25. of Ianuary, 1533. and was crowned at Westminster, on Whitsunday the first of Iune. She was his Wife, three yeares, three moneths, and 25. dayes, and after was beheaded in the Tower of London, the 19. of May, 1536. and was buried in the Chappell, within the said Tower.

IAne the third Wife, was daughter of Sir Iohn Seymour Knight, and sister of Edward, Earle of Hartford and Duke of Somerset. She was married vnto King Henry the eight, the 20. day of May, which was the very next day after the be∣heading of Queene Anne. This Iane, was his Wife one yeare, fiue moneths, and 24. dayes, and dyed in childe-bed of King Edward the sixt, the 14. of October, 1537. and was buried at Windsore.

ANne of Cleue, the fourth Wife of King Henry the 8. was sister of William, Duke of Cleue, and was married vnto him at Greenwich, the 6. of Ianuary, 1540. in the 31. yeare of the said Kings Reigne, and was his Wife sixe moneths, and the yeare after was diuorced, and by Acte of Parliament decreed, that she should be no more called nor taken for Queene; but should be called the Lady Anne of Cleeue. She remained in England, long after King Henries death, & was marshalled with the Lady Elizabeth, going through London, to the Coronation of Queene Mary, 1553.

KAtherine Howard, the fift Wife of King Henry the 8. was daughter of Lord Edmond Howard, brother of Thomas Howard, the third Duke of Norfolk of that Family, & was married to the said King, the 8. of August, 1540. at Hampton-Court, and was his Wife, one yeare, sixe moneths, and 4. dayes. She was conuic∣ted of adultery, and by Parliament adiudged to bee beheaded in the Tower of London, the 12. of February, and was buried in the Chappell there, by Queene Anne Bullen, 1542.

KAtherine Parre, widdow of Iohn Neuill, Lord Latimer, and daughter of Sir Thomas Par of Kendall Knight, and sister of William Par, Marquesse of Northampton, was sixt Wife to King Henry the eight, and was married to him at Hampton-Court the 12. of Iuly, in the yeare 1543. She was his Wife, 3. yeares, 6. moneths, and 5. dayes. She was after King Henries death, married to Thomas Seymour, Lord Admirall, and after his decease, she married Edward Burgh, sonne of Thomas Lord Burgh. She dyed in child-bed, 1548.

Issue by his first Wife.

Henry, first sonne of King Henry the eight, begotten of Queene Katherine his first Wife, was borne at Richmond in Surrey, the first of Ianuary, 1509. who liued not full two moneths, and dyed the 22. of February after, and was buried at Westminster.

Another sonne, whose name is not well knowne, borne of Queene Kathe∣rine his first Wife, in the sixt yeare of his Reigne, who dyed very young. The death of these two Princes. King Henry tooke as a punishment from God, for begetting them of his Brothers Wife.

Mary, the third childe and first daughter, begotten of Q. Katherine, was borne at Greenwich in Kent, the 18. of February, 1518. who out-liuing her yonger bro∣ther

King Edward the sixt, and being then Queene, and 36. yeares olde, married Phil∣lip King of Spaine, to the great dislike of many her louing Subiects, and small content to her selfe, as more at large in place conuenient will be shewed.

Issue by his second Wife.

Elizabeth, second daughter of Henry the eight, begotten of the Lady Anne Bollen, his second Wife, was borne at Greenwich, vpon Sunday, the seauenth of September, 1534. and was christned of Doctor Cranmer, Archbishop of Can∣terbury, &c. She succeeded her Sister Queene Mary, as Queene of England; and was for wisedome, vertue, piety and iustice, not onely the mirrour of her Sexe, but a patterne for Gouernment, to all the Princes of Christendome.

Another man-childe had Queene Anne, but still borne, the 29. of Febru∣ary, 1535. to the great greefe, both of the Father and Mother.

Issue by his third Wife.

Edward, the sixt and last childe of King Henry the eight, begotten of Iane Seymour, his third Wife; was borne at Hampton-Court, the 12. of October, 1537 being cut out of his Mothers wombe (as Iulius Caesar is saide to haue beene) Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolke, were his Godfathers, and Lady Mary his sister, his Godmother. Hee was first created Prince of Wales; and after the death of his Father, crowned King of England.

A base Sonne by his Concubine.

Henry Fitz-Roy, base sonne of King Henry the eight, begotten of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Iohn Blount Knight (then Lady Talboys) and borne in the Man∣nour of Blackmore in Essex, in the yeare 1518. who beeing eightene yeares of age, was created Earle of Nottingham, at the Kings Pallace of Bridewell; as in the Title of Nottingham is set foorth.