Henry VIII in 100 Objects

The Tyrant King Who Had Six Wives

Paul Kendall

• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781526767196
• eBook ISBN: 9781526731296
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: History

"Full of excellent and pristine photographs of many items and places that shaped the life of one of England's most fascinating kings . . . five stars." —UK Historian
Henry VIII is one of history's most memorable monarchs. Popularly known for his six wives, and the unfortunate fate which befell Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry initiated many reforms and changes which still affect our lives today.
In this engaging and hugely informative book, the author takes us on a journey across England, from Deal Castle on the south coast, to Tower Green where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard lost their heads, and far north to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. Along the way we see places where Henry stayed, where the Mary Rose, one of his great warships, was recovered, the homes of his consorts, and Smithfield where prominent individuals convicted of heresy were burned at the stake. Travel, then, not just across the country, but also back in time through 100 objects from the days of the second Tudor monarch—Henry VIII.
"Because the items and places are so varied, the book has a wealth of information and the author has done a lot of research to present as much detail as possible . . . [a] really well-written and illustrated book about the people, places and objects that would have been familiar to Henry VIII." —Tudor Blogger
"Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout . . . an extraordinarily informative and inherently fascinating introduction to the life and times of Henry VIII." —Midwest Book Review

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Memorial Commemorating King Henry VIII’s Birth, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• 2. Eltham Palace
• 3. Henry VII’s Tomb, Westminster Abbey
• 4. The Tower of London
• 5. Stained Glass Window Commemorating the Marriage of King Henry VIII to Katherine of Aragon, St Margaret’s Church, Westminster
• 6. The Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey
• 7. The Gatehouse, Richmond Palace
• 8. The Bronze Watch Bell from the Mary Rose
• 9. The Westminster Roll Depicting Henry VIII Jousting at Westminster
• 10. Two Tudor Docks at Woolwich Dockyard
• 11. Glass Slide of the Henry Grace à Dieu
• 12. Earliest known Portrait of Henry VIII, c. 1513
• 13. Oil Painting Entitled The Meeting of Henry VIII and the Emperor Maximillian I
• 14. Henry VIII’s Tower, Tournai
• 15. Plaque Commemorating the Establishment of Trinity House
• 16. Parade Armet of Henry VIII
• 17. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Statue, Ipswich
• 18. The ‘Silvered and Engraved’ Armour of Henry VIII, 1515
• 19. The Longbow
• 20. Letter from Henry VIII to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, 1518
• 21. Greenwich Tiltyard
• 22. The Medieval St Paul’s Cathedral
• 23. Portrait of King Henry VIII, c. 1520
• 24. Leeds Castle
• 25. Dover Castle
• 26. The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520
• 27. Henry VIII’s Tonlet Armour, 1520
• 28. Thornbury Castle
• 29. Henry VIII’s Portable Lock, Hever Castle
• 30. Assertio Septem Sacramentorum Adversus Martinum Lutherum by Henry VIII
• 31. King Henry VIII Gatehouse, Windsor Castle
• 32. The Round Table, Great Hall, Winchester
• 33. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Friend of Henry VIII
• 34. Eltham Ordinances
• 35. Hever Castle
• 36. Henry VIII’s Room
• 37. Henry VIII’s Writing Desk
• 38. Love Letter Written by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
• 39. Treaty of Amiens, 1527
• 40. Bridewell Palace
• 41. The Black Friar
• 42. Hampton Court Palace
• 43. Remains of Whitehall Palace
• 44. A Surviving Tudor Cauldron
• 45. Emblems Celebrating the Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Hampton Court Palace
• 46. Window Bearing Crests of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Greenwich Palace
• 47. Queen’s Stairs, Tower of London
• 48. Westminster Abbey
• 49. The Oath of Allegiance to Henry VIII and his Successors, 30 March 1534
• 50. Sir Thomas More Memorial, Chelsea
• 51. Lambeth Palace
• 52. Traitors’ Gate
• 53. Bell Tower
• 54. The Act of Supremacy, 1534
• 55. Tyburn Memorial
• 56. Westminster Hall
• 57. Bishop John Fisher and Sir Thomas More, Execution Memorial Plaque, Tower Hill
• 58. Title Page of the Valor Ecclesiasticus
• 59. Portrait of Henry VIII, 1535
• 60. Tomb of Katherine of Aragon, Peterborough Cathedral
• 61. Site of the Great Hall, Tower of London
• 62. Tower Green
• 63. Roundel from the Ceiling of the Great Watching Chamber, Hampton Court Palace
• 64. St James’s Palace, London
• 65. St James’s Church, Louth
• 66. Pilgrimage of Grace Banner
• 67. Hussey Tower, Boston
• 68. Clifford’s Tower, York
• 69. Portrait of Henry VIII, 1537
• 70. Nonsuch Palace Marker in Nonsuch Park, Surrey
• 71. Rievaulx Abbey
• 72. Design for a Henrican Castle on the Kent Coast
• 73. Camber Castle
• 74. Sandgate Castle
• 75. Glastonbury Abbey
• 76. Portrait of Anne of Cleves
• 77. The Bishop’s Palace, Rochester
• 78. Anne of Cleves Public House, Melton Mowbray
• 79. Tower Hill Execution Site
• 80. Surviving Wall of Oatlands Palace
• 81. Tudor Graffiti, Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London
• 82. Medieval Bishop’s Palace, Lincoln
• 83. Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire
• 84. King’s Manor, York
• 85. The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
• 86. Ruins of Winchester Palace, Southwark, London
• 87. Guildhall, City of London
• 88. Model of the Medieval London Bridge, St Magnus the Martyr Church, London
• 89. Block and Axe Postcard
• 90. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge
• 91. Katherine Parr’s Closet Chamber, Hampton Court Palace
• 92. Debased Groats
• 93. An English Cannonball Fired During the Siege of Boulogne, 1544
• 94. Queen Elizabeth’s Pocket Gun, Dover Castle
• 95. Southsea Castle, Portsmouth
• 96. The Mary Rose
• 97. Bronze Culverin from the Mary Rose
• 98. The Rack
• 99. Statue of Henry VIII at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Smithfield Execution Site
• 100. King Henry VIII’s Tomb, St George’s Chapel, Windsor
• Notes
• Bibliography