Cardinal Pole

or, The Days of Philip and Mary

William Harrison Ainsworth, Frederick Gilbert

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785486897153
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

England under Mary Tudor, the Spanish marriage, the Smithfield fires, and the papal legate sent to bring the country back. Ainsworth wrote it from the state papers and did not spare either side. This edition adds fifty-five plates after painters including Gainsborough, Munch and Thomas Barker, and four illustrations restored and coloured for the volume.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Cardinal Pole
• Chapter I. How a Marriage Was Agreed upon Between Mary Queen of England, and Don Philip, Prince of Spain.
• Chapter II. How the Spanish Fleet Entered the Solent Sea.
• Chapter III. Of the Affront Offered to the Spaniards by the Lord High Admiral; and of the Prince’s Arrival at Southampton.
• Chapter IV. Southampton in 1554.
• Chapter V
• Chapter VI. What Passed between Master Rodomont Bittern and the Prince.
• Chapter VII. The Devotee in the Chapel of the Domus Dei.
• Chapter VIII. Of the Murtherous Attack Made upon the Prince in the Court of the Hospital.
• Chapter IX
• Chapter X. The Meeting at the Guildhall.
• Chapter XI. Of Philip’s Public Disembarkation at Southampton.
• Chapter XII. How the Prince Heard High Mass in Holyrood Church; and How He Once More Beheld Sir Bevis and His Companions.
• Chapter XIII
• Chapter XIV
• Chapter XV
• Chapter XVI
• Chapter I. Old Winchester from Saint Catherine’s Hill.
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV. Of the Public Meeting between the Royal Pair.
• Chapter V. How the Royal Nuptials Were Celebrated in Winchester Cathedral.
• Chapter VI. How Philip, with Four-and-Twenty Noble Guests, Dined at Arthur’s Round Table in Winchester Castle; and How the Feast Ended.
• Chapter VII. Of Philip’s Public Entry into London.
• Chapter VIII. Showing How Constance Tyrrell Embraced the Reformed Faith.
• Chapter IX. In What Manner Constance Fled from Hampton Court Palace.
• Chapter X. Where Constance Found a Place of Refuge.
• Chapter XI. How Constance’s Retreat Was Discovered.
• Chapter I. How Cardinal Pole Arrived in England, and How He Was Welcomed by the King and Queen.
• Chapter II. Of the Reconciliation of the Realm with the See of Rome.
• Chapter III. Of the Events That Followed the Restoration of the Papal Authority.
• Chapter IV. Of the Unceremonious Visit Paid by Their Majesties to Cardinal Pole at Lambeth Palace.
• Chapter V. Bishop Bonner.
• Chapter VI. How Constance Tyrrell Was Brought before the Queen in the Lollards’ Tower.
• Chapter VII. An Accuser.
• Chapter VIII. How the Queen Confided Her Griefs to the Cardinal.
• Chapter IX
• Chapter X. Of the Counsel Given to Osbert Clinton by the Cardinal.
• Chapter XI. How Constance Passed Her Time in Lambeth Palace.
• Chapter XII. How the Cardinal Visited Derrick Carver in His Cell in the Lollards’ Tower.
• Chapter XIII. How Derrick Carver Fulfilled His Promise.
• Chapter I. How a Solemn Procession Was Formed at Saint Paul’s, and Set Forth towards Smithfield.
• Chapter II. The Halt at Newgate.
• Chapter III. Smithfield in the Sixteenth Century.
• Chapter IV. What Passed in Saint Bartholomew’s Church.
• Chapter V
• Chapter I. What Passed between Osbert and Constance in the Sacristy.
• Chapter II. How Father Alfonso Interposed in Constance’s Behalf.
• Chapter III. How Osbert Was Induced to Join a Conspiracy.
• Chapter IV. What Philip Heard While Concealed Behind the Arras.
• Chapter V. How the Queen Consulted with the Cardinal.
• Chapter VI. Of the Midnight Meeting in the Crypt Beneath the Chapter-house.
• Chapter VII. In What Manner the Outbreak Commenced.
• Chapter VIII. How the Insurgents Proceeded to Lambeth Palace.
• Chapter I. Of the Parting between Derrick Carver and Constance.
• Chapter II. How Derrick Carver Was Taken to Lewes.
• Chapter III. How Derrick Carver Was Placed in a Vault Beneath the Star Inn at Lewes.
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V. How Captain Brand Sought to Capture the Conspirators.
• Chapter VI
• Chapter I. The Loves of Og and Lilias.
• Chapter II. Of the Meeting between Og and Lilias on Tower-green.
• Chapter III. By Whom the Wedding Breakfast Was Interrupted.
• Chapter IV. How the Treasure-chests Were Carried to Traitors’ Gate.
• Chapter V. Showing Who Was Concealed in the Jewel House.
• Chapter VI. How the Plot Was Discovered by Xit, and Disclosed by Him to Magog.
• Chapter VII. How the Conspirators Went in at Traitors’ Gate but Came Not Out Again.
• Chapter I. Of the Important Dispatch Received from the Emperor by Philip.
• Chapter II. How Sir Henry Bedingfeld Came for Osbert’s Death-warrant; and What He Obtained.
• Chapter III. Two Lights Extinguished.
• About the Author