Guildford the Earl of Thomas Keyes, issue. Dudley, Hertford, no issue. no issue. issue. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE vii THE ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF TUDOR xxiii CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK I CLOTH OF FRIEZE 3 II THE FRENCH MARRIAGE 23 III CLOTH OF FRIEZE WEDS CLOTH OF GOLD 49 IV THE LAST DAYS OF SUFFOLK AND OF THE QUEEN-DUCHESS 67 LADY KATHERINE GREY I BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD 83 II LADY KATHERINE GREY AT THE COURT OF QUEEN MARY 107 III THE PROGRESS OF LADY KATHERINE’S LOVE AFFAIRS 128 IV QUEEN ELIZABETH AND HER SUCCESSION 146 V THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE 165 VI LADY KATHERINE AND HER HUSBAND IN THE TOWER 181 VII LADY KATHERINE AT PIRGO 199 VIII LADY KATHERINE AGAIN THE CENTRE OF INTRIGUES 212 IX LADY KATHERINE’S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH 231 LADY MARY GREY I EARLY YEARS 255 II A STRANGE WEDDING 262 III THE LAST YEARS OF LADY MARY 282 LADY ELEANOR BRANDON AND HER HEIRS 293 INDEX 305 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LADY KATHERINE GREY _Frontispiece_ _From the original painting, by an unknown artist, in the possession of Mrs. Wright-Biddulph, bearing the following inscription_— “Now thus but like to change And fade as dothe the flowre Which springe and bloom full gay, And wythrethe in one hour.” _Facing page_ MARGARET BEAUFORT, COUNTESS OF RICHMOND xxviii _From the original portrait in the National Portrait Gallery._ CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK 4 _From an engraving, after the original in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Bedford._ HENRY VIII (at the age of fifty-three) 20 _From the original portrait in the National Portrait Gallery._ CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK, AND MARY TUDOR TAKEN TOGETHER 50 _From an engraving, by Vertue, of the original portrait by Mabuse._ LADY MONTEAGLE (younger daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk) 62 _From an engraving after Holbein._ KATHERINE WILLOUGHBY, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK 74