![]() Henry VII ruled England for almost a quarter-century, from 1485 to 1509. (By permission of the British Library)ġ4. From Thomas More’s coronation verses, on the rainstorm that disrupted Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s procession through London, 23 June 1509. (By permission of the British Library)ġ3. Drawing by Garter king-of-arms Thomas Wriothesley. (Copyright © Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library)ġ2. Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, lord privy seal and Henry VII’s diplomatic mastermind. Informer’s report by John Flamank, detailing the secret conversation among Henry VII’s officials at Calais, September 1504. A group of plate-armoured jousters arrives at a tournament. ‘Score cheque’ from the first day of the November 1501 jousts at Westminster, celebrating the marriage of Prince Arthur to Catherine of Aragon. (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford)Ĩ. Catherine of Aragon, aged about twenty, by Michael Sittow. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge)Ħ. ![]() (The Royal Collection, copyright © 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)ĥ. A laughing boy, thought to be Prince Henry, by Guido Mazzoni. ![]() (Copyright © National Portrait Gallery, London)Ĥ. ![]() ![]() (Copyright © Victoria and Albert Museum, London)ģ. Terracotta portrait bust by Pietro Torrigiano. Frontispiece of the ‘Liber de optimo fato’, or ‘Book of Excellent Fortunes’, by William Parron. ![]()
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