64. Catherine Howard, fifth Queen of Henry VIII.

Daughter of Lord Edmund Howard; married August 8, 1540; beheaded on Tower Hill, February 12, 1542.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from a picture by H. Holbein in the collection of Mr. Richardson.

65. Catherine Par, sixth Queen of Henry VIII.

Daughter of Sir Thomas Par of Kendal; married, first, Edward Borough, son of Lord Borough; secondly, John Neville Lord Latimer; thirdly, on June 12, 1543, to King Henry VIII., whom she survived; and afterwards married Thomas Lord Seymour of Sudeley; died September 5, 1548.

Engraved by W. C. Edwards from a painting by Hans Holbein in the possession of Dawson Turner.

66. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

Born at Ipswich, March, 1471; consecrated Bishop of Lincoln March, 1514; and November following was translated to the Archbishoprick of York; made Cardinal, September, 1515, and December following Lord High Chancellor of England; appointed by Leo X. Legate; died at Leicester Abbey, November 28, 1530. Engraved by R. Elstracke.

67. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. (See No. 66.)

Engraved in mezzotinto by J. Faber from a painting by H. Hol

bein.

68. Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham, K.G.

Son of Henry, second Duke of Buckingham, restored to his father's honours and estate; Lord High Constable; attainted and beheaded on Tower Hill, May 17, 1521.

Engraved in mezzotinto.

69. John Russel, first Earl of Bedford.

Born at Kingston Russel, Dorset; attended Henry VIII. at the taking of Therouenne and Tournay; was present at the battle of Pavia; in 1542 appointed Lord Admiral of England and Ireland; died at his house in the Strand, March, 1554.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from the picture in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Bedford.

70. Edward VI. presenting at Whitehall, in 1553, the Charter of Bridewell Hospital. The Lord Mayor,

Sir George Barnes, and the two Sheriffs, are receiving the Charter.

Engraved by G. Vertue, after the original by Hans Holbein, in the Hall at Bridewell. This picture was in the Special Exhibition of National Portraits at South Kensington Museum, April, 1866. 71. Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, K.G.

Eldest son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, and brother of Lady Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII.; created

Earl of Hertford and K.G. by Henry VIII.; by the will of the King he was appointed one of the sixteen persons who were to be his Majesty's executors, and governors of his son; became "Protector of the Realm, and Guardian of the King," Duke of Somerset and Earl Marshal; charged with treason, and beheaded on Tower Hill, January 22, 1552.

Engraved by J. Houbraken, from the picture by Hans Holbein in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Hertford.

72. Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, K.G.

Third son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire; held high command during Henry's invasion of France; on the accession of his nephew, Edward VI., became Lord High Admiral, Baron Seymour, and K.G.; married Queen Catherine Par, widow of Henry VIII.; committed to the Tower, January, 1549, executed on March 20, following.

Engraved from the original in the possession of General Dowdeswell.

73. Sir Anthony Denny.

Was one of the gentlemen of the bed-chamber, groom of the stole, and privy-counsellor to Henry VIII. He was also appointed one of the executors of the King's will. He died in 1550.

Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar from a picture by H. Holbein in the Arundel Collection, 1647.

74. Thomas Docwra.

Knight of St. John of Jerusalem in England. This militaryreligious Order, called also Knights of Malta, was suppressed in England in 1540 by Henry VIII., and all their effects in England and Ireland confiscated.

Engraved by William Rogers.

75. Sir Henry Guildeforde, K.G.

Born 1478; served with reputation in the wars with the Moors in Spain; appointed in 1528 Master of the Horse to Henry VIII. Engraved by Vertue from the picture by Hans Holbein in Earl Stafford's Gallery.

76. Sir Thomas More.

Only son of Sir John More, born about 1480; obtained a seat in Parliament in 1504; Speaker of the House of Commons 1523; Lord Chancellor, October 1529; charged with high treason for denying the King's supremacy, and beheaded on Tower Hill July 5,

1535.

Engraved by F. van Wyngarde from the picture by Hans Holbein. 77. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, K.G.

Born at Putney; elected M.P.; made Chancellor of the Exchequer by Henry VIII.; created Earl of Essex, 1539, and Lord Chamberlain; he was arrested January 10, 1540, and beheaded on Tower Hill, July 20, on the charge of treason.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from the picture by Hans Holbein in the possession of Edward Southwell, Esq.

78. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, K.G.

Eldest son of Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk, born at Framlingham, Suffolk, about 1518; had command in the army with which Henry VIII. invaded France, and was made Governor of Boulogne ; his court favour soon ceased; he was condemned and executed for high treason, on Tower Hill, January 19, 1547.

Engraved by T. A. Dean from the original in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk.

79. Henry VIII. giving the Charter to the Surgeons' Company, now the Royal College of Surgeons; the first Charter was granted in 1540.

Engraved by B. Baron from the painting by Hans Holbein. 80. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, K.G.

Son of William, commonly styled "Sir William Brandon; " born about 1485; an early companion of Henry VIII.; noted for his handsome person and skill in arms; created Viscount L'Isle, 1513, and Duke of Suffolk; in 1544 he commanded at the siege of Boulogne; died August 14, 1545; buried by command of the King at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

Engraved by Joseph Brown from the drawing by G. P. Harding. 81. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.

Born at Beverley, in Yorkshire, 1459; educated at Michael House, now Trinity College, Cambridge; Confessor and Chaplain to Margaret Countess of Richmond; Bishop of Rochester, 1504; refused to admit Henry VIII.'s supremacy as head of the Church; beheaded on Tower Hill, June 22, 1535.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from a picture by Hans Holbein in the collection of Mr. Richardson.

82. William Sommers, King Henry the Eighth's Jester.

Was some time a servant in the family of Richard Farmor, Esq., of Eston Neston, in Northamptonshire, afterwards Jester to Henry VIII.

Engraved by R. Clamp from an ancient picture in the collection of Richard Aldworth Neville, Esq.

83. Will. Sommers. King Henry's Jester. (See No. 82.) Engraved by Fran. Delaram.

SCREEN III.

84. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

Born at Bury St. Edmunds, 1483; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Secretary to Cardinal Wolsey; Bishop of Winchester 1531; committed to the Tower for opposing the Reformation; at the accession of Mary he recovered his liberty, and was soon after

appointed Lord Chancellor; died November 12, 1555, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

Engraved by R. White from the picture by Hans Holbein.

85. Queen Mary.

Daughter of Henry VIII. by his first wife, Catherine of Arragon; born at Greenwich, February 11, 1516; succeeded to the throne on the death of Edward VI., July 6, 1553; married Philip II. of Spain, at Winchester, July 25, 1554; died November 17, 1558, buried in Henry VIIth's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

Engraved by Francis Hogenberg.

86. Queen Elizabeth.

Daughter of Henry VIII. by his second wife, Anne Boleyn; born at Greenwich September 7, 1533; succeeded to the throne on the death of Queen Mary, November 17, 1558; crowned at Westminster January 15, 1559; died at Richmond March 24, 1603; buried in Westminster Abbey.

Engraver unknown. Liefrinck excud.

87. Queen Elizabeth. (See No. 86.)

Engraved by T. Cecill.

88. Philip II., King of Spain.

Son of Charles V. Emperor of Germany; born May 21, 1527; married Mary Queen of England; fitted out the Spanish Armada for the invasion of England, 1588; died September 18, 1598. Engraver unknown.

89. Philip II. King of Spain. (See No. 88.)

Engraved by J. E. Frisius.

90. Reginald, Cardinal Pole.

Reginald Pole, fourth son of Richard Pole, Lord Montague, born at Stourton Castle, in Staffordshire, March 1500; at 12 years old entered Magdalen College, Oxford; created Cardinal in 1536 by Pope Paul III.; consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in 1556; died November 18, 1558.

Engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin, after the picture by Raffaelle, or Fra Sebastian del Piombo, in the collection of Mons. Crozat. 91. William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, K.G.

Queen Elizabeth's great Minister, son of Richard Cecil, Master of the Robes to Henry VIII.; born September 13, 1520, at Bourne, Lincolnshire; Secretary of State under Edward VI. and Elizabeth; created Baron of Burleigh, Knight of the Garter, and Lord High Treasurer, which office he held for 30 years; died August 4, 1598. Engraved by J. Houbraken from the picture in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Burlington.

92. Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, K.G.

Favourite of Queen Elizabeth; eldest son of Walter, first Earl of Essex, born at Netherwood, in Herefordshire, November 10, 1567, received the highest honours and appointments from Queen

Elizabeth; at length lost her favour and made an attempt at insurrection; beheaded in the Tower of London, February 25, 1601. Engraved by J. Houbraken from a picture by I. Oliver in the collection of Sir Robert Worsley, Bart.

94. The Royal Procession of Queen Elizabeth to visit the Right Hon. Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon, at Hunsden House, Hertfordshire, September 18, 1571.

Engraved by G. Vertue from the painting by Marc Garrard in the possession of the Right Hon. the Lord Digby; this picture was in the Special Exhibition of National Portraits at South Kensington Museum, April 1866.

In a Paper read by George Scharf F.S.A., Secretary to the National Portrait Gallery, at the Annual Meeting of the Archæological Institute, held in London, July 1866, it is said to represent Queen Elizabeth's Procession in a litter to celebrate the marriage of Anne Russell at Blackfriars, June 16, 1600.

95. Queen Elizabeth. (See No. 86.)

Whole length, in the superb dress in which she went to St. Paul's to return Thanks for the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Engraved by William Rogers; probably unique in this state, as the plate was afterwards reduced.

96. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, K.G.

Courtier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth, son of Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, born about 1532; Master of the Horse to Queen Elizabeth; created Earl of Leicester 1564; made General of the army raised against the expected Spanish invasion; retained the favour of the Queen till his death, September 4, 1588.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from the picture in the collection of Sir Robert Worsley, Bart.

97. Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, K.G.

Son of Henry, Earl of Surrey, born about 1536; educated at Oxford; K.G. by Queen Elizabeth; employed in the affairs of Scotland; was gained over by Mary Queen of Scots; imprisoned in the Tower, and beheaded June 2, 1572.

Engraved by J. Houbraken from the picture by Holbein in the collection of Mr. Richardson.

98. Sir Thomas Gresham.

Youngest son of Sir Richard Gresham, "King's Merchant," born in London in 1519; educated at Gonville and Caius College; on leaving the University he entered into trade, and became a member of the Mercers' Company; in 1551 he settled at Antwerp, as the King's commercial agent; Knighted by Queen Elizabeth; when Sir Thomas had completed his building called the Bourse, the Queen