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| The Editor’s Preface | vii |
| Who wrote Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey? A Dissertation. By The Rev. Joseph Hunter, F. S. A. | 1 |
| The Life of Wolsey by George Cavendish | 61 |
| APPENDIX. | |
| Extracts from the Life of Anne Boleigne, by George Wyatt, Esq. Son of Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger | 417 |
| Six Letters, supplementary to the above Memoir; containing Particulars of the Arrest of Queen Anne Boleyn, and her Behaviour while in the Tower. | |
| LETTER I. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—Upon Queen Anne’s Committal to the Tower | 451 |
| LETTER II. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—On Queen Anne’s Behaviour in Prison | 453 |
| LETTER III. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell.—Further Particulars | 456 |
| LETTER IV. | |
| Edward Baynton to the Lord Treasurer.—Declaring that only Mark will confess any Thing against Queen Anne | 458 |
| LETTER V. | |
| Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell, May 16, 1536.—Upon the Preparations for the Execution of Lord Rochford and Queen Anne | 459 |
| LETTER VI. | |
| Sir William Kingston to the same.—Upon the same Subject | 460 |
| ORIGINAL LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF WOLSEY. | |
| LETTER VII. | |
| Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, to his Bedfellow and Cosyn Thomas Arundel.—Complains of Injuries received at the Hands of Cardinal Wolsey. Humble Solicitations for his Favour in certain Matters | 462 |
| LETTER VIII. | |
| The same to Secretary Cromwell.—Denying a Contract, or Promise of Marriage, having ever existed between Anne Boleyn and himself | 464 |
| LETTER IX. | |
| Queen Catherine of Arragon and King Henry VIII. to Cardinal Wolsey.—A joint Letter, about the coming of the Legate, and Expressions of Kindness | 465 |
| LETTER X. | |
| Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey.—Thanking him for his diligent Pains in the Affair of the Divorce | 467 |
| LETTER XI. | |
| The same to the same.—The same Subject; and the coming of the Legate | 468 |
| LETTER XII. | |
| Cardinal Wolsey, in his Distress, to Thomas Cromwell | 469 |
| LETTER XIII. | |
| Cardinal Wolsey to Secretary Gardener | 471 |
| LETTER XIV. | |
| The same to the same.—The miserable Condition he is in, his Decay of Health, and Poverty, and desiring some Relief at the King’s Hands. A melancholy Picture | 474 |
| LETTER XV. | |
| The same to the same.—Desiring Gardener to write and give him an Account of the King’s Intentions in regard to him | 476 |
| LETTER XVI. | |
| The same to the same.—Requesting Gardener to expedite the Making out his Pardon in large and ample Form as granted by the King | 477 |
| LETTER XVII. | |
| The same to the same.—In favour of the Provost of Beverley, and desiring Gardener to intercede with the King for his Colleges | 479 |
| LETTER XVIII. | |
| The same to the same.—Desiring his Favour in a Suit against him for a Debt of £700. by one Strangwish | 481 |
| LETTER XIX. | |
| Lettre de M. de Bellay Evesque de Bayonne à M. le Grant Maistre, 17 Oct. 1529.—Containing an interesting Picture of the Cardinal in his Troubles, and desiring the Intercession of the King of France, &c. in his Favour | 482 |
| LETTER XX. | |
| Thomas Alvard to Thomas Cromwell.—Containing a genuine Picture of one of the last Interviews with which Wolsey was favoured by Henry VIII. | 487 |
| A Parallel between Cardinal Wolsey and Archbishop Laud, first printed in 1641 | 490 |