Willis, Deborah. Malevolent nurture: Witch-hunting and maternal power in early modern England (Cornell University Press, 1995).

Anyone who enjoys the Tudor period will find enjoyment in both books & will form perhaps a better view of Brandon as the author takes great care to make him a sympathetic character, when the plain facts of his marriages cause him to generally not be viewed in that way. For two years of research, though, one might expect more detail. Bland, A. E., P. A. Brown and R. H. Tawney (eds). English economic history: select documents (1919). online 733pp; covers 1086 to 1840s.

O'Day, Rosemary. The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age (2010); also published as The Longman Companion to the Tudor Age (1995) online Peter H. Marshall, Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation (Yale University Press, 2017). A: Seeing the Bacton Altar Cloth in situ at the Church of St Faith, Bacton, was quite something! It was clear that I was looking at something very special – late sixteenth-century cloth of silver embroidered all over in silk and gold and silver thread, showing evidence of having previously been a garment or dress. The cloth’s status stems from its connection to Blanche Parry (1508-1590), a native of Bacton, who was Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber and almost lifelong companion to Queen Elizabeth and also regular recipient of gifts of dress from the Queen’s own wardrobe. All the evidence seemed to point one way – that this was an elite court garment from the late Tudor period and indeed, given the materials and connections, might be the only survival apart from accessories from Elizabeth I’s own wardrobe. Victor L. Stater, Noble Government: the Stuart Lord Lieutenancy and the Transformation of English Politics (1994). Henry wanted to arrange a new marriage for his sister, but Charles and Mary had other ideas. The two lovebirds risked everything, married in secret, and then chose to tell Henry after the fact. Henry was rightfully upset, but he does accept the marriage. Charles and Mary have a large family, but their son Harry died very young, which was extremely hard for the couple. Mary would die before Charles and Charles did marry again, but Mary was the one who he truly loved.

The resulting stone was put in place during the repaving of the quire aisles and nave. The simple inscription states only that Charles Brandon married Mary, daughter of Henry VII, widow of Louis XII of France.When Brandon was a young man, he wanted to marry well so that he could gain money and power. He married Margaret Neville, but the marriage was declared null and void, so Charles then married Anne Browne, who was related to Margaret Neville. Charles and Anne had two daughters, Anne and Mary Brandon. After Anne Browne’s death, Charles went on a mission to France to retrieve Henry’s sister Mary who, after the death of her first husband, became the Dowager Queen of France. McCaffrey, Wallace. "Recent Writings on Tutor History", in Richard Schlatter (ed.), Recent Views on British History: Essays on Historical Writing since 1966 (Rutgers University Press, 1984), pp.71–98 E. W. Ives, "Henry VIII (1491–1547)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2009). Retrieved 8 August 2017. I do plan to read book #3 about Charles' last wife - Katherine Willoughby. I'm hoping that since she and Charles were only married a few years before his death, this will be more a story about Katherine's life -- with fewer options to cut and paste.

I will read the last in the trilogy about Brandon’s third (4th?) wife Katherine Willoughby and hope there is not a lot of overlap as appears in the first two. And as I said, if you enjoy Tudor history, these are generally easy reads. John Morrill (ed.), The Oxford illustrated history of Tudor & Stuart Britain (1996) online, pp. 44, 325. John A. Wagner and Susan Walters Schmid (2011). Encyclopedia of Tudor England. ABC-CLIO. p.847. ISBN 978-1598842999.Q: You mention in your book Henry VIII’s law – ‘An Act against wearing of costly Apparel’. How did this dictate the dress of ordinary people like craftsmen and merchants? Krista Kesselring, The Northern Rebellion of 1569: Faith, Politics and Protest in Elizabethan England (Springer, 2007). Elizabeth's final two decades saw mounting problems that were left for the Stuarts to solve after 1603. John Cramsie, in reviewing the recent scholarship in 2003, argues: Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (21 vols, 1862–1932) most volumes are online here

Eleanor Talbot, wife of Geoffrey Dudley, younger son of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley and Cecily Willoughby, ancestors of the Dudleys of Russells Hall, Dudley, England. I love the way the author tells the story simply, concentrating on Brandon himself but giving us a view of the exciting but dangerous world of the Tudor court and the way that the affable young prince Henry turned into an unpredictable, capricious King. At times there is a sudden jump of time and place from one paragraph to the next, but this is easy to forgive when you are transported so easily into another interesting situation. A great introduction into the Tudor world.” Lizanne Lloyd He’d asked for a modest funeral and to be buried in the college church of Tattershall in Lincoln. King Henry decided instead that Brandon should be buried with full honours at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where he had been made a Knight of the Garter.Stater, Victor (ed.), The Political History of Tudor and Stuart England: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2002) [ ISBNmissing] We first meet Charles Brandon as a twenty-one year old, newly appointed to the King’s Spears. His father, who was Henry Tudor’s standard bearer, died during the Battle of Bosworth, and Brandon had been brought up at the court of Henry Vll. He became good friends with the young Prince Harry, who was later crowned Henry VIII, teaching him to joust and was one of his favoured group of courtiers. Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, Worcestershire (died 22 October 1542), married Anne Paston, daughter of Sir William Paston (died 1496) and Lady Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and had three daughters: King Henry VIII had few close friends, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was his closest throughout his life. Brandon’s father, Sir William Brandon, was standard bearer for Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field – and is thought to have been killed by King Richard III on 22nd August, 1485. Sara Nair James, "Cardinal Wolsey: The English Cardinal Italianate", in Christopher Cobb, ed. (2009). Renaissance Papers 2008. Camden House. p.1. ISBN 978-1571133977.