The Queen's Witch Characters

The protagonist, a cunning woman from Tydd Saint Stephen who travels under the names Elyn Bryn and Sarah Lond and is finally revealed as Alysoun Rowe, daughter of Joan and granddaughter of Frances. She is driven by love for her grandmother and the need to become thrice braided, then by service to Anne Boleyn and survival at court. She is morally compromised by malefic magick and by her own pleasure in causing pain.

Arc: She moves from village betrothal and apprenticeship through Anne Boleyn's court, Agnes's binding pact, and Anne's execution. On Samhain she confronts Joan, sees her own cruelty mirrored, and is freed from her promise when Grandmother fades in peace; she vows never to summon her Third again and ends by choosing to walk on.

• Frances Rowe — her grandmother who raised her and whose soul she tries to free
• Joan — her mother and supernatural adversary
• Mother Redcap — her mentor and cousin of Frances
• Pipkin — her familiar, inherited from Frances
• Mark Smalacombe — her betrothed and former love
• Anne Boleyn — her Third and mistress
• Agnes Snayth — her bound teacher in malefic magick
• Roger Ainley — a man she comes to love and saves
• Cecily Ainley — abbess who trusts her as a healer

Alysoun's mother, dead and made a spirit through a pact with the Dark One. She torments Frances in the Otherworld and appears as a rotting corpse or a beautiful young woman who counters Alysoun's spells. Mother Redcap once turned her into a hare, and she later died by a hunter's arrow and was buried as a witch.

Arc: She uses Agnes as an instrument to lead Alysoun into malefic acts, then forces Grandmother to feel Alysoun's joy in causing pain. After the Goddess battles the Dark One, Joan is chained and fades away.

• Alysoun Rowe — her daughter
• Frances Rowe — her mother whom she torments
• The Dark One — her master
• Ned — her father
• Mother Redcap — turned her into a hare
• Agnes Snayth — her instrument in the Dark One's plan

A supernatural adversary who appears in dreams and summonings, offers power, and delights in mortal despair. He speaks through visions, bargains, and ceremonies, and is the source of the thrice-braided power Alysoun uses.

Arc: He tempts Alysoun, uses Joan and Agnes to arrange her malefic acts, and battles the Goddess in the Otherworld. After the battle he vanishes, leaving Alysoun to understand that malefic and beneficial magick are two sides of the same blade.

• Alysoun Rowe — tempts her and is the source of her thrice-braided power
• Joan — her master
• Agnes Snayth — summoned by her
• Frances Rowe — torments her image in dreams

An old thrice-braided cunning woman, bitter about the loss of Galey Manor and enemy of Abbess Cecily. She binds Sarah/Alysoun by a vow witnessed by the Dark One and forces her into malefic acts against Bredham Abbey.

Arc: She teaches and coerces Alysoun, attacks Bredham Abbey and collapses its bell tower, then conducts Alysoun's thrice-braided ceremony and is left drained. She is later revealed as Joan's instrument and is dragged from her burning cottage.

• Alysoun Rowe — her bound servant and student
• Cecily Ainley — her enemy
• The Dark One — summoned by her
• Joan — used her as an instrument
• Roger Ainley — ordered Alysoun to sicken him

Alysoun's grandmother and a cunning woman who raised her, married Ned, and bore Joan. She dies during Alysoun's first ceremony, rises as a corpse, and is later revealed to be tormented in the Otherworld by Joan.

Arc: Her corpse is restrained by Mother Redcap, and her spirit is forced to witness Alysoun's malefic joy. On Samhain she becomes peaceful and fades away smiling in farewell.

• Alysoun Rowe — her granddaughter
• Joan — her daughter and tormentor
• Mother Redcap — her cousin
• Ned — her husband
• Pipkin — her familiar

An elderly thrice-braided cunning woman, Alysoun's mentor and Frances's cousin. She reveals the truth about Joan, conducts Alysoun's incomplete ceremony, sacrifices her toad Third to save her from the Dark One, and names Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever.

Arc: She loses all magick in the ceremony, suffers fits and dies after naming Hever. Her dog familiar dies with her, and Alysoun buries them.

• Alysoun Rowe — her mentor
• Frances Rowe — her cousin
• Joan — turned her into a hare
• Sir Thomas Boleyn — names him as lord of Hever
• Mistress Prentiss — gave her a burial request

The queen and Alysoun's Third, ambitious for the crown and a son. She employs Alysoun as taster and cunning woman, demands curses and amatory magick, and threatens to expose her as a witch.

Arc: She rises, uses Alysoun's magick, miscarries, orders Jane Seymour's murder, and is tried and executed. After death her spirit consents to protect Princess Elizabeth and releases Alysoun from her promise.

• Henry VIII — her husband and king
• Alysoun Rowe — her servant and Third
• George Boleyn — her brother
• Jane Seymour — her rival
• Lady Lee — her most loyal friend
• Emma Colmer — her attendant
• Princess Elizabeth — her daughter
• Mark Smalacombe — musician she rewards and kisses

The king, driven by desire for Anne and the need for a male heir. He enforces royal supremacy, dissolves and loots religious houses, and executes those who refuse his oath.

Arc: He courts Anne, marries her, turns against her after her miscarriages, and has her and her accused circle executed. He then marries Jane Seymour and continues suppressing religious houses.

• Anne Boleyn — his wife and queen whom he has executed
• Jane Seymour — his new wife
• Queen Katherine — his wife whom he puts aside
• Lady Mary — his daughter
• Thomas Cromwell — his councillor
• Thomas More — his former friend whom he executes
• Bishop John Fisher — enemy whom he executes
• Princess Elizabeth — his daughter

A musician and Alysoun's former suitor from Tydd Saint Stephen, later a court minstrel under the name Mark Smeaton. He is ambitious, hostile to Alysoun after she refuses him, and brought to court by Lord Rochford.

Arc: He is kissed by Anne after she rewards her musicians, arrested for adultery with the queen, tried, and executed last on Tower Hill. He says he has deserved the death.

• Alysoun Rowe — his former betrothed
• Anne Boleyn — queen he serves and is accused with
• George Boleyn — brought him to court
• Henry VIII — king whose court he serves

Abbess of Bredham Abbey, a Northumberland lord's daughter and Roger's mother. She is devout, protective of Elizabeth, forbids cunning folk, and treats Sarah as a trusted healer and confidant.

Arc: She sees Bredham inspected and emptied, loses Elizabeth, and refuses the king's oath. She goes to Roger's estate, where she fears for him and James and receives Sarah's note.

• Roger Ainley — her son
• Elizabeth Gysbourne — her daughter-in-law and ward
• James — her grandson
• Alysoun Rowe — her trusted healer and confidant
• Agnes Snayth — her enemy
• Richard Crekett — her interrogator

Cecily's son, a soldier and patron of Talford Abbey, and Elizabeth Gysbourne's husband. He is drawn to Sarah but repeatedly refuses to act on it.

Arc: He marries Elizabeth, is widowed, kisses Sarah after she saves him in battle, and joins the rebellion in York. He asks Sarah to protect Cecily and James.

• Cecily Ainley — his mother
• Elizabeth Gysbourne — his wife
• James — his son
• Alysoun Rowe — the woman he loves and who saves him
• Sir Edward Panshawe — shows contempt toward him
• Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk — targets him as a possible rebel leader

A simple, affectionate novice and ward at Bredham Abbey who hopes to marry Roger. She is kind to Sarah and later becomes Roger's wife and mother of James.

Arc: She marries Roger, is left at Gysbourne, and dies of the white plague despite Sarah's treatment. Her funeral is held in the manor chapel.

• Cecily Ainley — her protector
• Roger Ainley — her husband
• James — her son
• Alysoun Rowe — her healer and friend

Grandmother Frances's familiar, a mouse, inherited by Alysoun. He witnesses her ceremonies, bites her breast for blood, and travels with her.

Arc: He remains Alysoun's familiar through her journeys and ceremonies, accompanying her to Bredham and Salle.

• Frances Rowe — his former cunning woman
• Alysoun Rowe — her familiar

Anne Boleyn's body woman and attendant, jealous and distrustful of Alysoun. She is fiercely loyal to Anne and suspects Alysoun's cunning powers.

Arc: She instructs Alysoun as taster, glares at her, helps Anne through miscarriage, and asks Alysoun for help after Anne's arrest. After the verdict she walks away without a word.

• Anne Boleyn — her queen she serves
• Alysoun Rowe — her rival attendant

Anne Boleyn's most loyal friend and Sir Thomas Wyatt's sister. She comforts Anne, carries news of Katherine's death, and stays with her to the scaffold.

Arc: She remains faithful through Anne's fall, accompanies her barge and scaffold, and with Wyatt is deduced to have moved Anne's body to Salle.

• Anne Boleyn — her closest friend
• Sir Thomas Wyatt — her brother

Anne's brother and trusted confidant, Viscount Rochford. He brings news and gifts, threatens Alysoun, and rides with Anne to Agnes's cottage.

Arc: He is tried and convicted with Anne, speaks long on the scaffold, and does not confess. He is executed first on Tower Hill.

• Anne Boleyn — his sister
• Jane Boleyn — his wife
• Alysoun Rowe — threatens her
• Mark Smalacombe — brought him to court
• Nicholas Carew — rival for the Garter honor

George Boleyn's wife and Anne's sister-in-law. She plays dice with Anne and is secretly cursed by Alysoun, becoming violently ill.

Arc: She leaves the hall ill after the curse and does not otherwise change.

• George Boleyn — her husband
• Anne Boleyn — her sister-in-law
• Alysoun Rowe — cursed her

In these notes, Anne Boleyn's mother, who dines with Anne and King Henry and is lightly sickened on Anne's order. She suffers a headache that keeps her from dining with Anne and the king.

Arc: She remains a minor court mother figure; after Alysoun's spell she withdraws with a headache.

• Anne Boleyn — her daughter
• Henry VIII — dines with him and Anne
• Alysoun Rowe — sickened her on Anne's order

Henry's queen, who refuses to accept annulment or a nunnery and insists Lady Mary is the true heir. She holds a rival court and later dies in imprisonment at Kimbolton.

Arc: She is set aside and exiled, and rumors blame Anne for her death. Her death prompts Anne to exult and George to warn her to be silent.

• Henry VIII — her husband
• Anne Boleyn — her rival
• Lady Mary — her daughter
• Cardinal Campeggio — offered her a nunnery

Katherine's daughter, deprived of her title and kept from court. She returns after three years in Wales and watches court events with grave reserve.

Arc: She remains a rival focus for Anne's pregnancy and is rumored to have been poisoned. She is championed by Chapuys.

• Queen Katherine — her mother
• Henry VIII — her father
• Anne Boleyn — her rival
• Chapuys — champions her claim

Henry's lord chancellor and enforcer, whose inspectors empty Bredham Abbey and interrogate Cecily and Sarah. He holds Mark Smeaton overnight and is believed by Alysoun to convince Henry of Anne's betrayal.

Arc: He continues enforcing royal supremacy and seizing religious wealth; Alysoun sees him as twisting events to suit the king's desires.

• Henry VIII — his master
• Richard Crekett — authorizes his inspection
• Mark Smalacombe — holds him overnight
• Cecily Ainley — his inspector interrogates her
• Alysoun Rowe — his inspector interrogates her
• Jane Seymour — said to have given her his Greenwich apartments

Archbishop of Canterbury present on the Progress at Winchester. He is to consecrate three reform-minded bishops in Henry's and Anne's presence.

Arc: He remains a reformist churchman serving the king; his consecrations are called a triumph for Anne.

• Henry VIII — king he serves
• Anne Boleyn — his consecrations are called her triumph

A bishop who welcomes Anne and Henry to Wolvesey at Winchester with pageantry and flourishes. He is part of the royal Progress at Winchester.

Arc: He remains a host and church figure in the Progress.

• Anne Boleyn — guest at Winchester
• Henry VIII — guest at Winchester

One of Anne's ladies-in-waiting and Henry's new dalliance. She refuses Henry's gift to protect her reputation until an honorable marriage.

Arc: She becomes Henry's wife after Anne's execution, and her formal coronation is planned.

• Henry VIII — the king who marries her
• Anne Boleyn — her rival
• Edward Seymour — her brother
• Thomas Cromwell — his Greenwich apartments are given to her

Anne and Henry's daughter, shown off by Henry at court and taught by Anne. She is the child whose future Anne partly wants to safeguard.

Arc: She remains a child; Anne's dead spirit tells Alysoun not to go to Elizabeth, and Alysoun considers protecting her.

• Anne Boleyn — her mother
• Henry VIII — her father
• Alysoun Rowe — considers aiding her

A courtier and Henry's closest friend since boyhood, who flirts with Anne and rides off with the king at the May Day tournament. He is brought to the Tower, tried at Westminster, condemned, and executed.

Arc: He says nothing before his death.

• Henry VIII — his closest friend since boyhood
• Anne Boleyn — accused of adultery with her
• William Brereton — friend and fellow accused

A courtier who bets with Norris, flirts with Anne, and is one of the men accused with her. He is tried and executed with the others.

Arc: He remains one of Anne's accused circle and is executed.

• Anne Boleyn — flirts with her and is accused with her
• Sir Henry Norris — friend and fellow accused

Anne's cousin and close companion, long rumored to love her. He is not charged after Anne's fall.

Arc: Alysoun reasons that he and Lady Lee moved Anne's body to Salle to protect it from desecration.

• Anne Boleyn — her cousin and close companion
• Lady Lee — his sister

One of Anne's ladies and a spy, who takes Alysoun's crimson wool and pays her for reports on Anne. She goes into the garden maze with Sir William Eyston.

Arc: She is sickened by Alysoun on Anne's order and suffers severe evacuations.

• Anne Boleyn — target of her spying
• Sir William Eyston — her co-conspirator
• Alysoun Rowe — pays her for reports

A brash, devious courtier involved with Elinor Sedlow's spying. He sees Alysoun speaking with Elinor and waits in the garden maze.

Arc: He remains a co-conspirator in the spying against Anne.

• Elinor Sedlow — her co-conspirator and companion
• Anne Boleyn — target of their spying

The papal legate sent to resolve Henry's marriage. He meets Henry and reportedly suggests Katherine retire to a nunnery.

Arc: His mission and delays worsen Anne's temper and the court's tension.

• Henry VIII — meets with him about the marriage
• Queen Katherine — offers her a nunnery

The king's physician, sent to treat Anne during the Sweat. He scolds Alysoun, insists Anne must be bled, and is dismissed by Anne.

Arc: He backs out of the room when Anne refuses treatment.

• Anne Boleyn — his patient who rejects his treatment
• Alysoun Rowe — blames her for Anne's care
• Henry VIII — his royal master

A cunning man who hosts Alysoun for a night, gossips about court, and tries to assault her by spelling her while she sleeps. He breaks the cunning-folk bond.

Arc: She breaks his spell, and Mistress Geddyng beats him; Alysoun leaves.

• Mistress Geddyng — his wife
• Alysoun Rowe — guest he tries to assault

Master Geddyng's wife, who gives Alysoun dinner and shelter and rushes in to beat her husband when he assaults their guest. She offers Alysoun to stay.

Arc: She protects Alysoun, who then leaves.

• Master Geddyng — her husband
• Alysoun Rowe — guest she protects

A young woman who mistakes Alysoun for a nurse and brings her to care for her sick mother. She provides gossip about the Boleyns and the Sweat.

Arc: Her mother recovers, and Alice later shares news that Anne Boleyn has the Sweat.

• Mistress Haddon — her mother
• Alysoun Rowe — nurse to her mother

Alice's mother, ill with the Sweat and nursed back to health by Alysoun. She recovers after Alysoun's care.

Arc: She survives the Sweat.

• Alice Haddon — her daughter
• Alysoun Rowe — her nurse

A woman who gives Alysoun a night's lodging and tells her the corpse on the gallows was a highway robber. She advises Alysoun to go home.

Arc: She remains a brief host and warning figure.

• Alysoun Rowe — hosts her for a night

A village cunning woman who helps sew Alysoun's wedding clothes, cares for Mother Redcap, and receives her burial request. She takes Matilda and Adela home and later is told by Jack Maudit that Alysoun has gone to Norwich.

Arc: She remains a fellow cunning woman and helper in Tydd Saint Stephen.

• Matilda — her daughter
• Alysoun Rowe — fellow cunning woman
• Mother Redcap — received her burial request

Mistress Prentiss's daughter, curious about Alysoun's gown and Mark. She screams when Frances's corpse rises and is taken away crying.

Arc: She remains a village girl, admiring Alysoun and Mark.

• Mistress Prentiss — her mother
• Alysoun Rowe — admires her and Mark

A cunning woman from Ainsborough who sews with the others and explains that the malefic dead regain power every sacred day from midnight to midnight. She remains a source of lore at the sewing.

Arc: She does not change beyond providing this warning.

• Alysoun Rowe — fellow cunning woman
• Frances Rowe — fellow Sister at the sewing

A village boy stopped by Alysoun on the road out of Tydd Saint Stephen. He is told to tell Mistress Prentiss that Alysoun is going to Norwich to stay with unnamed kin.

Arc: He nods, distracted by a fawn, and carries the false message.

• Alysoun Rowe — gives him a false message
• Mistress Prentiss — he is to tell her Alysoun has left

Anne Boleyn's father and lord of Hever, named by Mother Redcap as the man who lives at Hever. His household is the place where Alysoun's Third may be found.

Arc: He remains the named lord of Hever and Anne's father.

• Anne Boleyn — her father
• Alysoun Rowe — named as lord of Hever where her Third may be found

The Holy Maid of Kent, reported to prophesy that the king will die soon if he sets aside his wife and marries Anne. Anne asks Alysoun about her; Alysoun calls her a charlatan.

Arc: She is later hanged, according to Cecily's court news.

• Anne Boleyn — her prophecy warns against Anne's marriage
• Henry VIII — her prophecy concerns the king's death

A bishop who refuses the Oath of Supremacy, is imprisoned in the Tower, and is made a cardinal by Pope Paul. He is beheaded after refusing the oath.

Arc: He remains defiant and is executed.

• Henry VIII — the king who imprisons and executes him
• Pope Paul — makes him a cardinal

Henry's former close friend and adviser, who refuses the Oath of Supremacy. He is convicted of treason and beheaded.

Arc: He dies saying he is the king's good servant and God's first; Henry later blames Anne.

• Henry VIII — his former friend and adviser whom he executes

The pope who makes Bishop Fisher a cardinal and later condemns Henry as a heretic. He opposes Henry's claim to power over the Church of England.

Arc: He remains a papal opponent of Henry's supremacy.

• Henry VIII — condemns him as a heretic
• Bishop John Fisher — makes him a cardinal

The French king whose negotiations over betrothing Princess Elizabeth to his son collapse. Anne rages that she will have him captured and eviscerated.

Arc: His collapsed betrothal remains a political blow to Anne.

• Anne Boleyn — political antagonist over the collapsed betrothal
• Princess Elizabeth — proposed betrothal to his son

Anne's household midwife, brought during the miscarriage. She baptizes Anne's dead son and bears the wrapped bundle away.

Arc: She is sent away afterward so her role remains unknown.

• Anne Boleyn — her midwife

Anne's cousin and Henry's dalliance. The dalliance ends when Anne becomes pregnant.

Arc: She fades from the king's attention after Anne's pregnancy.

• Anne Boleyn — her cousin
• Henry VIII — his dalliance

Presides over Yuletide pageants, jokes with the king, and crowns Anne Queen of the Bean. He remains a festive figure in the Christmas court.

Arc: He does not change beyond his role in the revels.

• Anne Boleyn — crowns her Queen of the Bean
• Henry VIII — jokes with him

A Louth man who climbs to a church window ledge and rouses the crowd against taxes, false bishops, dissolved abbeys, and Cromwell's commissioners. He becomes Captain Cobbler and leads the mob that kills John Raynes.

Arc: He helps begin the Lincolnshire Rebellion and commands rebels at Lincoln, shouting for them to hold firm.

• Sir Edward Panshawe — shares the crowd's cause
• John Raynes — leads the mob that kills him
• Thomas Wulcey — leads the mob that hangs him
• Thomas Cromwell — opposes his commissioners

At Louth he declares that he and his followers stand with the crowd against Cromwell and in defense of the Church. He shows contempt toward Roger when Roger urges caution.

Arc: He remains a rebel gentleman supporting the Lincolnshire Rebellion.

• Roger Ainley — shows contempt when Roger urges caution
• Nicholas Melton — shares the crowd's cause

A commissioner whose tax registers are burned; he is pulled from his sickbed by the mob and beaten to death. He is killed as the Lincolnshire Rebellion begins.

Arc: He is a named victim of the Louth mob.

• Thomas Cromwell — a commissioner under him
• Nicholas Melton — leads the mob that kills him

One of Cromwell's men, hanged by the Louth mob. He is killed during the rebellion.

Arc: He remains a named victim of the rebels.

• Thomas Cromwell — his master

The king's lieutenant sent with the royal army to put down the Lincolnshire Rebellion. He orders archers and cavalry to attack the rebels and targets Roger as a possible rebel leader.

Arc: He attacks the rebels at Lincoln and wounds Roger.

• Henry VIII — his royal commander
• Roger Ainley — targets him as a possible rebel leader

One of Cromwell's lackeys who leads the raid on Loveryk Monastery, stripping gold, manuscripts, statues, and jewels and arresting religious who refuse the oath. He remains an enforcer of the king's religious policy.

Arc: He does not change beyond continuing the king's suppression of religious houses.

• Thomas Cromwell — his master
• Henry VIII — enforces the king's supremacy

Cromwell's authorized inspector who arrives at Bredham Abbey to interrogate Cecily and Sarah about relics, immorality, and Roger's birth. He leaves after the inspection; Sarah is later arrested and brought to Whitehall.

Arc: He remains an instrument of Cromwell's inspection and arrest.

• Thomas Cromwell — authorized by him
• Cecily Ainley — interrogates her
• Alysoun Rowe — interrogates her

A nun at Bredham Abbey who scowls at Sarah, slams the door on her, and is sickened twice by Sarah's spells. She believes only her blessed cell can protect her from evil spirits.

Arc: She remains suspicious of Sarah and later drags Cecily away from the falling stones.

• Alysoun Rowe — dislikes and distrusts her
• Cecily Ainley — her abbess

A nun at Bredham Abbey who summons Sarah when Beatrice is ill and later screams that she saw a spirit or Satan. She decides to leave the abbey.

Arc: She is frightened by Sarah's curse and is placed elsewhere by Cecily.

• Cecily Ainley — her abbess
• Alysoun Rowe — unwitting target of her curse

A timid lay sister at Bredham Abbey with a lifelong cough in August and September. She delivers Sarah's message to Agnes and clutches Sarah's hand during the inspection.

Arc: She is later taken by wagon to a safer religious house farther north.

• Cecily Ainley — her abbess
• Alysoun Rowe — her friend and helper
• Agnes Snayth — delivers Sarah's message to her

An aged, ill nun at Bredham Abbey and Sarah's distant kin. Sarah nurses her until her death.

Arc: She dies under Sarah's care.

• Alysoun Rowe — her distant kin and nurse
• Cecily Ainley — her abbess

An elderly nun at Bredham Abbey whose mind wanders. She tells Sarah that Elizabeth's increased pension came with papers related to the northern estate.

Arc: She remains a source of abbey information.

• Cecily Ainley — her abbess
• Alysoun Rowe — shares abbey information with her

Roger and Elizabeth's infant son. Sarah examines him during Elizabeth's illness and believes he is not infected.

Arc: He survives his mother and is left with Cecily and Roger's household.

• Roger Ainley — his father
• Elizabeth Gysbourne — his mother
• Cecily Ainley — his grandmother
• Alysoun Rowe — examines him

Frances's husband and Joan's father, seen in Mother Redcap's vision as a wasted man howling 'Betrayed.' Mother Redcap speculates he tried to bargain with the Dark One for continued life in exchange for his child.

Arc: He remains a vision of Frances's past.

• Frances Rowe — her husband
• Joan — her father

Anne's uncle, present after Henry's fall. According to Anne, he bursts in to tell her Henry had died, giving her a shock she blames for her miscarriage.

Arc: He remains a court figure and Anne's uncle.

• Anne Boleyn — her uncle

One of the men brought to the Tower and tried with Anne's alleged accomplices. He is tried at Westminster and executed with the others.

Arc: He remains one of Anne's accused circle and is executed.

• Anne Boleyn — accused with her
• Henry VIII — king who has him tried and executed

Jane Seymour's brother, who supports Henry as he enters Anne's chamber after the miscarriage. He is with Jane Seymour's chaperones at Greenwich.

Arc: He remains a court supporter of Henry and Jane.

• Jane Seymour — her brother
• Henry VIII — attends him

A courtier who receives advancement to knight of the Garter, an honor George Boleyn expected. He remains a court rival for honor.

Arc: He does not change beyond receiving the honor.

• George Boleyn — court rival for the Garter honor

An envoy who suggests God denied Henry male children because He intended female succession. Henry shouts in response.

Arc: He remains a champion of Katherine's daughter Lady Mary.

• Lady Mary — champions Katherine's daughter
• Henry VIII — opposes the king's view of succession