1. The use and importance of ceremony and symbolism in defining kingship during the Tudor period has been explored by, among others, David Starkey, “Representation Through Intimacy: A Study in the Symbolism of Monarchy and Court Office in Early-Modern England,” in Symbols and Sentiments: Cross-Cultural Studies in Symbolism, ed. Ioan Lewis (London: Academic Press, 1977), 187–224;
2. Jennifer Loach, “The Function of Ceremonial in the Reign of Henry VIII,” Past and Present 142 (February 1994): 43–68;
3. Sydney Anglo, Images of Tudor Kingship (London: Seaby, 1992) and Spectacle, Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969);
4. Fiona Kisby, “‘When the King Goeth a Procession’: Chapel Ceremonies and Services, the Ritual Year, and Religious Reforms at the Early Tudor Court, 1485–1547,” Journal of British Studies 40, no. 1 (January 2001): 44–75.
5. H. F. M. Prescott, Mary Tudor (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1962), 288.