This text, part of the revision and expansion of the Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1547-1580 published in 1856, includes papers of key importance in the study of England's first woman ruler, Mary Tudor, and her problematic marriage. The summaries include correspondence between Mary's consort, Philip II of Spain, and the English Privy Council, which illustrate the uncertainties and tensions of the crown matrimonial. It also includes first-hand...