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1. Henry VI, Part One

   Sources:

   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)
   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • Historia Regum Britanniae, Geoffrey of Monmouth - Bk. VIII, Ch. xxi-xxiii

   Probable historical source:

   • Contemporary account. From Journal of the Siege of Rouen, Sir Thomas Coningsby (1591)

2. Henry VI, Part Two

   Sources:

   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)
   • Probable sources:
   • Actes and Monuments of Martyrs, John Foxe (1583)
   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • A Chronicle at Large, R. Grafton (1569)

   Analogues:

   • Device for Lord Mayor's Pageant, T. Nelson (1590)
   • The Life and Death of Jack Straw, Anon. (1593/4)
   • A Myrroure for Magistrates (1559) - The Duke of Suffolk

3. Henry VI, Part Three

   Sources:

   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)
   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587 edition) - "The Death of York"
   • Possible source:
   • A Myrroure for Magistrates (1559) - "Richard, Duke of York" and "King Henry the Sixth"

4. The Tragedy of Richard III

   Sources:

   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)
   • Probable sources:
   • A Myrroure for Magistrate, (1559) - "George, Duke of Clarence"
   • The True Tragedy of Richard III, Anon. (1594)

   Possible source:

   • Hercules Furens, Seneca; translated by Jasper Heywood (1561) - Act II

   Analogues:

   • Richardus Tertius, Thomas Legge (1579)
   • The Rose of Englande, Anon.

5. The Life and Death of King John

   Sources:

   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • The Troublesome Raigne of King John. Anon. (1591)
   • Probable source:
   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)

   Possible sources:

   • Actes and Monuments of Martyrs, John Foxe (1583)
   • Analogue:
   • The English Chronicle of Randulph of Coggeshall - "The Attempt to Blind Prince Arthur,&quot and " Faukes de Brent"
   • King Johan, John Bale

6. The Tragedy of King Richard II

   Sources:

   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)
   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • Thomas of Woodstock, Anon.
   • Probable sources:
   • The First Fowre Bookes of the Civile Wars, Samuel Daniel (1595)

   Possible sources:

   • A Myrroure for Magistrates, (1559) - "Lord Mowbray" and "King Richard II"
   • The Chronicle of Froissart; translated by Lord Berners (1523-25)

   Analogue:

   • Chronicque de la Traïson et mort de Richard Deux Roy Dengleterre, ed. and translated by Benjamin Williams

7. Henry IV, Part One

   Source:

   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • Probable sources:
   • The First Fowre Bookes of the Civile Wars, Samuel Daniel (1595)
   • The Chronicles of England, John Stowe (1580)

   Possible source:

   • A Myrroure for Magistrates (1559) - "Owen Glendower" and "Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland"

   Historic analogue:

   • Sir John Fastol of Nacton

   Analogues:

   • A New Enterlude called Thersytes. Anon.
   • Endimion, John Lyly (1591)
   • The Nature of the Four Elements, John Rastell? (1519)
   • The World and the Child, Anon. (1522)

8. Henry IV, Part Two

   Sources:

   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth, Anon. (1598)

   Probable sources:

   • The First Fowre Bookes of the Civile Wars, Samuel Daniel (1595)
   • The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, Edward Hall (1548)

   Possible source:

   • The Governour, Sir Thomas Elyot (1531) - Bk. II, Ch. VI
   • The Chronicles of England, John Stowe (1580)

   Analogues:

   • Tarlton's Jests (1638)
   • Hickscorner, Anon. (1510)

9. The Life of Henry V

   Sources:

   • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
   • The Annals of C. Tacitus; translated by R. Grenewey (1598)

   Possible sources:

   • The Battle of Agincourt, Anon.
   • The First Fowre Bookes of the Civile Wars, Samuel Daniel (1595)
   • Instructions, Observations and order Militarie, Sir John Smithe (1595)

   Analogue:

   • A Myrroure for Magistrates, (1559) - "Richard, Earl of Cambridge"

10. The Famous History of the Life of Henry VIII

    Sources:

    • The Third Volume of Chronicles, Raphael Holinshed (1587)
    • Actes and Monuments of Martyrs, John Foxe (1583)

    Probable source:

    • When You See Me, You Know Me, Samuel Rowley (1605)