Alice Wilkes (also spelt Welkes, married name Alice Restwold) was a servant to Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England and was a significant witness in Queen Katherine's trial for treason and adultery.[1]
Wilkes was member of the household of Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, with Catherine Howard. When Catherine became queen, Wilkes was appointed as one of her chamberers.[2] Catherine Howard gave Wilkes "upper and nether habilments of goldsmith's work for the French hood and a tablet of gold".[3]
Alice's husband was Anthony Restwold, a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for New Woodstock in November 1554 and for Aylesbury in 1555.[4][full citation needed]
References
- ^ p.78, Robert Hutchinson, Henry VIII: The Decline and Fall of a Tyrant
- ^ Nicola Clark, 'Katherine Howard: Victim?', Aidan Norrie, Tudor and Stuart Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), pp. 125, 131.
- ^ Nicola Tallis, All The Queen's Jewels, 1445–1548: Power, Majesty and Display (Routledge, 2023), p, 221.
- ^ "RESTWOLD, Anthony (by 1517-55/60), of The Vache, Bucks. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
