King Henry VIII: King of England, second monarch in the Tudor line
Cardinal Wolsey: King Henry’s advisor
Cardinal Campeius: The pope’s emissary from Rome
Capuchius: A Spanish ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Cranmer: The archbishop of Canterbury
Duke of Norfolk: One of the nobles surrounding the king’s court
Duke of Buckingham: An enemy of Cardinal Wolsey
Duke of Suffolk: Another of the nobles surrounding the king’s court
Earl of Surrey: The duke of Buckingham’s son-in-law
Lord Chamberlain
Lord Chancellor
Gardiner: Secretary to the king, afterwards the bishop of Winchester
Bishop of Lincoln: King Henry’s confessor
Cromwell: A servant to Wolsey
Griffith: Queen Katherine’s gentleman usher
Doctor Butts: Physician to King Henry
Queen Katherine: The daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and first wife of Henry VIII
Anne Bullen: A knight’s daughter and a lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine, later marries King Henry and gives birth to the future Queen Elizabeth
Old Lady: A friend to Anne Bullen
Patience: A woman to Queen Katherine
