King Henry VIII
King of England
Cardinal Wolsey
Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York
Cardinal Campeius
papal legate
Capucius
ambassador from the Emperor Charles V
Thomas Cranmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Duke of Norfolk
a nobleman
The Duke of Buckingham
a nobleman
The Duke of Suffolk
a nobleman
The Earl of Surrey
a nobleman
The Lord Chamberlain
a court officer
The Lord Chancellor
a court officer
Gardiner
Bishop of Winchester
The Bishop of Lincoln
a churchman
Lord Abergavenny
a nobleman
Lord Sands
a nobleman
Sir Henry Guildford
a courtier
Sir Thomas Lovell
a courtier
Sir Anthony Denny
a courtier
Sir Nicholas Vaux
a courtier
Cromwell
servant to Wolsey
Griffith
gentleman-usher to Queen Katharine
Doctor Butts
physician to the King
Garter King-at-Arms
an officer of arms
The Duke of Buckingham's Surveyor
an informer
Brandon and a Sergeant-at-Arms
royal officers
Queen Katharine
wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced
Anne Bullen
Katharine's maid of honour, afterwards Queen
An Old Lady
friend to Anne Bullen
Patience
attendant to Queen Katharine
Secretaries, gentlemen, scribes, officers, guards, porters, pages, lords, ladies, attendants, and spirits