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.
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. Catherine Howard gave Wilkes "upper and nether habilments of goldsmith's work for the French hood and a tablet of gold".
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.
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.
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