- ^ This is the spelling in the First Folio.[3] Shakespeare's principal source for his play was Holinshed's Chronicles,[4] which used the contemporary spelling Bullen for the family surname. Shakespeare and his subsequent editors followed this precedent.
- ^ Holinshed referred to the ambassador Eustace Chapuys as "Eustachius Caputius", and accordingly this was the name used in Henry VIII.[6]
- ^ Historically, Brandon's actions were carried out by Henry Marney,[8] but Shakespearean editor Francis A. Marshall points out that an associate of Marney, also holding a judicial role, was Sir Thomas Brandon of the Privy Council.[9]
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