INDEX
NDX
Aberford, 26
Abergavenny, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; cousin to the
King, 110
Abingdon, 71; cattle fair at, 112
Acaster College, founded by Bishop Stillington, 96, 118. _See_
Stillington
Albany, Duke of, with King Richard in the progress, 130
Alcock, Bishop, 88, 91, 146; at Oxford to receive King Richard, 129;
account of, 91 _n._
Alfonso V. of Portugal, 66
Alkmaar, Edward IV. landed at, 42
Alnwick, 59
Ambien Hill, 153; King Richard slain at the foot of, 157
Ambien Lees, 152, 154
Andre, Bernard, historiographer to Henry VII., 168, 171; silent about
the fable of the murder of Edward of Lancaster, 191
Angers, 67, 79, 206
Anker, river, 152, 153
Anne, heiress of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, married Edmund Earl of
Stafford, 128
Anne, Nevill, companion of Richard at Middleham, 40; taken to France by
her father, 66, 67; marriage with Edward of Lancaster never took place,
67; return to England, 68; her wardship claimed by Clarence. In
sanctuary, 81; married to Prince Richard, 82; joined by her mother at
Middleham, 82, 202; marriage settlement, 199, 200, 201; her beauty,
124; joined her husband in London, 93
Anne, Queen, her coronation, 126, 127; joined the King at Warwick, 129;
at York, 130; grief on her son's death, 137; illness, 139; death and
burial, 139, 140, 228; malignant slander of Polydore Virgil and Rous,
228
Anne, daughter of Edward IV., married the Earl of Surrey, 86 _n._, 271
_n._
Anne, sister of Edward IV., Duchess of Exeter, 3; birth, 6, 110
Anne de la Pole, betrothed to James III., became a nun at Sion, 139
Appledore, home of Captain Horn who fell at Towton, 32
Arbitration by King Richard, 84, 113, 160 _n._; by the Lord Mayor, 113
Armour and arms, 107, 120, 122; arrows at Towton, 32; hand-guns, 44;
artillery, 49, 155 _n._
Arthur, son of Henry VII., 267
Arthur Plantagenet, son of Edward IV., 87 _n._, 221 _n._
Arundel, Archbishop, 117
Arundel, Earl of, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143
Arundel collection, letter from Elizabeth of York to the Duke of
Norfolk seen by Buck in, 229
Arundell, Sir Thomas, K.B., at Richard's coronation, 147
Ashton, Sir Ralph, made Vice-Constable, 131, 132 _n._
Atherstone, Henry Tudor at, 149
Attorney-General, _see_ Kidwelly, Morgan
Audley, Lord, Battle of Blore Heath, 56; at Richard's coronation, 109,
143; Lord Treasurer, 144
Audley, Edmund, Bishop of Rochester, 146
Audley, Sir Humphrey, tried and executed at Tewkesbury, 76
Ayala, Don Pedro de, Spanish Ambassador, his evidence respecting the
remorse of Henry VII., 276
Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, 118
Babington, Sir Henry, made K.B., 147
Bacon, Lord, his character of Richard III., 134; believed the story of
the murders to have been inspired by Henry VII., 169; on treatment of
the Queen Dowager by Henry VII., 257 _n._
Bamborough Castle, 59
Banbury, 47
Bangor, Thomas Ednam, Bishop of, 146
Barnard Castle, 84, 161, 265, 295
Barnet, battle of, 49, 50-52; losses at, 52
Barrow, Thomas, Master of the Rolls, Commissioner for Peace with
Scotland, 145
Basset pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Bath, Knights of the, at coronations of Edward IV., 35; and Richard
III., 126, 147
Bath and Wells, Bishop of, at Richard's coronation, 127, 144, 146.
_See_ Stillington
Baume, Sir Thomas, slain at Wakefield, 15
Bayley, 'History of the Tower,' 181, 198 _n._
Baynard's Castle, 3, 91, 92 _n._, 102, 110, 222; family of the Duke of
York assembled at, 10, 11, 19, 21; Edward IV. accepted the crown at, 22
Beauchamp of Powyke, Lord, 72; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; his
son in command at Gloucester, 72
Beaufort, Sir John, 70; slain at Tewkesbury, 73, 76
Beaujeu, the Lady of, Regent of France, her enmity to England, 141, 243
Beaulieu Abbey, Countess of Warwick in sanctuary at, 70, 81, 82, 201
Beaumont, Viscount, at Towton, 24, 31; flight from Towton, 33; under
attainder, 109, 144
Becca Banks, 26
Bedingfield, Sir Edmund, K.B., at Richard's coronation, 147
Bemynster, Robert, Abbot of Cerne, 69
Benevolences abolished by Richard's Parliament, 134, 142 _n._
Berkeley, Lord, viii _n._
Berkeley, Sir William, of Beverston made K.B., 147; a traitor, 133
Berkeley, Sir William, of Wyldy made K.B., 147; loyal to the last, 252
Bermondsey nunnery, Queen Dowager confined in, until her death, 257
Bernall, Richard, tutor to young Edward, 84
Berners, Juliana, her 'Book of St. Albans,' 108
Berners, Lord, 34, 51
Berwick, 86
Beskwood Park, King Richard hunting at, 151
Beverley, 46
Bigot, Sir John, of Musgrave Castle, at Towton for Henry, 24
Bisham, Earl of Salisbury buried at, 34; Warwick and Montagu buried at,
51
Bishops in the fifteenth century, 118; at Richard's coronation, 126,
127, 146; at Oxford to receive Richard, 129; with him on his progress,
129; list, 146
Blore Heath, battle of, 56
Blount, Sir Walter, marched north with Edward, 23; in the pursuit of
Clifford, 28; march to Towton, created Lord Mountjoy, 35, _whom see_
Blythe, 39
Bohun inheritance explained, 128, 223, 224
Boleyn, Sir Thomas, made K.B. at Richard's coronation, 147
Bolton Castle, 83, 107
Bolton Hall, Henry VI. concealed at, 59
Bootham Bar, York, 34, 58
Borough, Sir John, present to, from the royal wardrobe, 111
Bosworth, battle of, 152-157; numbers, 153; artillery at, 155 _n._
Bosworth Market, Sir W. Stanley's camp near, 153
Bourchier, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Edward IV., 35;
cousin to the King, 111; crowned Richard III., 120, 143, 146, 234
Bourchier, Sir Edward, with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; slain,
15; head stuck on the gate at York, 17
Bourchier, Sir Humphrey, two slain at Barnet, 51 _n._ _See_ Cromwell,
Lord
Bracher, Wm., and his son, loyal servants of King Richard, put to death
by Henry Tudor, 247
Brackenbury, Sir Robert, knighted, 147; joined the king at Bosworth,
151; slain, 155, 156; loyal to the last, 252; in the story of the
murders, 258, 260, 261
'Bradshaws' a strategic position at Bosworth field, 152
Bramham Moor, 26
Brampton, Wm., of Burford, loyal to the last, 252
Brandon, Sir William, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; traitor, 133 _n._;
Henry Tudor's standard-bearer, slain by the King, 156
Bray, Reginald, Lady Stanley's steward, 149; his skill as an architect,
149 _n._; agent to Henry Tudor, 226, 231
Brecknock Castle, 226, 227, 231
Breze, Pierre de, Lord of Varenne, devoted to Margaret of Anjou, 53, 58
Brian, Sir Thomas, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 145
Bridget, daughter of Edward IV., a nun, 87 _n._, 271 _n._
Bristol, 71, 72
Brittany, treaty with, 139, 161; Henry Tudor in, 131, 141
Browne, Sir John, made K.B., 147
Bruges, Edward IV. and Richard at, 43; Caxton at, 113; news of Edward's
success sent to the citizens, 198
Buck, Sir George, wrote the life of Richard III.--had seen the true
statement of his claim to the crown, 219; heard that the pamphlet
attributed to Sir Thomas More was written by Morton, 168, 179; account
of, 180 _n._; saw the letter from Elizabeth of York to the Duke of
Norfolk, 229
Buck, Sir John, Controller of the Household, 145; put to death by Henry
Tudor, 246
Buckingham, Duchess of, 7, 55, 132
Buckingham, Duke of, 89; left London to warn Richard, 90; speech at the
Guildhall, 102; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; cousin to the King,
110; bearing the King's train, 127; Lord Constable, 144; his claims,
223, 224; alleged conversations with Morton, 225; object of his
treason, 225; met Lady Stanley on the road, 226; trial and execution at
Salisbury, 131, 132; Richard's generous treatment of his widow, 132
Burford, _see_ Cornwall
Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Duke of, helped Edward secretly, 43;
marriage with Princess Margaret, 43, 113; invested with the Garter,
113; received Margaret of Anjou at St. Pol, 60; Edward's desertion of,
82; fall of, 162
Burgundy, Philip the Good, Duke of, George and Richard under protection
of, 18
Burgundy, Duchess of, _see_ Margaret, Princess
Butler, Lady Eleanor, contracted in marriage to Edward IV., 93; truth
of the contract, 218, 219, 222, 296; details respecting her, 219 _n._;
her death, 94, 219
Butler, Sir John, at Towton, 24. _See_ Ormonde
Byron, Sir John, with Henry Tudor, 149; saved Sir Gervase Clifton at
Bosworth, 156
Byron, Sir Nicholas, created K.B., 36
Cade, Jack, 122
Cadeby, Norfolk's camp at, before Bosworth, 152
Calabria, John of, 67
Calais, 7, 102; Dighton living at, 261, 274; Tyrrel seized at, 273
Cambridge, 117, 136
Campbell, Lord, on King Richard's Parliament, 134
Canterbury Pilgrimages, 119. Archbishops. _See_ Arundel, Bourchier,
Kemp, Morton
Cardigan, 148
Carlisle, Bishop of, 146
Carte, 'History of England,' 180
Cary, Sir Hugh, tried and executed at Tewkesbury, 76
Castleford, 28
Castles in the fifteenth century, 106, 107
Catesby, reported the Hastings-Woodville conspiracy to Richard, 98,
211; executor to will of Lord Rivers, 99 _n._; Speaker of the House of
Commons, 134; and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 144; Commissioner for
the Peace with Scotland, 145; at Bosworth, 144, 155; put to death by
Henry Tudor, 246; notice of, 246 _n._
Cattle fair, 112
Caxton: his own account of himself, 113; helped Edward IV. and Richard
in fitting out their expedition, 113; his first essay at printing, 113;
in the service of the Duchess of Burgundy, 114; came to England, books
printed by him, 114, 115; his house in the Almonry, 114; book of
chivalry dedicated to Richard III., 115; lament on the Earl of
Worcester's death, 115, 116
Cerne Abbey, 69
Chamberlain, Sir Robert, 45
Charles VII. of France, 53
Charles VIII. of France, 141
Charlton, Sir Richard, loyal to the last, 252
Cheltenham, 73
Cheney, Sir John, with Henry Tudor, 149
Cheney, Sir William, traitor, unhorsed by the King himself at Bosworth,
156
Chevet, 13
Chichester, Bishop of, 146
Chipping Sodbury, 71, 73
Church, the, 117, 118. _See_ Convocation; Bishops
Cicely, Princess, daughter of Edward IV., married to Lord Welles, 86
_n._, 271
Cirencester, 71
Clarence, George, Duke of, born at Dublin, 3, 6; taken prisoner at
Ludlow, 7, 8, 10; sent to Holland for safety, 18; married to Isabella
Nevill, 41, 66; his treason, 41, 43; reconciled to his brothers, 48,
71; grasping conduct, 80; attainder, death, 202, 203; cause of his
death, 95; his children, 87 _n._, 236; his attainder barred his
children's succession, 101; town house at Cold Harbour, 110; Richard
interceded for him, 203, 204, 294; Mr. Gairdner's views, 295
Clarendon, Sir Richard, at Bosworth for the King, 155, 157
Clarke, William, of Wenlock, loyal to the last, 252
Cleger, John, a robber who made Margaret of Anjou prisoner, 57
Cleymound, Robert, hired informer, 275
Clifford, Lord, led the Lancastrian van at Wakefield, 13, 14, 15, 24;
surprised the Yorkists at Ferrybridge, 27; pursued and slain, 28; some
account of him, 29
Clifton, Sir Gervase, made K.B., 147; wounded at Bosworth, fighting for
the King, 156
Clifton, Sir Robert, created K.B., 36
Clothes, in the royal wardrobe, 111; Clement Paston's, 117; an Eton
boy's, 117; John Paston's, 122; Mr. Payn's, 122
Cobham, Lord, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; at Richard's coronation,
109, 143
Cock beck, near the Towton battlefield, 26, 33
Cockermouth, Earl of Wiltshire arrested at, 34
Coke's mother, 120
Colchester, 120
Cold Harbour, 110
Collingbourne, a traitor, executed, 132 _n._
Comines, details of the flight of Edward IV., 42; marriage of Edward
IV. and Lady Eleanor Butler, 93 _n._; death of Edward of Lancaster, 189
Companies, City, influence, dispute settled by arbitration, 112, 113
Conisborough Castle, 3
Convocation, their address to King Richard, 136
Conyers, Sir John, made a Knight of the Garter, 146; faithful to the
King, 151; fell at Bosworth, 157
Corbet, Sir K., knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Cornwall, Sir Edmund, Baron of Burford, made K.B., 147
Coronation of Richard III., 126, 127; story of a second untrue, 227, 228
Corpus Christi, fraternity in London, 112; at York, 119
Cotswold Hills, 72, 73
Court, splendour of the, 111. _See_ Wardrobe
Courtenay, Sir E., traitor, 133
Courtenay, Sir Walter, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76, 77
Courtenay, Sir William, 263 _n._
Courtenay, _see_ Exeter, Bishop of
Courtenay, _see_ Devonshire, Earl of
Courtenays, forgiven by Edward IV., 36
Courteys, Pierce, Keeper of the Wardrobe, 145
Coventry, Earl of Warwick at, 47; Edward IV. at, 78; Richard III. at,
in his progress, 130
Cover, river, 83
Coverham, monks of, 83
Crakenthorpe, Sir John and Sir T., slain at Towton, 33
Croft, Richard, tutor to Edward and Edmund, 4, 5; knighted after
Tewkesbury, 71, 77, 191 _n._
Cromer, 45
Cromwell, Lord, slain at Barnet, 51
Crosby, Sir J., built Crosby Place, 85
Crosby Place rented by Richard III., 85, 93, 110, 223
Croyland Chronicle on the slain at Towton, 33; there were two writers,
175, 176; independent witnesses, 175; the second credulous but honest;
his accuracy as regards dates exposes Morton and Fabyan, 176; gives
Richard's title to the crown correctly, 176, 219; his mistakes, 177; no
countenance to the deformity fables, 186; on the Tewkesbury question,
189; on the death of Henry VI., 195, 199; his mistake about a second
coronation at York, 227; retails a rumour about the death of the
princes, 240
Dacre, Lord of Gillesland, 24; death at Towton, 31, 33; tomb at Saxton,
34; his brother forgiven, 36; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143;
commissioner for peace with Scotland, 145; hurrying to King Richard's
help, but too late, 151
Dampierre, chateau where Margaret of Anjou died, 79
Dartford, Princess Bridget a nun at, 87 _n._
Daubeny, Sir Giles, with Henry Tudor, 149; Lieutenant of the Tower, 268
Daventry, 48
Davies, Mr., _see_ York Records.
Davy, Henry, to deliver certain garments to John Goddestande, footman
to Edward son of Edward IV., 237
Dobenham, Sir Gilbert, 45
De la Warre, Lord, 109, 143
Deptford, Vicar of, burnt on Tower Hill, 118
Devereux, Sir Walter, mentioned in the letter from Edward and Edmund to
their father, 4; Lord Ferrers of Chartley (_whom see_) _jure uxoris_
Devonshire, Earl of, at the battle of Wakefield, 14; at Towton, 24, 31;
flight from Towton, 33; beheaded, 34; next Earl with Margaret of Anjou,
70; at Tewkesbury, 74; slain, 76; son married Katherine, daughter of
Edward IV., 87 _n._, 271 _n._; under attainder, 109, 144
Dickon's Nook, where King Richard addressed his army, 154
Digby, Captain, slain at Wakefield, 15
Digby, Simon, joined Henry Tudor, 149; a spy, 153
Dighton, John, 260; likely to be hanged, 261; false statements
respecting, 263; bailiff of Ayton, 264, 266, 274; probably a priest,
267, 269; rewarded, 272; lived at Calais, 274
Dittingdale, near Towton, 28
Doncaster, 42
Dorchester, 69
Dorset, Marquis of, at Tewkesbury, 74; in command at the Tower when
Edward IV. died, 88; in sanctuary, 91; in rebellion, 109, 144; guardian
to the Earl of Warwick, 129; his rebellion, 131; flight, 132; advised
by his mother to return, 136, 238; imprisoned by Henry VII., 270
Dublin, George, Duke of Clarence, born at, 3
Dudley, Lord, 109, 129, 143
Dudley, William, Bishop of Durham, 146
Durham, Bishop of, at Richard's coronation, 144
Dymoke, Sir Robert, the champion, knighted, 147
Dynham, Sir J., with the reserves at Towton, 23, 30, 32, 35, 109;
traitor, 144; created Lord Dynham, 35
Easterling ships, 42, 43, 44
Ebrington, 77
Eccleshall castle, 56
Edgcombe, Richard, with Henry Tudor, 149
Edmund Langley, Duke of York, rebuilt Fotheringhay and founded a
college there, 1, 2, 11
Edmund, Earl of Rutland, born at Rouen, 3, 6; letter to his father, 4;
fled to Ireland with his father, 7; came to London, 9; and to Sandal
Castle with his father, 10, 13; in the battle of Wakefield, 14; slain,
15, 16; absurd story about his death, 16 _n._; head on gate at York,
17; obsequies, 39; memorial chapel at Wakefield, 19
Ednam, J., Bishop of Bangor, 146
Edward, 2nd Duke of York, 2; his book 'The Master of Games,' 108
Edward IV., born at Rouen, 3, 6; letter to his father, 4; escaped to
Calais, 7; return, victory at Northampton, 7; visits his brothers and
sister in the Temple every day, 8; at Shrewsbury, 11; victory at
Mortimer's Cross, proclaimed king, 18, 19, 20, 22; description of, 20;
started for the north, 22; head-quarters at Pomfret, 27; conduct at
surprise at Ferrybridge, 28; judicious orders to retrieve the disaster,
28; valour and presence of mind at Towton, 32; always gave quarter, 34;
advance to York, 34; coronation, 35; just, placable, and forgiving, 36;
kindness to Lord Hungerford's family, 36, 37; marriage ceremony with
Lady Grey, 41; affection for his brother Richard, 41; flight to
Holland, 42; reception, 43; expedition to recover the crown, 44; lands
at Ravenspur, 45; at York, 46; march to London, 47, 48; battle of
Barnet, 50; Tewkesbury campaign, 70-78; pardon to several leaders at
Tewkesbury, 77; conduct after Tewkesbury, 289, 290; bribed by Louis XI.
to desert the Duke of Burgundy, 82; death, 86; children, 86, 87 _n._;
buried at Windsor, 86; his will, 89; contract of marriage with Lady
Eleanor Butler, 93, 218, 219, 222; treasure under ecclesiastical
sequestration, 227; his alleged conduct after Tewkesbury discussed,
289, 290
Edward of Lancaster, son of Henry VI., birth, 54, 55; at Greenwich, 56;
present at battles, 57; with his mother, 58, 59; life at
Koeur-la-Petite, 61; instruction from Chief Justice Fortescue, 62-65;
proposed marriage with Anne Nevill, 67; character, 68; at battle of
Tewkesbury 74; slain, 75; buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, 75; mode of his
death, Croyland, 189; Andre, 189; Comines, 189; letter to Bruges, 75
_n._; Warkworth, 189; Fabyan, 189; Polydore Virgil, 190; Habington,
Grafton, Hall, 190, 191 n.; Holmshed, 190; Stow, 191; silence of Morton
and Rous, 191, 192; Mr. Gairdner, 188 _n._, 286, 287, 288
Edward, son of Richard III., 84; created Earl of Salisbury, 85, 295;
Prince of Wales, 130; death, 136; tomb at Sheriff Hutton, 137
Edward, son of Duke of Clarence, 87 _n._; birth, 101; ward to Dorset,
129; Earl of Warwick, 125; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; declared
heir to the throne, 102, 138; in King Richard's household, 125; with
the king in his progress, 129; knighted at York, 130; at Sheriff
Hutton, 142; member of council, 236; seized by Henry Tudor, 248, 255;
cruel treatment and death, 275, 280
Edward, son of Edward IV., Earl of March and Pembroke, 86 _n._;
proclaimed king, 89; came to London, 91; set aside as illegitimate, 97;
preparations for his coronation, 209; intentions of King Richard
respecting, 125; in King Richard's household, 125, 236; his tailor's
bill, 237. _See_ Murder of the Princes
Elizabeth Woodville, Lady Grey, marriage ceremony with Edward IV., 41,
86; children, 86 _n._; in sanctuary, 91; allowed her son Richard to
join his brother, 100; agreed with the king to come out of sanctuary,
136, 238; intrigues with Lady Stanley, 231; advised her son Dorset to
come home and submit to the king, 238; her knowledge a cause of fear
for Henry VII., 256; robbed and imprisoned by Henry VII., 257;
attempted explanation by Lingard and Nicolas, 257 _n._; Mr. Gairdner,
257 _n._
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., birth, 86 _n._; her dress like the
queen's, 178; rumour about her marriage with Richard, 140; her letter
to the Duke of Norfolk 229; evidence of Buck, views of Nicolas,
Lingard, Gairdner, 229, 230 _n._; sent to Sheriff Hutton, 142; seized
by Henry Tudor, 248; married to him as Henry VII., 250, 253, 254; her
coronation, 258; treatment of her relations by Henry, 277; death, 277
Elizabeth, another daughter of Edward IV., 87 _n._, married to Lord
Lumley, 221 _n._
Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, born at Rouen, 3, 6; at Richard's
coronation, 126, 127
Elizabeth, Queen, founded St. Peter's College, Westminster, 116; her
English ancestry, 163
Eltham, 11, 107
Ely, Isle of, 242
Ely, Bishop of, _see_ Morton
Ely Place, Holborn, 110
Enderby, Sir William, made K.B., 147
England, face of the country in the fifteenth century, 106; condition
of the people, 65, 121-123; prices, 123; progress of King Richard
through, 128; products, 112
Essex, Earl of, 109, 110, 143
Esteney, John, Abbot of Westminster, 114, 146
Eton, founded by Henry VI., 116; boys at, in the fifteenth century, 117
Eure, Sir Ralph, at Towton for Henry, 24
Ewelme, 78
Exeter, 70, 132
Exeter, Bishop of, _see_ Courtenay Nevill
Exeter, Duchess of, _see_ Anne
Exeter, Duke of, marriage, 3; at Wakefield, 14; at Towton, 24, 58;
advancing against Edward, 47; at Barnet, 49
Fabyan's Chronicle, 168, 174; untrustworthy, 174, 175; silent about the
deformity, 186; invented a story about the murder of Edward of
Lancaster, 190; on date of Henry's death, 195, 199; gave false dates,
215; contradicts Polydore Virgil respecting Dr. Shaw's sermon, 222;
silent as to calumny against the Duchess of York, 222; common fame that
Richard secretly murdered his nephews, 243; 'smoky gunners,' 44
Fairfax, Sir Guy, judge of the King's Bench, 145
Fairs, 112
Fauconberg, Lord, reviewed the London citizens, 21; his service, 21,
the best general on Edward's side, 23; sent in pursuit of Clifford,
overtook and routed him, 28; march to Towton, 31, 32; his orders to the
archers, 32; created Earl of Kent, 35
Fauconberg, bastard of, his insurrection put down by Prince Richard, 80
Feilding, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Fenn lanes near Bosworth, 153
Ferrers of Chartley. _See_ Devereux. At Richard's coronation, 109,
143; hurried to help the king, 151; fell at Bosworth, 155, 157; loyal
to the last, 252
Ferrybridge, Yorkist force at, 23, 27
FitzHugh, Lord, at Towton on the Lancastrian left, 31
FitzJames, Captain, slain at Wakefield, 15
FitzRanulph, Robert, founder of Middleham, 83
FitzWalter, Lord, _jure uxoris_, Sir John Ratcliff, 23; slain at
Ferrybridge, 27
Fitzwilliam, Nicholas, Recorder of London, 146
Flory, John, of France, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76
Flushing, 44
Fogge, Sir John, reconciliation with the king, 128; traitor, 133 _n._
Forest, Miles, in Henry VII.'s story of the murder of the princes, 260;
said to have rotted away piecemeal, 261; really Keeper of the Wardrobe
at Barnard Castle, 264; an old royal servant falsely accused, 265
Fortescue, Sir John, Chief Justice, 24, 59; conversations with Edward
of Lancaster, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65; with Margaret, 67, 69; pardoned after
Tewkesbury, 77; Fuller's praise of him, 119; on the condition of
English labouring class, 123
Fortescues followed the Earl of Devon to Towton, 24
Fotheringhay Castle, birthplace of Richard III., 1, 3; its history, 1;
description, Dukes of York resided at, 2; subsequent history, 2 _n._;
funeral of the Duke of York, 39; monuments, 40 _n._
Fox, Dr. Richard, an agent of Morton, secretary to Henry Tudor, 149;
made Bishop of Winchester, 149 _n._; decoyed Tyrrel into Henry's power,
273; notice of, 273 _n._
French Chancellor, assertion that the princes were murdered, 242, 243;
proved to be false, 244
Fulford, Sir Baldwin, beheaded at York, 34
Fulford pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Fulfords followed the Earl of Devon to Towton, 24
Gainsborugh, 130
Gairdner, James, C.B., LL.D., reason for thinking Richard may have been
a murderer at 19, 188 _n._; on the obit of Henry VI., 198 _n._; on the
grant to Buckingham, 224 _n._; on the letter of Elizabeth to the Duke
of Norfolk, 230 _n._; on the executions by Henry Tudor after Bosworth,
247; on the treatment of the Queen Dowager, 257; proved that the king's
Attorney General was loyal to the last, 145 _n._; suggests that the
death of Clarence was due to his knowledge of Edward's marriage
contract, 95; his view of the government of Henry VII., 249; his view
of the extent of Richard's guilt, 281, 282; his method stated in his
preface, 282, 283; remarks on his views, 283, 284; his admissions, 285;
on the deformity, 285; surprise that Rivers should make Richard
supervisor of his will, 285; Richard's acts do not harmonise with the
Tudor stories, 286; his ideas about the death of young Edward at
Tewkesbury, 286-288; views respecting King Edward's treatment of
prisoners after the battle, 289-290; views about the death of Henry
VI., 290-294; acknowledges that Richard interceded for his brother
Clarence, 294; reply to his remarks about Richard's supposed remorse,
295; has nothing to say against Richard's marriage, 295; he admits,
assuming they were not tried, that the sentence of Rivers and his
companions was not more severe than the law might authorise, 296; he
thinks that Edward's precontract with Lady Eleanor Butler may be true,
296; yet he still believes in the slander of the Duchess of York, 297;
his defence of the assertion that Richard murdered his nephews, 298-299
Galtres Forest, 34, 58
Gamble's Close, position of Lord Stanley at Bosworth, 152
Garter, Order of the, stall plate of Richard Duke of Gloucester, 38;
Duke of Burgundy invested, 113; knights made by King Richard, 146
Gascoignes faithful to King Richard, 151
Gascons, trade in wine, 112
Gastons, a position on Tewkesbury battle field, 72
Gedding, Sir John, slain at Wakefield, 15
George, _see_ Clarence, Duke of Giles, Sir John, pardoned after
Tewkesbury, 77
Gladmoor, _see_ Barnet
Glastonbury, 70
Gloucester, 71, 128; King Richard at, 129; Buckingham at, 225
Gloucester, Humphrey Duke of, his treatment of Jacoba of Holland, 44
Gloucester, John of, illegitimate son of Richard III., 237 _n._; made
away with by Henry VII., 255 _n._
Gloucester, Richard Duke of, _see_ Richard III.
Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of, marriage with the Bohun
co-heiress, 128
Goddestande, 237, _see_ Davy
Golden Fleece, Edward IV. and Gruthuus companions of, 43
Goldwell, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, 146
Gower, James, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76, 77
Grantham, 39
Green, John, in the story of the murders, 260; apocryphal grants to,
264; grants to a namesake by Richard III., 264; grant to himself by
Henry VII., 268, 269; his death, 271-273
Greenfield, Clement Paston's tutor, 117
Greenwich, 56
Grey, Lord, of Codnor, 109, 143
Grey, Lord, of Powys, 109, 143; Commissioner for Peace with Scotland,
145
Grey, Lord, of Wilton, 109, 143
Grey, Sir John, made K.B., 147
Grey, Sir Richard, with young Edward at Ludlow, 88; arrested, 90;
beheaded, 100
Grey, Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, _whom see_
Grey de Ruthyn, Lord, treachery at Northampton, 56
Grey, Lady, _see_ Elizabeth Woodville
Greystoke, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; cousin to the king,
110; hurrying to help the king, but too late, 151
Grimsby, Sir William, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Gruthuus, Louis de Bruges, Lord of, hospitality to Edward IV., 43; help
in fitting out the expedition, 44
Guilds, 112
Gunners, Flemish, with hand guns, 44
Gunthorpe, John, Lord Privy Seal, 144; Commissioner for Peace with
Scotland, 145
Gupshill farm near Tewkesbury battle-field, 73; Margaret awaited the
result in a religious house at, 74
Habington's Life of Edward IV., on absurdity of accusing Richard of
murder of Henry VI., 199; his account of Edward's proceedings after
Tewkesbury, 289; with Hall and Grafton adds Dorset to the assassins at
Tewkesbury, 190
Hague, the, Edward IV. at, 43
Hall, Sir David, the Duke of York's chief adviser, 10, 13, 23; sent out
foraging party from Sandal, 13; battle brought on against his advice,
14; slain, 15, 21, 106
Hall's Chronicle, absurd story about the murder of Rutland, 16 _n._,
190 _n._; his statement about funeral of Henry VI., 190 n., and about
Richard Croft and Edward of Lancaster, 191 _n._; the pamphlet inspired
by Morton embodied in, 168; copied from earlier writers, 179, 190, 241
Halsted, Miss, biographer of Richard III., 85 _n._, 181, 186; the best
work on the subject, 145 _n._, 182
Hampton, Sir Edmund, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Hanson, Captain, wounded at Wakefield, 15
Hardwycke, of Lindley, joined Henry Tudor and acted as a guide, 153
Hardynge's Chronicle, Morton's lampoon first appeared in, 168
Harfleur, Margaret of Anjou embarked at, 69; Henry Tudor embarked at,
142
Harington, James, Clerk of the Council, 145; slain at Bosworth, 155,
157; loyal to the last, 252
Harington, Sir John, heard that the Morton lampoon was written by
Morton, 168; or by More, 170 _n._
Harrow, J., Warden of the Mercers' Company, with the Duke of York at
Wakefield, 11; wounded and put to death, 15; head stuck on a gate at
York, 17
Hastings, Wm., 23; knighted on the field of Towton, 36; created Lord
Hastings, 36; flight with Edward IV., 42, 44; at Barnet, 49; at
Tewkesbury, 71, 74, 89; his conspiracy, 97, 98; arrest and execution,
99; his son a minor, 109; Richard's generosity to his widow and family,
99; falsifications of dates respecting his death, 210-216
Haute, Sir John, 79
Haute, Sir Richard, 88; arrested, 90; beheaded, 100
Hedgley Moor, 59
Hedingham Castle, 107
Henry IV. (Bolingbroke), his usurpation and its consequences, 103, 117;
marriage with the Bohun heiress, 128
Henry V. (of Monmouth), his character, war, and persecution of
heretics, 103
Henry VI. (of Windsor), taken prisoner at Northampton, 7; marriage, 54;
assent to the Act making the Duke of York heir apparent, 9; hunting at
Greenwich, 11; re-captured by his wife, 17; at York during the battle
of Towton, flight to Scotland, 34, 58; at Hexham, 59; concealed at
Bolton Hall, 59; his death, 78; buried at Windsor, 139; false date for
his death and insinuations by Morton, Polydore Virgil, Warkworth,
Fabyan, Rous, Croyland, 193-195; his accounts reveal the truth, 197,
198, 199; Mr. Gairdner's views respecting his death, 290-4; founded
Eton College, 116
Henry VII., _see_ Tudor, Henry; business of vilifying his predecessor,
171, 173; inspired the story of the murder of the princes, as Lord
Bacon suspected, 169, 236, 250, 251; his conduct respecting the Act
settling the crown on Richard, 218; his illegal executions after
Bosworth, 246, 247 _n._; his character and government, 248, 249, 251,
253; his usurpation, 250; marriage, 254: strong motive for the crime,
254; his other victims, 255; silences the relations, 257, 270, 271;
gives out the story, 258, 259; fear of detection, 267; murder of the
princes, 269; rewards to Tyrrel and others, 268, 269, 270; got Tyrrel
into his power by treachery, 273; cruel treatment and death of Edward,
Earl of Warwick, 275; contemplating another crime on his death-bed,
277; restitution to Tyrrel's son, 277; died tormented by remorse, 278;
things unexplained in his conduct, 279, 280. _See_ Murder of the
princes
Henry, Captain of Bristol, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Heraldry, 110
Heralds' College, 110, 162
Hereford, 8
Hereford, Bishop of, 146
Heretics, Lancastrian law for burning, 103, 117, 118
Hexham, battle of, 59
Heydon, John, Recorder of Norwich, 119
Hill, Sir W., beheaded at York, 34
Holborn, 110
Holderness, 45
Holinshed's Chronicle, 179, 190
Holme Hill, near Tewkesbury battlefield, 72
Hook, Dr., Lives of Archbishops of Canterbury, has doubts, 181
Hopton, Walter, Treasurer of the Household, 145; knighted, 147; slain
at Bosworth, 145, 252
Home, Captain of Appledore, at Towton, 23; in the pursuit of Clifford,
28; slain in the battle, 32
Howard, Lord, 89, _see_ Norfolk, Duke of
Hungates of Saxton, 30, 35
Hungerford, Lord, at Towton for Henry, 24, 31; known as Lord Molines,
25; flight, 33; continued in rebellion, 36; beheaded, 59; generosity of
Edward IV. to his family, 36; his son a minor, 109, 143
Hungerford, Walter, joined Henry Tudor, 149; slew Sir R. Brackenbury,
156
Hunting, 106, 108
Huntingdon, Earl of, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; bore the
queen's sceptre, 127; with the king on his progress, 129
Hussey, Sir William, Lord Chief Justice, 145
Iceland, Richard's promotion of trade with, 161
Inns in London, 112
Inns of Court, 112
Insomuch, J., printer of the Book of St. Albans, 108
Iolanthe, sister of Margaret of Anjou, 67
Ireland, Duke of Clarence born at Dublin, 3; flight of the Duke of York
to, 7; Earl of Kildare Lord Deputy, 145; King Richard's good government
of, 161
Jackson, Robert, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76
Jacoba of Holland, 44
James III. of Scotland, 86, 139, 257 _n._
Jenney, Sir William, Judge of Common Pleas, 145; knighted, 147
Jervaux, Monks of, 83
Jesse, disbelieved most of the Tudor fables, 181
John of Gloucester, _see_ Gloucester
Judges in time of Richard III., 145
Katherine, daughter of Edward IV., married to the Earl of Devonshire,
87 _n._, 271 _n._
Kelfield, Stillington family at, 96 _n._
Kemp, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury, christened Edward of
Lancaster, 55
Kempe, J., Bishop of London, 146
Kendall, John, Secretary of Slate, 145; slain at Bosworth, 155, 157;
loyal to the last, 252
Kent, Earl of, Lord Fauconberg created, 35
Kent, Grey, Earl of, at Richard's coronation, carried the
ecclesiastical sword of justice, 109, 127, 143
Keyley, James, payment to, for King Richard's tomb, 253 _n._
Kidwelly, Morgan, Attorney-General, 145; loyal to the last, 145 _n._
Kildare, Earl of, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 145
Kirkcudbright, Margaret embarked at, 58
Laing, continuation of Henry's History, disbelief of Tudor stories,
181, 197 _n._
Lancaster, Duchy of, Duke of Gloucester, Chief Seneschal, 84; T.
Metcalf, Chancellor of, 83 _n._, 145
Lancastrians, Duke of York's two elder daughters married to, 3;
overpowered the Duke of York at Ludlow, 7; raise an army in Yorkshire,
9, 11, 13; atrocities after Wakefield, 16, 17. (_See_ Towton, Barnet,
Tewkesbury.) Malcontents intriguing in France, 140, 141, 231, 243
Langstrother, Sir John, Prior of St. John, with Margaret, 69; at
Tewkesbury, 74; tried and executed, 76
Langton, Bishop of St. David's, 146; praise of King Richard, 130
Latimer, Lady, made Richard supervisor of her will, 84, 160, 202
Law, 119
Law officers, 145
Lawless times, 120
Lawyers, 112
Legge, 'Unpopular King,' rejects most of the Tudor stories, 181
Leicester, 47, 130; King Richard at, 152; buried at, 158
Lewis, Dr., sent by Lady Stanley to the Queen Dowager, 231
Lewknor, Sir Thomas, traitor, 133 _n._
Lichfield, Bishop of, 146
Lincoln, King Richard at, when he heard of Buckingham's rebellion, 130
Lincoln, Bishop of, _see_ Russell, Dr.
Lincoln, Earl of, 109; nephew to the king, 110; at Richard's coronation
bearing the orb, 127, 143; with the king on his progress, 129; false
statement of Rous, 138
Lingard, Dr., believer in all Tudor stories, 182, 281; on Henry VI.,
198 _n._; on the execution of Rivers, 210 _n._; on young Edward's
tailor's account, 237; defence of Henry's executions after Bosworth,
247 _n._; imprisonment of the Queen Dowager, 257 _n._; alleged rewards
to murderers, 264
Lisle, Viscount (Grey), 100, 109; at Richard's coronation, 126, 235;
bore the rod with dove, 127, 143
Lisle, Viscount, Arthur, son of Edward IV., 87 _n._, 221 _n._
Llandaff, J. Marshall, Bishop of, 146
Loan raised by King Richard, 142
London warmly supported the House of York, 10, 104; residences, 110,
112; inns, 112; city companies, 112; popularity of King Richard, 139;
Recorder, 146; Bishop, 146
Londoners with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; citizens declare for
Edward IV., 21; march to Towton, 22
Lorenzo the Magnificent, likeness to Richard III., 40 _n._, 124
Lorraine, Isabelle of, mother of Margaret of Anjou, 53; death of, 55
Louis XI., 58, 66; bribed the ministers of Edward IV., 82; interview
with Prince Richard, 82
Louis XII., 128
Lovel, Francis, Viscount, friend of Richard, 40; bore the civil sword
of justice at the coronation, 109, 127; Lord Chamberlain, 144; created
a Knight of the Garter, 146; with the king at Bosworth, 151, 155; loyal
to the end, 252
Lovell, Sir Thomas, Tyrrel decoyed into his power by treachery, 273
Loyal men, at Bosworth and on their way, 151, 155, 157; in Henry's Act
of Attainder, 252
Lucy, Elizabeth, mother of two children of Edward IV., 87 _n._, 221
_n._; false statement of Morton, 220
Ludlow, Duke of York succeeds to, 3; Yorkist defeat at, 7; Young Edward
at, 88
Lumley, Lord, 87 _n._, 221 _n._; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143
Lumley Castle, 107
Lymbricke, Sir Walter, wounded and taken prisoner at Wakefield, 15
Lymon, Thomas, Solicitor-General, 145; married Jane Shore, 100, 145
Lynn, 42
Magdalen College, Oxford, King Richard at, 129
Malmesbury, 71
Maltravers, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143
Manor houses, 121
Mantes, 54
March, Earl of (Edward IV.), 7, 8 _n._, 20, 58
March, Earl of, and Pembroke, son of Edward IV., 125. _See_ Edward
Marches, Richard Warden of the, 85
Margaret of Anjou, birth, 53; marriage, 54; birth of her son, 54, 55;
strove to make her son popular, 56; adventures in the war, 57-59;
living at Koeur-la-Petite, 60-67; agreement with Warwick, 66, 67;
embarked for England, 68-69; at Cerne Abbey, 69, 70; at Tewkesbury,
72-77; taken prisoner to the Tower, 78; with the Duchess of Suffolk,
78; ransomed, 79; last years and death, 79; her alleged cruelties after
Wakefield untrue, 17 _n._
Margaret, Princess, Duchess of Burgundy, birth, 3, 6; taken prisoner,
7; in John Paston's chambers, 7, 8; marriage, 43, 113; help to her
brothers, 43-44; visit to her brothers, 111; patron of Caxton, 113, 114
Margaret, Princess, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, Countess of
Salisbury, 87 _n._; killed by Henry VIII., 256
Margaret Beaufort, _see_ Stanley, Lady
Markham, Sir John, created K.B. by Edward IV., 36; his present of a
book to Lord Cromwell, 51 _n._; Lord Chief Justice, 119
Markham, Sir Robert, created K.B. by Edward IV., 36
Marshall, J., Bishop of Bangor, 146
Mauleverers loyal to King Richard, 151
Mercers Company, _see_ Harrow. Caxton a Mercer, 113
Merchant Adventurers, 113
Merchant Taylors' Company, dispute with Skinners, 112
Merchants' increasing wealth, 112
Metcalfes of Nappa, Thomas made Chancellor of the Duchy, 83, 145
Methley, Lord Welles buried at, 34
Micklegate, Duke of York's head on, 17, 36
Middleham Castle, the home of Richard and Anne, 81, 82; description of,
83, 107; Richard founded a college at 85, 118, 294
Middleton, Sir Robert, 252
Miles, Lewis, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76
Milewater, servant to Edward and Edmund, 5; slain at Barnet fighting by
Richard's side, 50
Milford Haven, Henry Tudor landed at, 142, 148
Milling, Dr., Bishop of Hereford, 146
Millstones from Paris, 112
Ministers of Richard III., 144-145
Miracle plays, 119
Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, hanged by sailors, 118
Molines or Moleyns, Lord, _see_ Hungerford; lawless conduct, 120
Monasteries, 118
Montagu, Marquis; his treason, 42; at Hexham, 59; outmanoeuvred, 47; at
Barnet, 49; slain, 51; grief of Richard, 51; who interceded for his
children, 51, 202
More, Sir Thomas, the so-called 'History of Richard III.' attributed
to, 168; its freedom from criticism due to More's reputed authorship,
170; not written by More, 170; on Morton's extraordinary memory, 208
Morley, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109; with the king on his
progress, 129, 143
Mortimer inheritance, Duke of York succeeded to, 3
Mortimer, Hugh and Sir John, with the Duke of York, 10; slain at
Wakefield, 15
Mortimer's Cross, victory won by the Earl of March, 18, 20
Morton, Dr., with Henry VI. at York, 24, 27; with Margaret in exile,
69; at Tewkesbury, pardoned, 77; Bishop of Ely, bribed by Louis XI.,
82; intrigues against Richard, 97-99; given in charge to the Duke of
Buckingham, 100; his political pamphlet called 'History of Richard
III.', 168; its authorship, 169-171; account of Morton and his career,
206-207; made Archbishop of Canterbury, 25, 207; on Richard's alleged
deformity, 185-186; silent respecting the death of Edward of Lancaster,
191, 192; insinuation about Henry VI., 193; confessed that Richard
resisted the death of Clarence, 203; his story about Richard's
assumption of the protectorship, 208-210; his version of the Hastings
plot, 210-213; his falsification of dates, 213-216; his version of the
execution of Rivers, 216-217; his falsification of King Richard's
title, 217-221; his shameful slander of the Duchess of York, 220;
unworthy of credit, 221; his false version of Richard's accession,
222-223; his account of conversations with the Duke of Buckingham,
222-227; his evidence of Richard's intentions respecting his nephews,
238; intriguing in the Isle of Ely and in France, 242
Mountjoy, Lord (_see_ Sir Walter Blount), 35; son and heir slain at
Barnet, 51; to announce accession of Richard III. at Calais, 102, 109
Mowbray, inheritance, 125
Muccleston church, 56
Murder of the princes, story as given out by Henry VII., 169, 258-259;
fuller story published by Grafton and Rastell, 259-261; question of
their fate, 233; no danger to Richard, 235; alive during Richard's
reign, 236-238; conduct of mother and sister, 238, 239; false rumours,
239, 240; contradictory dates, 225; murdered by order of Henry VII.,
256; story put forward contradictory and inaccurate, 262; Tyrrel, 269;
burial, bodies discovered, 270; relations silenced, 270, 271; alleged
rewards to murderers, 264, 265; Henry's rewards, 272; Henry's remorse,
276, 278; Mr. Gairdner's theory, 298, 299
Musgraves faithful to King Richard, 151
Nappa Hall, seat of the Metcalfes, 83
Navy of Richard III., 135-136. _See_ Rogers, Thomas
Neale, Richard, Judge of Common Pleas, 145
Nesfield, Captain, to watch the Westminster sanctuary, 241
Nevill, George, Bishop of Exeter, persuaded Edward to take the kingly
office, 22, 23; Archbishop of York, Richard and Anne sat together at
his installation feast, 40; Anne's guardian, married her to Richard,
81, 82
Nevill, Lady Anne, _see_ Anne
Nevill, Lady Cecily, 3. _See_ York, Duchess of
Nevill, Lady Isabella, Duchess of Clarence, 41; children, 87 _n._
Nevill, 77
Nevill, Lord, traitor to the Duke of York, 11
Nevill, Lord, Richard wrote to, for reinforcements, 98
Nevill, Sir George, son of Lord Abergavenny, made K.B., 147. _See_
Montagu, Salisbury, Warwick, Westmoreland
Nevill, Sir John, at Towton for Henry, 24; with Lord Clifford, 27;
slain, 29
Nevill, Sir Thomas, 10; slain at Wakefield, 15; head stuck on the gate
at York, 17
Newark, 47
Newborough, Sir William, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76
Newcastle, Earl of Wiltshire beheaded at, 34
Nicolas, Sir Harris, rejects some of Tudor stories, 181; denounces some
of them, 228, 230
Nobility not destroyed by wars of the Roses, 37, 105; life in the
country, 106, 108. _See_ Peerage
Nokes, John, 5
Norfolk, Duke of (Mowbray), 10, 11; at Towton, 32, 35; death of
heiress, 125
Norfolk, Duke of (Howard), at Richard's coronation bearing the crown,
109, 127, 143; cousin to the king, 110; present to, from the royal
wardrobe, 111; Earl Marshal, 144; Admiral, 144; commissioner for peace
with Scotland, 145; hurried to the king's help, 151, 154; his camp,
152; slain at Bosworth, 155
Norfolk coast, ships of King Edward off, 45
Northampton, Battle of, 7, 56; Richard and Buckingham at, 90
Northumberland, Earl of, at the battle of Wakefield, 14; at Towton for
Henry, 24; led the centre, 31, 32; slain, 33; buried at York, 34; his
son restored, 36, 134; at Richard's coronation, bore the pointless
sword of mercy, 127; 109, 143; Commissioner for Peace with Scotland,
145; at Bosworth but held back, 151, 154; retribution, 154 _n._;
presided at the trial of Lord Rivers, 99, 217
Norwegian traders at Stourbridge fair, 112
Norwich sent troop to Edward, 71; Recorder of, _see_ Heydon
Norwich, Bishop of (Dr. Goldwell), at Richard's coronation, 144, 146
Nostell Priory, 13
Nottingham, 47, 130, 136; memorial to King Richard III. at, 158
Nottingham Castle, 47, 148; King Richard commenced his march from, 151
Nottingham, Earl of, 109, 125, 143
Official documents in Richard's favour, 179; value of evidence, 292
Ogle, Lord, in the marches during Richard's coronation, 109, 143;
hurrying to join the king at Bosworth, 151
Ogle, Sir Robert, 58
Oldham, Dr., Bishop of Sodor and Man, 147
Ormonde, Earl of, 24 (_see_ Wiltshire); pardoned, 36; in Portugal, 66;
pardoned at Tewkesbury, 77
Ormonde, Sir Thomas, created K.B., 147
Oxford University, 116; King Richard at, 128, 129
Oxford, John Vere Earl of, under attainder, 109, 144; at Barnet, 47,
49, 50; came with Henry Tudor, 148; at Bosworth, 154, 155; origin of
the star in the arms of, 50 _n._
Parker, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Parker, Sir William, the king's standard bearer at Bosworth, 156, 157
Parliament, Act making the Duke of York heir apparent, 9; deposed Henry
VI. for violating his word, 21, 22; met in spite of the _supersedeas_,
98, 100; proofs of the illegitimacy submitted, 101; petitions Richard
to assume the crown, 102; great power of the Speaker, 104; Richard's
Parliament met, Acts passed, 134; Acts first published in English, 134;
distinction between public and private Acts first made, 134; Lord
Campbell's opinion, 134. _See_ Titulus Regius
Parr, Dr., inscription over King Richard's well, 158; remarks on
likeness of Richard to Lorenzo the Magnificent, 40 _n._, 124
Parr, Sir Thomas, with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; grandfather
of Queen Katherine Parr, 15
Parr, Sir William, slain at Wakefield, 15; head stuck on the gate at
York, 17
Parr, Thomas, Richard's esquire, slain at Barnet, 50
Paston, boy at Eton, 117
Paston, Clement, at Cambridge, 117
Paston, John, 7, 120, 122, 201
Paston, Mrs., 117, 120, 122
Paston Letters, 7, 8 _n._, 23, 76 _n._, 81, 151 _n._
Payn, Mr., his luggage seized by Jack Cade, 122
Payne's Place, Margaret of Anjou took refuge at, 77
Peerage, 37, 105, 106; of Richard III., 109, 143; at his coronation,
109, 126, 127; no peer, except Stanley, joined Henry Tudor, 149
Pembroke, _see_ Tudor, Jasper, title of Edward, son of Edward IV.
(_whom see_)
Pembroke Castle, Henry Tudor born at, 140
Percy, Sir Richard, 24; slain at Towton, 33, 34
Percy, Sir Robert, of Scotton, friend of Richard, 40; Controller of the
Household, 145; knighted, 147; with the king at Bosworth, 151, 156
Peterborough, 1
Pickering, Sir James, with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; slain,
15; head stuck on a gate at York, 17
Pilgrimages, 119
Pilkington, Sir John, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Pilkington, Sir Thomas, loyal to King Richard, 252
Pilkingtons, faithful to King Richard, 151
Plantagenets, the Dynasty, 166; the kings of the Lancastrian branch,
103, 104; Yorkist right, 9, 104; children of the Duke of York, 6; of
Edward IV., 86 _n._; of the Duke of Clarence, 87 _n._; slaughter of the
last male, 275
Plumpton correspondence, 245; arbitration, 84, 160 _n._
Plumptons faithful to King Richard, 151
Plumstead churchyard, 120
Pole-on-the-Humber, Lord Rivers landed at, 46
Pole, de la, _see_ Suffolk, Duke of, Lincoln, Earl of
Pole, Anne de la, 139
Pole, Richard, married to the Princess Margaret, daughter of the Duke
of Clarence, 87 _n._
Pole, Sir Edmund de la, created K.B., 147; afterwards Earl of Suffolk
Polydore Virgil, employed by Henry VII., 168; his coming to England,
171; his numerous preferments, 172; character of his history, 172;
untrustworthy, 175; on the unequal shoulders, 186; on treatment of
captives at Towton, 34; a slanderer, 190, 192; on date of death of
Henry VI., 193, 196; his calumny about the Duchess of York, 220, 222;
statement about Buckingham's claims, 223; silent about Clarence, 202;
contradicts Morton about Shaw's sermon, 220; contemplated marriage with
Elizabeth, 231; battle of Bosworth, 157 _n._; his story of the murder,
258
Pomfret, Lancastrian army at, 13; bodies of the Duke of York and Earl
of Rutland at, 34, 39; Montagu at, 47
Pomfret Castle, a residence of the Duke of Gloucester, 84; Edward's
headquarters before Towton, 25; execution of Lord Rivers at, 99
Pont-a-Mousson, birth place of Margaret of Anjou, 53, 61
Portsmouth, 69
Post first established by Richard III., 106, 159
Prices, 123
Printing, _see_ Caxton
Progress, King Richard's royal, 129-30
Pulter, Thomas, loyal to King Richard, 252
Quarter, none given by the Lancastrians at Wakefield, 16, 17; proof
that it was given by Edward at Towton, 34; always given by Edward, 34;
given to inferior officers and soldiers at Tewkesbury, where several
leaders were also pardoned, 77
Queen, _see_ Anne Nevill
Queen, _see_ Elizabeth of York
Queen Dowager, _see_ Elizabeth Woodville
Raby, Rose of, _see_ York, Duchess of
Ramme, traitor, executed at Exeter, 132
Rapin, History of England, 180, 181
Ratcliffe, Sir John (Lord Fitzwalter), 23; at Ferrybridge, 23; slain, 27
Ratcliffe, Sir Richard, 99, 145; Knight of the Garter, 147; at
Bosworth, 156, 157; loyal to the last, 252
Ratford, Capt, slain at the battle of Wakefield, 15
Ratte, John, loyal to the end, 252
Ravenspur, Edward landed at, 45
Redman, Dr., Bishop of St. Asaph, 129, 145, 146
Redmore Plain, 152, 154
Rene, King, 53; death, 79
Revell, Richard, loyal to the last, 252
Richard III. (Duke of Gloucester), son of the Duke of York, born at
Fotheringhay, 3, 6; childhood with Margaret and George, 4; prisoner at
war, 7; in John Paston's chambers in the Temple, 8, 10; sent to Holland
for safety, 18; loss of his father and brother, 18, 19, 38; built a
memorial chapel at Towton, 37; creations, Knight of the Garter, 38;
stall plate at Windsor, 38; chief mourner at his father's funeral, 39;
military training under Warwick, 40; early and enduring friendships,
40; companionship with Anne Nevill, 40; description of, 40, 124; loyal
to Edward IV., 41; flight with Edward to Holland, 42; at Bruges, 43;
fitting out ships at Veere, 44; at Ravenspur, 45; negotiation with
Clarence, 47, 48; at Barnet, 50; at Tewkesbury, 74; marriage and life
at Middleham, 81, 82, 84; with Edward IV. in France, upright conduct,
82; founded colleges, 85, 107, 118, 294; supervisor of wills, 84, 99;
arbitrator, 84, 160 _n._; high offices of State, 84, 85; Warden of the
Marches, campaign in Scotland, excellence of his administration, 85;
takes Berwick, 86; Protector by Edward's will, services and popularity,
89; arrested Rivers, 89, 90; resided with his mother, 91; ignorant of
his brother's matrimonial secrets, 97; stamped out the Hastings
conspiracy, 98, 99; rightful heir, 101; accepts the crown, 102; town
house at Crosby Place, 85, 110; coronation, 126, 127; grant to
Buckingham, 126; progress, 128-130; at York, 130; suppressed
Buckingham's revolt, 131-132; Parliament and administrative reforms,
134, 135; loss of his son, 137; progress and reception of Scotch
ambassadors, 139; popularity in London, 139; his wife's death, 140;
military talent, 149; courage and pluck, 150; formation of his army,
154; resolves on a desperate charge at Bosworth, 155; glorious death,
156; buried at Leicester, 158; memorials, 158; character, 159, 160;
accusations against him, 167, 184; Tudor calumnies, 192, 199;
deformity, 185-187; Mr. Gairdner and the alleged crimes of, 281-301.
_See_ Edward of Lancaster, Henry VI., Anne Nevill, Hastings, Clarence,
Rivers, Titulus Regius, Murder of the Princes
Richard, second son of Edward IV., 86 _n._; in sanctuary, 91; joined
his brother, 100, 125. _See_ Murder of the princes.
Richmond, earldom, granted to the Duke of Gloucester, 38, 140; Henry
Tudor had no right to the title, 109, 133 _n._, 144
Richmond Castle, 107
Rivers, Earl, flight with Edward IV., 42, 44; landed at Pole, 46;
Constable of the Tower, 78; in charge of his nephew at Ludlow, 88;
arrested, 90; tried and executed, 99, 216, 217; made Richard III.
supervisor of his will, 99, 160; his literary attainments, 115; his son
a minor, 109
Robsart, Sir Terry, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Rochester, Bishop of, Dr. Audley, at Richard's coronation, 144, 146
Rockingham Forest, 1
Rogers, Thomas, keeper of the ships, 135, 144
Rogers, Mr. Thorold, on the character of Edward IV., 37; on the Wars of
the Roses, 104; opinion of churchmen, 118; disbelief in the murder of
Henry VI., 198
Roos, Lord, with Henry and Margaret at York, 24, 27; beheaded at
Hexham, 59
Roos, Sir Henry, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Roos, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Rose of Raby, _see_ York, Duchess of
Roses, Wars of the, their causes, 6, 104; the nobility not annihilated,
37, 105; not a war of the people, 104
Rotherham, Archbishop, 88, 100
Roucliffe, Brian, Baron of the Exchequer, 145
Rouen, children of the Duke of York born at, 3, 6
Rous, John, an unblushing time server, 173, 174; on Richard's birth,
186; reason of his silence about Tewkesbury, 191; Henry VI., 195;
Countess of Warwick, 201; trial of Rivers, 217 _n._; death of Queen
Anne, 228; adoption of Warwick as heir, alleged supersession by
Lincoln, 138; death of the princes, 244
Rumours of the deaths of the princes alleged to have existed, 239;
Croyland Monk, 240; no evidence, 241; Morton in the Isle of Ely, 242;
spread by Henry VII., 256
Russell, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, his speech on investiture of the Duke
of Burgundy with the Garter, 113; an upright prelate, 118; King
Richard's Chancellor, 144; at the coronation, 144; commissioner for
peace with Scotland, 145
Rutland, Earl of, _see_ Edmund
Saints' days, letters always dated on, 119
St. Albans, battles of, 17, 56, 57
St. Albans, Book of, 108
St. Asaph, Bishop of, B. Redman, 129, 146; commissioner for peace with
Scotland, 145
St. David's, Bishop, 109. _See_ Langton
St. Denis, at York, Earl of Northumberland buried at, 34
St. Germain, Walter, loyal to the last, 252
St. John, Prior of, _see_ Langstrother
St. Leger, Sir Thomas, traitor, 131; beheaded, 132
St. Liz, Simon de, founder of Fotheringhay, 1
St. Lo, Sir John, knighted at Tewkesbury, 77
St. Martin's Day, stock killed and salted on, 121
St. Martin's le Grand sanctuary, Anne Nevill in, 81
St. Miheil, 60
St. Pol, Duke of Burgundy's Court, 43, 60
Salisbury, Buckingham beheaded at, 132
Salisbury, Bishop of, 100; traitor, 132, 146; at Richard's coronation,
144. _See_ Woodville
Salisbury, Earl of, with the Duke of York at Sandal, 10, 13; at
Wakefield, 14; taken prisoner and put to death, 16, 21; head exposed at
York, 17; funeral at Bisham, 34; town house at Cold Harbour, 110
Salisbury, Earl of, _see_ Edward
Salkeld, Wm., arrested the Earl of Wiltshire at Cockermouth, 34
Sanctuary at Westminster, 91, 136, 241; at St. Martin's le Grand, 81
Sandal Castle, Duke of York's inheritance, 3; the Duke arrived at,
description, 11-12; ruins, 12; surrounding country, 13; Duke's
Christmas at, 13, 14
Sandford, on the death of Clarence, 202, 203 _n._
Sandwich, 80
Sapcote, William, loyal to the last, 252
Sasiola, Galfridus de, _see_ Spanish Ambassador
Savage, Sir John, joined Henry Tudor at Bosworth, 149, 154
Saxton, near Towton, _see_ Towton _and_ Hungate; Lord Dacre buried at,
34, 35
Saye, Lord, flight with Edward IV., 42, 44; slain at Barnet, 51
Saye, Sir William, created K.B., 147
Sayer, William, payments to, for keep of Henry VI., 197
Scarthingwell, 27, 28
Scotland, flight of Henry VI. to, 34, 58; Richard's campaign in, 85,
86; peace with, 139, 145; Margaret of Anjou in, 9
Scotton, _see_ Percy
Scrope, of Bolton, Lord, with Edward, 23; wounded at Towton, 32;
Richard's neighbour, 130, 143; at Richard's coronation, 109; executions
by, 132 _n._; hurrying to the aid of the king, 151
Scrope of Masham, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143
Severn, 71, 72; slaughter at a ford, after Tewkesbury, 75; great flood,
131
Seymour, Sir John, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Shaunde, Philibert de, in command of Henry Tudor's troops, 142; at
Bosworth, 153, 154
Shaw, Dr., sermon, misrepresented by Morton and Polydore Virgil, 220,
221; false date, 215
Sheen, 35
Sherburn, 27, 29
Sheriff Hutton, 84; chapel added to the church by Richard, 85; tomb of
Edward Prince of Wales at, 137; Edward, King Richard's heir, at, 138,
142
Shore, Jane, 100; married to the Solicitor-General, 145 _n._
Shrewsbury, Earl of, a minor, 109, 143
Simnel, Lambert, 280
Skinners' Company, 112
Skipton, 84
Skipwith, Sir John, at the Duke of York's obsequies, 39
Slaughter or Slater ('Black Will'), 260, 264, 269; rewards to, 271
Sluys, 60
Smith, Wm., Bishop of Lichfield, 146
Smyth, William, 5
Sodor and Man, Bishop of, 146
Somerset, Duke of, at the battle of Wakefield, 14; and Towton, 23; made
his peace, 36; beheaded at Hexham, 59
Somerset, Duke of, Edmund, Buckingham's descent from, 225; at Barnet,
49; with Margaret, 69, 70; at Tewkesbury, 73; his charge, 74, 75;
beheaded, 76; title became extinct, 37
Sopwell, Prioress of, _see_ Berners, Juliana
Southampton, 54
Southwick, 54
Spanish Ambassador, 130; knighted at York, 130, _see_ Ayala Sasiola
Spofforth, 84
Sport, _see_ Hunting
Stafford, Humphrey, at Bosworth for the king, 155; loyal to the last,
252
Stafford, Sir Thomas, at Bosworth for the king, 155
Stallworthe, Reverend Simon, letter to Sir W. Stonor, with real date of
execution of Hastings, 214
Stanley, Lady, mother of Henry Tudor, 140; at Richard's coronation bore
the queen's train, 126, 127, 235; her intrigues, 131, 133, 226, 231;
pardoned by the king, 148, 231
Stanley, Lord, 109, 111; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; Lord
Steward, 144; commissioner for peace with Scotland, 145; the only Peer
who joined Henry Tudor, 149; raised forces, 149; secret interview with
Henry Tudor, 149; treachery at Bosworth, 150, 152, 153; threw off the
mask, 155, 159; objects of the Stanleys, 148
Stanley, Sir Ralph, wounded and taken prisoner at Wakefield, 15
Stanley, Sir Wm., captured Margaret of Anjou, 78; treachery at
Bosworth, 156; retribution, 158; knew the truth about the princes, 244
Stapleton, Sir Brian, for the king at Bosworth, 155
Stapleton village, 152
Stillingfleet church, 96 _n._
Stillington, Dr., Bishop of Bath and Wells; his disclosure of Edward's
first marriage, 93-97; account of, 94-96; treatment by Henry VII., 251
Stoke Golding, 152, 153, 157
Stonor, Sir William, _see_ Stallworthe
Stony Stratford, 90
Story, Ed., Bishop of Chichester, 146
Stourbridge, 112
Stourton, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143
Stow's Chronicle, 179, 185, 191
Strange, Lord, 231-232
Strickland, Miss, on Richard's marriage with Anne, 201
Strickland, Sir Thomas, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; loyal to the
king, 151
Suffolk, Duchess of, _see_ Elizabeth
Suffolk, Duke and Duchess, 53, 54; received Margaret of Anjou at
Ewelme, 78
Suffolk, Duke of, at Richard's coronation bearing the sceptre, 109,
143; king's brother-in-law, 110
Supersedeas, _see_ Parliament
Surrey, Earl of, son married to Anne daughter of Edward IV., 86 _n._;
at Richard's coronation bearing the sword of state in the scabbard,
109, 127, 143; Knight of the Garter, 146; at Bosworth for King Richard,
151, 252
Sutton Cheney, 152; king's army formed near, 154
Tadcaster, 26, 27, 46
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, his treason, 148; at Bosworth, 154
Talbots, 148
Talboys, Sir William, at Towton for Henry, 24; beheaded at York, 34
Tattershall Castle, built of brick by Lord Bourchier, 107
Taunton, 70
Temple, John Paston's chambers in, _see_ Paston, John
Tewkesbury, 72; battle, 74-75, King Richard at, 128, 129; contemporary
accounts, Warkworth, Croyland Monk, Comines, 189; Stories of Fabyan,
190; Polydore Virgil, 190; Grafton, Hall, Holinshed, Habington, 190;
silence of Morton and Rous, 191, 192; Mr. Gairdner's view, 286, 287,
288; executions after the battle, 76, 77, 288; pardons, 77
Throgmorton, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Tickhill Castle, 107
Tipton, Lord, _see_ Worcester, Earl of
Titchfield, Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou married at, 54
'Titulus Regius,' a State Paper explaining King Richard's title to the
crown, 101; became an Act of Parliament, 134, 218; attempt of Henry
VII. to destroy all copies, 218, 250, 279
Townshend, Rodger, Judge of the King's Bench, 145, 146
Towton, battle of, numbers, 25, 31; distances, 25; description of the
surrounding country, 26; formation of the Lancastrian line, 31; battle,
32, 33. _See_ Fauconberg, Edward IV., Horne
Tremayne, Thomas, King's Serjeant, 146
Tresham, Speaker, 104
Trollope, Sir Andrew, Lancastrian chief of the staff at Wakefield, 14,
16; at Towton, 25; his antecedents, 25; in the centre, 31, 106; slain,
33
Tudor, Edmund, created Earl of Richmond, but forfeited by attainder, 38
Tudor, Henry, 109, 125; not Earl of Richmond, 38; came across the
Channel but afraid to land, 131; traitor, 133 _n._, claim to the crown,
140, 141 _n._; family and origin, 140; lands at Milford Haven, 142;
interviews with the Stanleys, 149, 153; encamped at White Moors, 153;
in the rear of the battle of Bosworth, 154; contrast between Richard
III. and Henry VII., 160 _n._ _See_ Henry VII.
Tudor, Jasper, 70; levies in Wales, 70, 71; traitor, 133 _n._, 140;
came with his nephew, 148; at Bosworth, 154; formerly Earl of Pembroke,
but attainted, 133 _n._
Tudors in Wales, 10, 18; their paid writers, 168; their fables, 183, 187
Tunbridge Castle, Duchess of York and her children prisoners at, 7
Tunstall, Sir Richard, Knight of the Garter, 147
Turner, Sharon, doubted most of Tudor stories, 181
Tuxford, 39
Tweed, river near Bosworth, 152
Tynemouth, 58
Tyrrel, Sir James, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; escorted the Countess
of Warwick to Middleham, 201, 202; stories after his execution, 258,
259, 260, 261; betrayal by Bishop Fox, 273; his previous career, 268;
alleged confession, 263; taken into favour by Henry, 269; his two
pardons, 269, 270; murder of the princes, 269; rewards from Henry, 272;
pretext for getting rid of him, 272, 273, 279; Tyrrel's son restored in
blood, 277
Urswick, Dr., 231
Utrecht, Richard and George at, 18, 38
Van Borselle, Lord of Walcheren, 44
Vaudemont, Ferry de, 67
Vaughan, Sir Thomas, 88; arrested, 90; beheaded, 100
Vaux, Lady, 74
Vaux, Sir Thomas, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Vavasour, John, King's Serjeant, 146
Vavasours, of Hazlewood, near Towton, 26
Veere, expedition of Edward IV. fitted out at, 44
Venery, works on, by the second Duke of York, 108; Juliana Berners, 108
Vere, John, _see_ Oxford, Earl of
Vignolle, Francois de, 79
Virgil, _see_ Polydore
Wake, Roger, loyal to the last, 252
Walcheren, 44
Walleys pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Wallingford Castle, 79, 197
Walsingham pilgrimages, 119
Warbeck, Perkin, 258, 275
Wardrobe, royal, 111; keeper of the, 145
Wardrobe, the, in Blackfriars, a royal residence in the City, 139
Warkworth, Dr., on Tewkesbury, 189; on the date of Henry's death, 175,
194, 199
Warwick, 47; King Richard at, 129
Warwick, Countess of, in France, 66, 67; at Beaulieu, 69; joined her
daughter at Middleham, 82, 84, 201, 202; inheritance, 81, 82
Warwick, Earl of, _see_ Edward
Warwick, Richard Nevill Earl of, 7, 10, 22, 23, 28; gave Richard his
military training, 40; his treason, 66; conspiracy with Margaret of
Anjou, 41, 67; outmanoeuvred by Edward, 47, 48; at Barnet, 49, 50;
slain, 51; buried at Bisham, 51; division of his estates, 80
Watkin, Walter, herald in Richard's time, loyal to the last, 252
Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, 55; received Richard at Oxford, 129,
146
Weavers, Flemish, 112
Welch, John, _alias_ Hastings, loyal to the last, 252
Welles, Lord, slain at Towton, 33; buried at Methley, 34; son forgiven,
36; traitor, 132 _n._; married Princess Cicely, 86 _n._, 271
Wenlock, Sir John, at Towton, 23, 30, 32; created Lord Wenlock, 35;
joined Margaret of Anjou, 70; slain in the battle of Tewkesbury, 74, 76
Wensleydale, 82
Wentford, Sir Philip, 120
Wentworth, Sir Eustace, slain at Wakefield, 15
Westminster, John Esteney, Abbot of, 114; coronation of Edward IV., 35;
coronation of Richard III., 126, 127; sanctuary, 91, 136, 241; tower
built by King Richard at, 161
Westminster school, its antiquity, 116
Westmoreland, Earl of, 109, 143; cousin to the king, 110; not at
Towton, a mistake of Leland followed by Hall, 29 _n._
Weymouth, 69
'White Hart' Inn, in Southwark, 112, 122
White Moors at Bosworth, 153
Whittingham, Sir R., slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Wigmore Castle, 3
Willoughby, Sir Christopher, created K.B., 147
Willoughby, Sir Robert, 149; sent to Sheriff Hutton to seize Edward and
Elizabeth, 248
Wilson, John, 120
Wiltshire, Earl of, at Wakefield, 14; at Towton, 24, 31; beheaded, 34;
brother restored, 36; at Richard's coronation bearing the queen's
crown, 127, 143
Winchester, Bishop of, _see_ Waynflete _and_ Fox
Winchester School, 116
Windsor, St. George's Chapel, stall plate of Richard III., 38; Edward
IV. at, 70; present from the wardrobe to the college, 111; Edward IV.
buried at, 86; Henry VI. buried, 139; nearly finished by Richard III.,
139, 161; portrait of Richard III. at, 40 _n._, 124
Wodehouse, Sir Edward, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Wolesley, Ralph, Baron of the Exchequer, 145
Wolferstone, Sir Roger, at Towton for Edward, 23
Woodville, Elizabeth, _see_ Elizabeth
Woodville faction, their enrichment, 41; bribed by Louis XI., 82; their
designs, 88; caused the death of Clarence, 88, 95; their conspiracy
defeated, 88-91, 131; marriages into noble families, 88. _See_ Rivers
Woodville, Lionel, Bishop of Salisbury, at Richard's coronation, 126,
235
Wool and cloth fair, 112
Woolley Edge, 13
Worcester, 77, 128
Worcester, Bishop of, _see_ Alcock
Worcester, Tiptoft Earl of, author and statesman, 115; Caxton's lament
at his death, 115, 116
Wykeham, William of, founder of Winchester School, 116
York, flight of Henry VI. from, after Towton, 34, 58; King Edward at,
34; Prince Richard's beneficial connection with, 84; King Richard at,
130; loyalty of the citizens, 130; sent 80 men to reinforce the king at
Bosworth, 151; mourned the death of Richard, 159
York, Archbishop of, _see_ Nevill, Rotherham.
York, Duchess of (_see_ Rose of Raby _and_ Nevill, Lady Cecil), 3;
twelve children, 3, 6; taken prisoner at Ludlow, 7; refuge in Paston's
chambers, 7; joined the Duke, 7; last parting with the Duke, 10, 11;
sent her little sons to Holland, 18, 21; Richard residing with her, 91,
92; Richard's letter to his mother, 92 _n._; long widowhood and death,
93 _n._; buried at Fotheringhay, 93 _n._; slanders of Morton and
Polydore Virgil, 220, 221; in the secret of her son's contract with
Lady Eleanor Butler, 94; slandered by Morton and Polydore Virgil, 220,
297
York, Edmund Duke of, rebuilt Fotheringhay, 1, 2, 11
York, Edward Duke of, author of a work on sport, 108
York, Richard Duke of, his great possessions, 3; wife and children, 3,
6; letter from his sons, 4; cause of his resort to arms, 6, 104; defeat
of Ludlow, 7; at Baynard's Castle with his family, 9, 10; march north,
11; at Sandal, 13; betrayed, 11; slain in the battle of Wakefield, 15;
his head stuck on Micklegate Bar, 17; outrages imputed to Margaret and
Clifford untrue, 17 _n._; magnificent obsequies at Fotheringhay, 39
'York Records,' edited by Mr. Davies. Evidence of loyalty to King
Richard and against alleged deformity, 186; disproves second coronation
at York, 177, 227, 228; Earl of Warwick a Councillor until May 1485,
138; children in the king's household, 126; the _supersedeas_ and
letter to York, 100
Yorkist captains at Wakefield, 10, 15; at Towton, 23
Yorkist kings, nearly of pure English blood, 166
Yorkist princes, the leading sportsmen of England, 108
Yorkists, introduction of printing their chief glory, 113
Zouch, Lord, at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; hurried to the help of
the king, 151; slain at Bosworth, 155, 157; loyal to the last, 252
Zouch, Sir W., created K.B., 147
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Transcriber's notes:
Some chapters had varying page headers. These have been converted into
sidenotes and placed where seemed most logical.
The book has several full page tables. They have been moved so as to
not split paragraphs.
Page numbers are indicated with curly braces, e.g "{99}".
In the source book, the map of the Battle of Bosworth faced page 328.
In this ebook, the map has been moved to page 152.