‘On a piece of paper pinned to the above letter,’ says Fenn, ‘is a
list of the names of the noblemen and knights, and the number of
soldiers slain at the above battle of Towton, as follow:--’
Comes Northumbriæ.
Comes Devon.
Dominus de Beamunde.
Dominus de Clifford.
Dominus de Nevyll.
Dominus de Dacre.
Dominus Henricus de Bokyngham.
Dominus de Well[es].
Dominus de Scales Antony Revers.
Dominus de Wellugby.
Dominus de Malley Radulfus Bigot Miles.
Millites.
Sir Rauff Gray.
Sir Ric. Jeney.
Sir Harry Bekingham.
Sir Andrew Trollop.
With xxviij.^ml. [28,000] nomberd by Harralds.
[Footnote 266.2: [From Fenn, i. 216.] The date of this letter is
sufficiently apparent from the contents.]
[Footnote 267.1: 4th April.]
[Footnote 267.2: The battle of Towton, fought on Palm Sunday,
the 29th March 1461.]
[Footnote 267.3: 30th March.]
[Footnote 267.4: John Nevill, Lord Montague, brother of the Earl
of Warwick.]
[Footnote 267.5: Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners.]
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