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Acton, Roger, 199
Agincourt, battle of (1415), 49, 84, 164
Ambion Hill, 28–31, 174–76, 182, 184
Anjou, Margaret of, Queen of England, 67–69, 80, 102
Aragon, Ferdinand of, 161–63, 177, 187, 192
Argentine, John, physician, 77
Arthur, Count of Brittany, 43
Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, 79
Artois, Robert, Count of, 33–34
Atherstone, town of, 166, 175–85, 200
Atterton, village of, 177, 180, 184
Bannockburn, battle of (1314), 198
Barnard Castle, 94
Barking, church of All Hallows, 121
Barnet, battle of (1471), 18, 23, 120, 137
Bath and Wells, Robert Stillington, bishop of, 105, 203
Baugé, battle of (1421), 49, 53, 182
Baynard’s Castle, 70, 100–01, 107
Beaufort, Margaret, mother of Henry VII, 133–35, 138–40, 144, 148, 153, 166, 201
Berkhamsted Castle, 67, 87–91, 97, 153, 157
Blaybourne, rumoured father of Edward IV, 83
Bloody Bank, burial site at, 181
Blore Heath, battle of (1459), 25
Boleyn, Anne, Queen of England, 218
Brandon, William, 199
Buckingham, Henry Stafford, Duke of (d.1483), 139
Bulleyn, William, 18
Burbage, Richard, 28
Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Duke of (formerly Count of Charolais), 17, 30, 83–84, 92–93
Burgundy, Margaret of York, Duchess of, 92–93, 123
Butler, Lady Eleanor, 105
Burton, William, 174
Canterbury, city of, 89
Canterbury, Thomas Bourgchier, Archbishop of, 100–01
Castile, Isabella of, 74–75, 161–63, 177, 187, 192
Caxton, William, 123, 127
Chandée, Philibert de, 155, 192, 201
Charles VII, King of France (1422–61), 55–57, 158
Charles VIII, King of France (1483–99), 144–45, 221
Châteaudun, town of, 157
Cheney, Sir John, 199
Chertsey, 206
Clare, Augustinian Priory of, 47–48, 54–55, 59–64, 70
Clarence, George, Duke of, brother of Richard III (d.1478), 37, 66, 76, 78, 87–97, 99–100, 102, 142, 218
Clarence, Thomas, Duke of, brother of Henry V (d.1421), 49–50, 53
Commynes, Philippe de, 16–18, 21, 27, 83–84, 93, 136, 207
Constantine the Great, 125
Corbet, Sir Richard, 135
Courtrai, battle of (1302), 31–34
Coventry, city of, 177
Cromwell, Thomas, 107–08, 218
Crowland Chronicle, 176, 178, 187, 204, 211, 223
Danse Macabre, 15–16, 40
Dadlington, church of St James, 173, 175, 180–84
Derby Spinney, 184
Desmond, Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of, 94–95
Dorset, Thomas Grey, Marquis of, 152, 154
Edgecote, battle of (1469), 135
Edward the Confessor crown of, 24, 187
Edward I, King of England (1272–1307), 121
Edward II, King of England (1307–27), 198
Edward IV, King of England (1461–83)
birth, 75–84
christening, 82–83
escape to Calais (1459), 66
coronation (1461), 70
marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, 71–75, 104–05
accusation of illegitimacy, 75–87, 103–04
lack of interest in crusade, 126
temporary imprisonment (1469), 89
treaty with France at Picquigny (1475), 84–85
attempt to secure Henry Tudor (1476), 136
failure to support Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, 92–93
execution of his brother, Clarence, 93–94
death, 98
failure to execute his will, 100–01
Edward V, elder of the princes in the Tower, 78, 99–101, 216
Evesham, battle of (1265), 51–52
Farnham Castle, 79
Fastolf, Sir John, 161
Fenny Drayton, village of, 177–84
Fitzwarin, John Bourgchier, Lord, 154
Fotheringhay, 54, 58, 70, 86–88, 106, 119
Forestier, Thomas, 208–10
Gaunt, John of, 77
Gisors, town and castle of, 164
Grandson, battle of (1476), 197
Hardyng, John, 125–26
Harlech Castle, 165
Harold, King of England (1066), 158
Harrington family, 167–71
Hastings, battle of (1066), 29
Hastings, William Lord, 103, 110
Hatfield Chase, 81
Henry V, King of England (1413–22), 77, 84, 127, 133, 164, 206
Henry VI, King of England (1422–61, 1470–71), 67–68, 90, 102, 145–47, 158, 206
Henry VII (Henry Tudor), King of England (1485–1509)
ancestry and birth, 133–35
childhood and adolescence, 135–36
relationship with mother, 134–35, 138–39, 153, 201
exile in Brittany (1471–84), 136–38
role in Buckingham’s rebellion (1483), 139
marriage alliance with Elizabeth of York, 140–41, 151–53, 215–17
exile in France (1484–85), 144–55,
invasion of England (1485), 153–55, 165–66
use of French mercenaries, 153–55, 191–93, 196–97, 201–02, 207, 215
stays at Merevale Abbey before battle, 176–79
buries slain of his army at Dadlington, 173, 180–84
cult of St Armel, 212–14
subsequent portrayal of, 14, 30, 35, 132–33, 141, 144, 212, 215–17
Holinshed, Raphael, 174
Holt Castle, 169
Hornby Castle, 168–70
Hutton, William, 28, 174, 181
Jerusalem, holy city of, 118, 121, 125–27
John, King of England (1199–1216), 43
Josselin, castle of, 212
‘King Dick’s Hole’, 175–76
Kurosawa, Akira, 219
Leicester, town of, 156–58, 163, 176–77, 183, 222
Lose-Cote Field, battle of (1470), 23
Louis XI, King of France (1461–83), 83–84
Lucy, Elizabeth, 105, 109
Ludlow, castle of, 66, 69, 86, 99
Lull, Ramon, 127
Mancetter, village of, 177, 180
Mancini, Dominic, 77–78, 87, 93, 96, 105, 109
Matilda of Hackeborn, 131
Merevale Abbey, 176–79, 213–14
Middleham, college of, 94–95
Middleham, Edward of, son of Richard III, 115, 117, 142
Milford Haven, 165, 212
Molinet, Jean, 223
Montereau-sur-Yonne, castle and town of, 158
Montfort, Simon de, 51–52
Montlhéry, battle of (1465), 16–17, 128
Morat, battle of (1476), 30
More, Sir Thomas, 73–74, 109
Morton, John, Bishop of Ely, later Archbishop of Canterbury, 150, 213
Morton, Robert, 156–57
Nancy, battle of (1477), 93
Neville, Cecily, Duchess of York, mother of Richard III
matriarch of the house of York, 66–75
dealings with Margaret of Anjou, 68–69
her likely adultery, 75–83
opposition to the Woodville marriage, 71–75
advancement of George, Duke of Clarence, 76, 87–92
close bond with Richard III, 67, 91–92, 96–97, 124–25, 131, 153
role in Richard’s seizure of the throne, 100–10
her piety, 78, 92, 125, 131, 218
Tudor portrayal of, 37–38, 218–19
Neville, Richard, Earl of Warwick (‘the Kingmaker’), 18, 71, 87, 89–90, 105, 109
Neville’s Cross, battle of (1346), 22
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 190, 202–04
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 190, 193, 204–05
Nottingham Castle, 157
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 41
Oxford, John de Vere, Earl of, 150, 154–55, 192
Pembroke Castle, 134
Percy, Sir Robert, 190
Picquigny, treaty of, 84–85, 93
Plantagenet, Edward, son of George, Duke of Clarence, 142–44, 146
Ploermel, 212
Pole, John de la, Earl of Lincoln, 143, 216–17
Pole, Richard de la, 216
Pont-de-l’Arche, war camp at, 191, 221
Pontefract Priory, 53, 70, 118
Pontoise, siege of (1441), 55–58, 61, 79, 131, 158
Poppelau, Nicholas von, 121, 190
Queens’ College, Cambridge, 120
Raglan Castle, 135
Redemore, 173
Rennes, cathedral of, 140
Rhodes, siege of (1480), 121–23
Richard I, King of England (1189–99), 121, 164, 188
Richard II, King of England (1377–99), 206
Richard III, King of England (1483–85)
birth, 38, 88, 106
childhood and adolescence, 66–69, 91
attitude to father, 46–48, 53–55, 60–65, 85, 95–96, 118–20, 125–26, 158, 170–71, 190, 220
relationship with mother, 37–38, 67–69, 91–92, 96–97, 100–11, 125, 131, 153, 157, 218–19
his brother, Clarence, 37, 91–97
books, 62–63, 120, 131, 160, 190
piety, 61, 92, 130–31
seizure of the throne, 90–91, 98–110
his son, Edward of Middleham (d.1484), 115, 142
his Queen, Anne Neville (d.1485), 114
princes in the Tower, 36, 42–43, 110–16, 188
as a soldier, 63–64, 85, 93, 96, 120–21, 137, 159–61, 189–91
interest in crusade, 117–30, 161–62, 189
strategy against Henry Tudor, 142–43, 150–52
use of battle ritual, 23–25, 52, 129–30, 163–64, 185–89, 194–95
death, 41, 46, 199, 205–06
Tudor legend of, 18–44, 215–20
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 99, 103, 124
Rouen, 56–57, 61, 79–83
Rous, John, 176–77, 187
Royal Meadow, 175, 181
Rutland, Edmund, Earl of (d. 1460), 66, 82–83, 86
Saint-Malo, 136–37
Salaçar, Juan de, 163, 187
Sandal Castle, 30, 45–46, 48–49
Sandeford, 180, 184
Sandwich, 89
Shakespeare, William, 14–15, 18–21, 26–44, 67, 90, 93, 130, 132, 141, 173, 188, 195, 198, 219–20
Shaw, Ralph, 108
Sher, Antony, 38–39
Shore, Elizabeth, 73–74, 109–10
St Helena, 125
St John of Jerusalem, Order of, 121
St Thomas à Becket, 130, 187
Spont, Alfred, 221–23
Spurs, battle of the (1513), 215
Stanley, Thomas Lord, 24–25, 139, 166–71, 184
Stanley, Sir William, 25, 166–71, 184, 193, 197–99, 201, 203–04, 216, 223
Stephen, King of England (1135–54), 188
Stilicho, Claudian’s life of, 48, 63–64, 96
Stow, John, 219
Suffolk, Elizabeth, Duchess of, 91
Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 202–03
Syon, 91–92
Tewkesbury battle of (1471), 30, 120, 135, 145
Titulus Regius, 217, 219
Toro, battle of (1476), 161–62, 189
Tower of London, 111–14, 203, 205
Towton, battle of (1461), 70, 119–20, 165, 180–81
Troy, Guido delle Colonna’s history of, 120, 160
Tudor, Edmund, 133–34
Tudor, Jasper, 135, 142, 155, 166, 212
Tudor, Owen, 216
Valois, Catherine of, Queen of England, 77, 133
Vegetius, 190–91
Vergil, Polydore, 107, 175–76, 179, 223
Verneuil, battle of (1424), 27, 128–29, 161, 164, 186
Vernon, Sir Henry, 157, 162–63
Wakefield, battle of (1460), 30, 42, 45–46, 48–53, 67, 70, 95, 102, 118–20, 168, 190, 199, 205, 219
Warbeck, Perkin, 146, 216
Waterloo, battle of (1815), 27
Waurin, Jean de, 27
Wellington, Duke of, 27
Westminster Abbey, 130, 187, 201, 206, 213
William the Conqueror, King of England (1066–87), 158
Winchester, 79
Windsor, 206
Witherley, village of, 177, 179–80
Woking, 153
Woodville, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 71–75, 86–87, 91, 93–94, 98–99, 104, 108, 151, 218
York, city of, 114–15, 203
York, Elizabeth of, Queen of England, 42, 139–42, 149, 152, 215–17
York, Richard, Duke of, father of Richard III
martial interests, 63–64, 85, 96, 125, 129, 158
Pontoise campaign (1441), 55–57, 61, 79, 82, 158
piety, 61, 92
close relationship with second son, Edmund, 82–83, 86
similarities to his youngest son, Richard, 60–64, 85, 96, 103, 129, 158, 170–71
claim to Castile, 162
flight to Ireland (1459), 66, 96
attempt to seize the throne (1460), 101–02, 149
death at Wakefield, 45–46, 48–52, 102, 118–20, 199, 205, 220
memorials to, at Clare, 47–48, 62–63
reburial at Fotheringhay, 53–55
commemoration at Middleham, 94–95