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Acts of Resumption, 108, 109, 124, 152, 249

Adeliza of Louvain, 197

Aeneid (Virgil), 310

Agincourt, battle of, 19–20, 23, 21, 42, 63, 77, 79, 84, 106, 171

Aiscough, William, bishop of Salisbury, 110, 112, 113, 121

Alençon, duke of, 79–80

Alexander the Great, 150

Alfred the Great, 74

Álvarez de Toledo, Juan, 5

André, Bernard, 303, 304, 310, 315, 316

Anne of Bohemia, queen of England, 17

Anne of Brittany, 313

Anne of Burgundy, 44–45

Anne of France, 285

Anne of York, 248

Anne of York, duchess of Exeter, 119, 211, 230

Anthony, Bastard of Burgundy, 212–13, 265

Argentine, John, 277

armor and weaponry, 186–87

Arras, Congress of, 76–78, 81, 265

Arundel, earls of, see FitzAlan

Arthur, King, 248, 301, 304

Arthur, Prince of Wales, 304–5, 319–23

Arthurton, George, 29

Aspall, Robert, 177

Asteley, Joan, 29

Atwater, John, 312

Audley, James Tuchet, 158–61, 169

Bannister, Ralph, 284

Barking Abbey, 67–69, 82, 130

Barnet, battle of, 232–37, 261

Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, 190

Beauchamp, Richard, earl of Warwick, 29, 74, 78, 151

Beauchamp, Walter, 29

Beaufort, Henry, 143

Beaufort, Cardinal, 35–39, 56, 76, 77, 81–82, 84–86, 91, 122

Gloucester and, 36–39, 77, 81

Beaufort, Edmund, duke of Somerset, 61–62, 64, 66, 91, 94, 101–2, 119–20, 122–25, 128–29, 133, 136–38, 140, 153, 172, 231, 235, 261

death of, 143, 144, 153, 154

Henry VI and, 122, 132, 137, 140

Margaret of Anjou and, 134, 153

Norfolk and, 134

Oldhall and, 125–26

at St. Albans, 142–44, 153–55

at Tewkesbury, 237–29

York and, 122–23, 125–29, 134, 136–39, 141, 144

Beaufort, Joan, 91

Beaufort, Margaret, 153–54, 246, 260–63, 280–84, 286, 294, 301–2, 308, 326

death of, 326

Henry VII’s coronation and, 301–2

queenly status accorded to, 302

Beaufort, Henry, duke of Somerset, 155, 156, 162, 167, 176–77, 181, 182

Edward IV and, 202–3

execution of, 203

Henry VI and, 203

Beaufort, John duke of Somerset, 86, 91, 153, 238

Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter, 28, 119, 127, 267

Beaumaris, 117, 121

Beaumont, Lord, 230

Beaumont, Viscount, 111, 168–70, 172

Bedford, dukes of, see John of Lancaster; Neville; Plantagenet; Tudor

Bedford Hours, 44

Bermondsey Abbey, 64

Bernard, count of Armagnac, 19

Berney, John, 202–3

Bettini, Sforza de’, 147, 229, 235

Black Book, The, 248

Blacman, John, 75, 92, 227, 240

Blake, Thomas, 254

Blore Heath, 159–61, 166, 169

Blount, William, 234

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 6

Boleyn, Anne, 3, 334, 336

Bona of Savoy, 198–99, 201, 204

Bonville, Lord, 182, 183

Bonville and Courtenay families, feud between, 101, 124–25, 128, 152

Bordeaux, 131

Bosworth, battle of, 297–300, 308, 309, 311, 316, 319, 332

Bourchier, Henry, earl of Essex, 206

Bourchier, Thomas Cardinal, 139, 158, 169, 196, 274, 296–97

Boutiller, Alice, 29

Brackenbury, Robert, 288

Brandon, William, 297

Bray, Reginald, 286, 325

Bridget of York, 248, 262

Brittany, 258–60, 284–86, 290, 313–14

Brotherman, Margaret, 29

Brut Chronicle, 50, 53, 71, 77

Brutus, 304

Buckingham, dukes of, see Stafford

Burdet, Thomas, 254–56

Bureau, Jean, 131

Burgh, Thomas, 224

Burgundy, 76–79, 198, 215, 259

Burgundy, dukes of, see Charles the Bold; John the Fearless; Philip the Bold; Philip the Good; Valois

Butler, Eleanor, 275

Butler, James, earl of Ormond, 129

Butler, James, earl of Wiltshire, 166–67, 168, 172, 180, 181, 190

Cade, Jack, 110–16, 118, 120, 168, 218

Cadwaladr, 210, 293, 301, 304

Calais, 126, 127, 137, 151, 154, 155, 157–58, 163, 165, 167, 199, 225, 239, 259, 268, 314, 323–24

Callcott, Maria, 5–6

Calot, Lawrence, 48

Canterbury Tales, The (Chaucer), 68, 337

Catesby, William, 288

Catherine de Valois, 22–26, 28–30, 34, 47, 53, 59–65, 81, 122, 130

Beaufort and, 61–62, 64

children of, by Tudor, 63–64

Henry VI born to, 25

illness and death of, 64–65

marriage to Henry V, 15, 17, 21–22, 47, 59

Tudor’s relationship with and marriage to, 59, 62–65, 67

Catherine of Aragon, queen of England, 328

marriage to Arthur,319–20, 323

marriage to Henry VIII, 321, 326, 334

Pole and, 2, 3

Catherine of York, 248, 323

Catholic Church, 3–4, 23

Caxton, William, 266, 304

Cecily of York, 215, 247

Chapuys, Eustace, 2, 3

Charles IV, king of France, 47

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 330, 333

Charles VI, king of France, 15, 17–19, 22, 27

madness of, 17–19, 21, 27, 132

Charles VII, king of France, 17, 22, 41, 44–46, 57, 60, 84, 107, 124, 126, 187

Congress of Arras and, 76–78

coronation of, 52–53

death of, 194

Henry VI’s peace talks with, 94–95

Joan of Arc and, 50, 52–53

Margaret of Anjou and, 83, 86

Normandy invasion and, 102–3

Charles VIII, king of France, 285, 289, 291

marriage to Anne of Brittany, 313

Treaty of Étaples and, 314

Warbeck and, 313, 314

Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, 213–14, 217, 228, 248, 255

Charles, duke of Orléans, 19, 107

Chaucer, Alice, 81

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 68, 337

Chaucer, Mary, 68

Chepstow, 246

Cheyne, John, 286

Chichele, Henry, archbishop of Canterbury, 38, 54

Christchurch Cathedral, 307

Christmas, Stephen, 124

Clarence, dukes of, see Lionel of Antwerp; Plantagenet; Thomas of Lancaster

Clifford, John, 155, 169, 177, 178, 187, 188

Clifford, Robert, 315, 316

Clifford, Thomas, 141, 143

Clinton, John, 166

Cobham, Eleanor, 32, 85–86. 89, 95–97, 254

Cobham, Lord, 127

Colville, Cuthbert, 105

Commynes, Philippe de, 231, 263, 264, 280, 292

Compain, Guillaume, 259

Congress of Arras, 76–78, 81, 265

Conyers, John, 218, 220

Conyers, John (son), 220

Cook, Thomas, 215

Coppini, Franceso, bishop of Terni, 168–69, 178

Cornazzano, Antonio, 200

Courtenay, Edward, earl of Devon, 301, 317

Courtenay, Henry, marquess of Exeter, 334

Courtenay, Hugh, 239

Courtenay, John, earl of Devon, 235, 237, 238

Courtenay, Peter, bishop of Exeter, 286

Courtenay, Thomas, earl of Devon, 124, 127, 139–40, 176–77, 190

Courtenay, William, earl of Devon, 323

Courtenay and Bonville families, feud between, 101, 124–25, 128, 152

Coventry, 149–50, 155, 156, 158, 163

Coventry, John, 36

Cromwell, Lord, 234

Crowmer, William, 114

Croyland Chronicle Continuations, 192, 193

Crue, Thomas, 322

Dartford, 138

Daubeney, Giles, 286, 317

Ddu, Robin, 67, 301

Decameron, The (Boccaccio), 6

Defoe, Daniel, 7

de Burgh, Walter, 125–26

de la Pole, Alice, 239

de la Pole, Alexander, 80

de la Pole, Edmund, 322–25, 328, 329

de la Pole, Humphrey, 322

de la Pole, John, 80

de la Pole, John, earl of, Lincoln, 307–11, 322

de la Pole, John, duke of Suffolk, 154, 166, 182, 187, 206, 321

de la Pole, Katherine, 67–69, 82

de la Pole Michael, 2nd earl of Suffolk, 79, 86, 93–95, 105–9, 119, 223, 239

banishment of, 107–9

Gloucester and, 95–97

Henry VI and, 69, 81–82, 91, 106, 107, 116, 120, 122–23

and Henry VI’s marriage to Margaret of Anjou, 84, 86–87

impeachment of, 107

murder of, 109, 110, 112, 116, 120

de la Pole, Michael, 3rd earl of Suffolk, 79

de la Pole, Richard, earl of Suffolk, 322–24, 328–31, 333

de la Pole, William, 322, 323

de la Pole William, earl of Suffolk, 50, 69, 79–82, 154

Henry VI and, 69, 81–82

at Jargeau, 79–80, 106, 107

wealth and power of, 80–82

De Mulieribus Admirandis (Cornazzano), 200

Denbigh, 166

Derby, earls of, see Stanley

Devereux, Walter, 153, 166, 180

Devon, earls of, see Courtenay; Stafford

Dudley, Edmund, 325, 326

Edgecote, battle of, 220, 223, 245

Edith of Wessex, 201

Edmund of Langley, duke of York, 89

Edmund, earl of March, 89

Edmund, earl of Rutland, 90, 162, 163, 166, 167, 174, 177, 178

Edward I, king of England, 6, 47, 117

Edward II, king of England, 26, 47, 172, 219, 281

death of, 208

Edward III, king of England, 8, 17, 21, 26, 61, 76, 89, 91, 92, 133, 135, 173, 248, 250, 264, 333

Edward IV, king of England (Edward, earl of March), 4, 6, 7, 9, 90, 162–64, 166, 167, 170, 174, 176, 178–80, 192–205, 208–9, 210–13, 215, 221, 222–26, 241, 245–47, 258–65, 272, 273, 286–89, 295, 300, 305, 308, 313, 322, 326, 332, 336, 337, 339–40

achievements of, 264–65

Act of Resumption passed by, 249

ascension to throne, 184–85, 192, 196, 202

at Barnet, 232–37

battles of, 185–91, 202, 210, 228–41

Buckingham and, 282

character and personality of, 192–93, 201

Clarence and, 230, 251–53, 255–57

coronation of, 191, 194, 210

death of, 9–10, 263–69, 340

at Edgecote, 220

England reconstructed by, 250, 265

in exile, 228

France invaded by, 259–60

genealogy of, 210, 337

Gloucester and, 250–51, 253

Hastings and, 268

Henry VI and, 185–86, 188, 190–91, 208, 232

and Henry VII’s marriage to Elizabeth of York, 302

Henry Tudor and, 258–60, 262–63

illegitimate children of, 263

imprisonment of, 220–21, 222–23

kingdom reclaimed by, 228–41, 292

land, titles, and offices redistributed by, 249

licentiousness of, 193, 263–64

Louis XI and, 215, 258–60

marriage discussed, 197–98

marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, 199–205, 208, 210, 211, 219, 275, 286, 339–40

Oxford and, 195

Percy and, 203

personal symbols of, 210

physical appearance of, 192, 263–64

political base expanded by, 196

protocols and ordinances set out by, 248

rebellions and, 195

Redesdale uprising and, 218–20

second reign of, 248–50, 264

Somerset and, 202–3

Stanley and, 261–63

at Tewkesbury, 236–39, 245–47

Warwick and, 195, 204, 205, 209, 211–16, 219–21, 222–23, 226–27

Woodville family and, 209

Edward V, king of England, 228, 231, 232, 247–49, 265, 266, 269–71, 274, 275, 281, 304, 305

birth of, 227

coronation planned for, 268, 270–72, 275

death of, 277–78, 280, 282, 323

Gloucester and, 270

imprisoned in Tower of London, 277–78, 280, 281, 323

Rivers and, 265–67, 269, 305

Edward VI, king of England, 3

Edward, earl of March, see Edward IV, king of England

Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, 253, 279, 286

death of, 288

Edward of Norwich, 171

Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, 134–35, 149, 150, 151, 153, 158, 162, 172, 174, 175, 176, 178, 183, 194, 225–26, 228, 229, 235, 236, 245–46

Anne Neville and, 226

birth of, 133, 134

death of, 238, 240

Henry VI and, 134–35, 137

Towton battle and, 190–91

Edward the Confessor, St., 54–55, 133, 150, 185, 201, 227, 252

Elizabeth I, queen of England, 335–37

Elizabeth of Lancaster, duchess of Exeter, 92

Elizabeth of York, duchess of Suffolk, 154, 166, 206, 211, 321

Elizabeth of York, queen of England, 211, 213, 247, 305, 319, 320, 336

Arthur’s death and, 320–21

Bedford’s betrothal to, 224

children of, 304–5

death of, 321

marriage to Henry VII, 7, 283, 285, 290, 302–4, 314–15, 339

Richard III and, 190–91

Empson, Richard, 325, 326

Erasmus, 333

Essex, 115

Essex, earls of, see Bourchier

Étaples, Treaty of, 314

Ethelburga, St., 68–69

Eton College, 84

Exeter, dukes of, see Beaufort; Holland

Fastolf, John, 44, 52, 152

Ferdinand II, king of Spain, 319

Ferrers, Lord, 199

Ferrybridge, 187–88, 190

First English Life of Henry V, The, 327

Fisher, John, 301

FitzAlan, Willliam, earl of Arundel, 182

FitzHugh, Henry, 3rd baron FitzHugh, 28, 220

Fitzgerald, Gerald, earl of Kildare, 307

Fitzwalter, John Radcliffe, 315

Fitzwalter, Lord, 187

Fitzwilliam, William, earl of Southampton, 2

Fortescue, John, 191, 194

Fosbroke, Matilda, 29

Fougères, 102

Fox, Richard, 289

Frammesley, John, 108

Francis I, king of France, 329–31, 333

Francis II of Brittany, 258, 260, 284–86, 288, 313

François I, king of France, 21

Frulovisi, Tito Livio, 73, 327

Gascony, 86, 94, 124, 126, 129

Gloucester, dukes of, see Humphrey of Lancaster; Thomas of Woodstock

Glyndwr, Owain, 16, 59, 89

Gordon, Catherine, 317

Gough, Matthew, 114–15

Gower, John, 23

Great Chronicle, 277

Gregory’s Chronicle, 54

Grey, Edward, Lord Lisle, 309

Grey, John, 199, 200

Grey, Lord, 170

Grey, Richard, 199, 269–71, 275

Grey, Thomas, marquess of Dorset, 199, 208, 214, 237, 249, 262, 271–73, 286, 291, 309

Hastings and, 267, 268

Hall, Edward, 7, 336–37

Hallé, Jean de, 46

Harcourt, John, 286

Harington, John, 287

Harold, King, 299

Harris, John, 118

Hastings, William, 196, 204, 223, 228, 233, 234, 237, 250, 263, 268, 272, 274, 276, 286

Dorset and, 267, 268

murder of, 274, 277

Hayford, Humphrey, 215

Hedgeley Moor, battle of, 203, 204, 207, 218

Henry I, king of England, 197

Henry II, king of England, 19, 135, 259, 280

Henry III, king of England, 6, 26, 173

Henry IV, king of Castile, 198

Henry IV, king of England, 6–7, 15–17, 30, 54, 59, 60, 173, 178, 193, 229, 301

death of, 16

Glyndwr’s revolt against, 59, 89

succession after, 88–89

Henry V, king of England, 15–17, 19–21, 23–27, 31, 32, 44, 47, 59, 73, 76, 77, 79, 85, 88, 89, 95, 142, 172, 193, 225, 241, 259, 264, 326, 339

at Agincourt, 19–20, 171

biography of, 73

death of, 26, 28, 31, 33, 44, 60, 62, 88, 172, 267

Henry VIII’s emulation of, 327, 331

marriage to Catherine de Valois, 15, 17, 21–22, 47, 59

will of, 28, 31–33

Henry VI, king of England, 7, 9, 13, 26, 27, 46, 62, 69, 73–77, 129, 139–40, 144, 161, 165, 169, 178, 199, 211, 219, 231, 232–33, 256, 259, 261, 264, 267, 271, 272, 280, 292, 293, 300, 302, 327, 332, 333, 339

beginning of rule of, 78–79, 82

birth of, 25

Blacman’s memoir of, 75, 92, 227, 240

Bonville-Courtenay feud and, 101

Cade’s rebellion and, 113, 116

capture and imprisonment of, 170, 175, 178, 179

Charles VII’s peace talks with, 94–95

childhood of, 28–36, 38–40, 60, 75

Congress of Arras and, 76

Coppini and, 168–69

coronations of, 53–57, 60, 73, 74, 84, 87

and crisis of 1425–27, 36–40

death of, 240–41

education supported by, 84

Edward, Prince of Wales (son) and, 134–35, 137

Edward IV and, 185–86, 188, 190–91 208, 232

exile of, 194, 207

fall of Bordeaux and, 131

family tree of, 46–48, 87, 173

finances of, 103–4, 152

first council meeting of, 78

Harris and, 118

illness of, 131, 132–33, 136–37, 141, 149–51

imprisoned in Tower of London, 207–8, 215, 221, 227–28, 232, 240

Kerver and, 99–100, 104

Love Day and, 156

Margaret of Anjou’s marriage to, 83–84, 86–88, 91, 92, 93–95, 201

Margaret of Anjou’s pregnancy and, 131

Margaret of Anjou’s relationship with, 92

passivity and incompetence of, 74–76, 116, 120, 122–23, 132–33, 141, 149–50, 174, 183, 208, 281, 339

personality of, 74–76

physical appearance of, 73, 74, 75

poem about, 48

readeption of, 226–28

Rivers and, 199

rumors of death of, 85, 162

at St. Albans (1455), 141–44, 165

at St. Albans (1461), 183

E. Somerset and, 122, 132, 137, 140

H. Somerset and, 203

succession issue and, 89

Suffolk and, 69, 81–82, 91, 106, 107, 116, 120, 122–23

Towton battle and, 190–91

Tudor and, 65

Warwick and, 74, 78

York and, 117–22, 126–28, 134–35, 137–42, 144–45, 151–52, 154, 171–74, 184

Henry VI, Part 1 (Shakespeare), 337–39

Henry VII, king of England (Henry Tudor), 4, 6–8, 153–54, 196, 245–47, 250, 257, 258–63, 280–87, 291–92, 293–306, 319–21, 325, 327–28, 339

Arthur’s death and, 320–21

Arthur’s marriage and, 319–20

at Bosworth, 297–300, 319

Buckingham and, 282, 283, 285

coronation of, 300–303

death of, 326

de la Pole family and, 321–25, 329

Elizabeth of York’s death and, 321

Elizabeth of York’s marriage to, 7, 283, 285, 290, 302–4, 314–15, 339

final years of, 325–26

Francis and, 260, 284–86, 313

Oxford and, 295, 297, 298, 301

physical appearance of, 294

Richard III and, 280, 281, 288–91, 293–99, 313, 329

rise to throne, 293–300, 308

Simnel plot and, 307–12, 317–18

Treaty of Étaples and, 314

Warbeck plot and, 312–18

Henry VIII, king of England, 5, 7, 305–6, 321, 326–31, 332–34, 339

birth of, 305

death of, 335

de la Pole family and, 326–31, 333–35

France invaded by, 327–29, 331

Henry V emulated by, 327, 331

Margaret Pole and, 1–5, 334–35

marriage to Catherine of Aragon, 321, 326, 334

physical appearance and, 326

Warbeck plot and, 316

Herbert, Richard, 180, 220

Herbert, William, 1st earl of Pembroke, 153, 180, 196, 214, 215, 219, 245

execution of, 223

Herbert, William 2nd earl of Pembroke, 249

Hexham, battle of, 203, 204, 207, 218

Hody, Alexander, 176

Holinshed, Raphael, 7, 337

Holland, Anne, 208, 214

Holland, Henry, duke of Exeter, 119, 136, 137, 177, 181, 194, 214, 230, 233, 234

Holland, Henry, earl of Huntingdon, 92

Holland, John, earl of Huntingdon, 92

Howard, Thomas, duke of Norfolk, 278, 283, 334

Howard, Thomas, earl of Surrey, 304–5

Hume, David, 7

Humphrey of Lancaster, duke of Gloucester, 23, 31–33, 35–39, 61, 81–82, 88–89, 95–96, 103, 119, 124, 138, 168, 217, 267, 271

Beaufort and, 36–39, 77, 81

Cobham and, 32, 85–86, 89, 95–97, 254

death of, 96–97

Frulovisi and, 73

Orléans and, 85

reputation of, 97

Suffolk and, 95–97

Tudor and, 65

Hundred Years’ War, 17, 21, 95, 260, 314

Hungerford, Walter, 28, 62, 66, 296–97

Huntington, earls of, see Holland

Iden, Alexander, 115

Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France, 56, 60

Isabella I, queen of Spain, 198, 201

Isabella of France, queen of England, 21, 26, 47, 61, 135

Jacqueline of Hainault, 32, 85

Jacquetta of Luxembourg, duchess of Bedford, 199, 211, 219, 286

Jakeman, Agnes, 29

James I, king of Scotland, 24, 91

James II, king of Scotland, 91, 175

James III, king of Scotland, 175, 194, 198, 255

James IV, king of Scotland, 316–17, 320, 328

Jargeau, 79–80, 106, 107

Jean, count of Aumale, 41, 43

Jeanne de Bourbon, queen of France, 18

Joanna of Castile, 324–25

Joan of Arc, 49–53, 55, 76, 79, 80

Joan of Navarre, queen of England, 60, 103

John, king of England, 21

John, Lord Tiptoft, 28

John of Brabant, 37

John, marquess of Dorset, 261

John of Gaunt, 37, 61, 91, 171, 173

John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, 16, 23, 27, 31–33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44–49, 53, 87, 88, 103, 119, 199, 337

death of, 77, 79, 81, 84, 85, 90

at Verneuil, 41–44

John of Pontefract, 288

John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, 19, 21

Kemp, John Cardinal, 123, 135

Kent, 109–13, 115, 119, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129, 168, 239, 240, 283, 287, 316

Kerver, Thomas, 98–100, 104

Kildare, earls of, see Fitzgerald

King’s College, 84, 93

kingship, functions of, 100–101

Kynaston, Roger, 160

Kyriell, Thomas, 183

Ladislaus II of Hungary, 328–29

Lady Day, 156

Lancaster, 178

Landais, Pierre, 288–89

Langley, Thomas, bishop of Durham, 35

Langstrother, John, 237, 239

Leicester, 138–39

Lenard, Richard, 109

Lewys Glyn Cothi, 220

Lincoln, earls of, see de la Pole

Lincolnshire, 224–25

Lionel of Antwerp, duke of Clarence, 89

Little Arthur’s History of England (Callcott), 5–6

Lorraine, François de, 330

Losecote Field, 225

Louis IX, king of France, 47, 48, 54–55

Louis X, king of France, 47

Louis XI, king of France, 187, 194, 195, 198–99, 213, 226, 265, 313

death of, 285

Edward IV and, 215, 258–60

and Jasper and Henry Tudor, 258–59

Margaret of Anjou and, 239

Warwick and, 211

Louis XII, king of France, 329

Love Day, 154–56

Lovell, Francis, 288, 308, 311

Lovell, Lord, 212

Lovell, Thomas, 302

Ludlow, 161–64, 170

Luttrell, James, 177–78

Lydgate, John, 48, 88

Maine, 94–95, 101, 105, 107, 127

Malory, Thomas, 304

Mancini, Dominic, 193, 243, 263–64, 267, 268, 270, 274, 277

March, earls of, see Edmund, earl of March

Margaret, queen of Scotland, 305, 320

Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, 94, 100, 103–4, 122, 135, 137, 140, 152, 154, 158, 162, 163, 167, 169, 175–76, 178, 179, 181, 183–85, 194, 198, 202, 216, 217, 225–26, 229, 231, 235, 236, 245–46, 256, 313

Cade’s rebellion and, 115

campaign against York’s affiliates, 165–66

at Coventry, 149–50, 156

Edward, Prince of Wales born to, 133, 134

and Edward IV’s battle for throne, 188, 190–91

in exile, 194, 216, 225

Henry VI’s marriage to, 83–84, 86–88, 91, 92, 93–95, 201

Henry VI’s relationship with, 92–93

imprisonment of, 239

Louis XI and, 239

power of, 134–35, 151–53, 172, 174

pregnancy of, 130–31, 133

restoration of, 228

Somerset and, 134, 153

at Tewkesbury, 237

Towton battle and, 190–91

Warwick’s agreement with, 226

York and, 134–35, 151, 153, 154, 156, 165–66, 172–75

Margaret of York (daughter of Edward IV), 248

Margaret of York (Margaret of Burgundy), 211, 230, 322

death of, 323

marriage to Charles the Bold, 213–14

Simnel plot and, 308, 311

Warbeck plot and, 314–15

Warwick and, 213–15

Marie of Anjou, queen of France, 83, 107

Marillac, Charles de, 3

Martel, Charles, 50

Martin V, Pope, 37, 46

Mary I, queen of England, 3, 334

Mary of Burgundy, 217, 255

Mary of Guelders, 175, 198

Mary of York, 215, 247

Mary Tudor, queen of France, 305, 329

Matilda, Empress, 281

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 265, 315, 323, 324

Maychell, John, 207

Medina del Campo, Treaty of, 319

Meno, Pregent, 312

Merfeld, John, 100

Merfeld, William, 100

Mitton, Thomas, 295

Moleyns, Adam, bishop of Chichester, 105, 106

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de, 15, 24

Montacute, Alice, countess of Salisbury, 166

Montacute, Thomas, earl of Salisbury, 42–44, 49–50

Morte d’Arthur, Le (Malory), 304

Mortimer, Edmund, 89

Mortimer, Roger, 26

Mortimer’s Cross, battle of, 180–81, 190, 210, 246

Morton, John Cardinal, 274, 286, 325

Morton, Robert, 282

Mountjoy, Lord, 333

Mowbray, Anne, countess of Norfolk, 250, 256

Mowbray, John, 3rd duke of Norfolk, 123, 124, 127, 169, 182, 205–6

Somerset and, 134

Mowbray, John, 4th duke of Norfolk, 205–6, 222, 237, 296

Mowbray, Thomas, 6

Mundford, Osbert, 167

Neville, Anne, 214, 226, 235, 239, 279, 290

coronation of, 276

death of, 291

and death of Prince Edward, 288

Gloucester’s marriage to, 250, 253

Neville, Anne, duchess of Buckingham, 170–71

Neville, Cecily, duchess of York, 90, 120, 131, 163–64, 170–71, 172, 211

Neville, George, archbishop, 173, 184, 190, 196, 213, 219, 220, 231

Neville, George, duke of Bedford, 224

Neville, Henry, 220

Neville, Isabel, duchess of Clarence, 1, 214, 253–54

marriage to Clarence, 217, 219, 250

Neville, John, marquess of Montague, 161, 177, 182, 196, 203, 218, 223, 224, 227, 230, 233

death of, 234, 235, 249

Neville, Katherine, duchess of Norfolk, 214

Neville, Richard, earl of Salisbury, 136–39, 143, 144, 154–56, 158–61, 163–64, 166, 167, 169, 176

execution of, 178

Neville, Richard, earl of Warwick, 128, 136–39, 141–44, 154–58, 161, 163–64, 165–72, 178, 179, 181–83, 187, 198–201, 207, 211–16, 222, 224–25, 228–31, 264

at Barnet, 232–33

Clarence and, 216–18, 221, 224–25, 230

death of, 234, 235, 249

at Edgecote, 220

Edward IV and, 195, 204, 205, 209, 211–16, 219–21, 222, 226–27

lands and offices given to, 195–96, 211–12

Margaret of Anjou’s agreement with, 226

Margaret of York and, 213–15

Redesdale uprising and, 218–20

at St. Albans, 182, 184

Neville, Thomas, 133, 161, 178, 239–40

Neville, William, Lord Fauconberg, 140, 167, 168, 170, 182, 188, 196, 240

Neville and Percy families, feud between, 133–34, 136, 138

Newgate prison, 66, 116

Nicholas, 109

Norfolk, dukes of, see Howard; Mowbray

Normandy, 76–78, 81, 84, 86, 87, 90, 94, 102–6, 109, 115, 119, 120, 123, 127

Norris, Thomas, 117

Northampton, battle of, 169–71

Northumberland, earls of, see Percy

Ogle, Robert, 142

Oldhall, William, 44, 121, 125–26, 129, 130, 166

Orléans, 49–52, 79–80

Orléans, dukes of, see Charles, duke of Orléans

Ormond, earls of, see Butler

Owen, David, 181

Oxford, earls of, see Vere

Panicharolla, Giovanni Pietro, 225

Paris, 78

Parliament of Devils, 165–66, 174

Paston, Clement, 179–80, 183

Paston, John, 179–80, 183, 202–3, 223, 248

Paston, Margaret, 82

Pavia, battle of, 330–31

Pedro, prince of Portugal, 38, 53

Pembroke, 246–47

Pembroke, earls of, see Herbert; Tudor; Woodville

Percy, Henry, 223

Percy, Henry, 2nd earl of Northumberland, 139, 143, 154, 169, 172

Percy, Henry, 3rd earl of Northumberland, 155, 162, 175–77, 181, 190, 250, 296

Percy, Ralph, 155, 203

Percy, Thomas, Lord Egremont, 133, 155

death of, 170

Percy and Neville families, feud between, 133–34, 136, 138

Philip, Duke, 45

Philip II, king of France, 21

Philip III, king of France, 47

Philip IV, king of France, 47

Philip V, king of France, 47

Philip VI, king of France, 47

Philippa of Hainault, 104

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, 19

Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, 77–78, 197, 212, 213

Philip the Handsome, 308, 324–25

Picquigny, Treaty of, 259–60

Pius II, Pope, 150, 181–82

Plantagenet, Arthur, Lord Lisle, 263

Plantagenet, George, duke of Bedford, 248

Plantagenet, George, duke of Clarence, 1, 4, 163, 164, 170, 196, 205–6, 211, 214, 216–17, 219, 223–26, 228, 230, 238, 249–57, 264, 279, 282, 295, 308, 328, 334

Burdet and, 254–56

character and appearance of, 216, 217

Edward IV and, 230, 251–53, 255–57

execution of, 257, 262

Gloucester’s feud with, 251, 253

imprisoned in Tower of London, 252, 257, 262

Isabel’s death and, 253–54

Isabel’s marriage to, 217, 219, 250

tomb of, 257, 279

treason conviction of, 256–57

Twynho and, 253–54

Warwick and, 216–18, 221, 224–25, 230

Plantagenet, Edward, earl of Warwick, 253, 274–75, 279, 307–9, 318

execution of, 318, 323

Simnel’s claim to be, 307–9, 318

Warbeck and, 318

Plummer, John, 215

Plumpton, William, 185–86

Pole, Henry, 4

Pole, Henry, Lord Montague, 4, 334

Pole, Margaret, 1–3, 253, 328, 334

execution of, 2–5, 334–35

family of, 4–5

Pole, Reginald Cardinal, 5, 334, 335

Poynings, Edward, 316

Poynings, Robert, 111

Protestantism, 3–4

Queens’ College, 93

Quélennec, Jean de, 258

Ratcliffe, Richard, 288

René of Anjou, 83, 84, 93, 94, 135, 151, 225

Rhys ap Thomas, 309

Richard II (Shakespeare), ix, 339

Richard II, king of England, 16, 26–27, 31, 54, 76, 92, 172, 193, 219, 281, 337, 339

death of, 208

tomb of, 17

Richard III, king of England (Richard, duke of Gloucester), 10, 163, 164, 196, 211, 216, 218–19, 222, 223, 228, 229, 239, 240, 250–51, 267–74, 278–91, 302, 308, 310, 333, 339

at Barnet, 233, 234, 237

at Bosworth, 297–300

Buckingham and, 282, 284

coronation of, 275–76

coup staged by, 270–72, 340

death of, 298–300

and death of Prince Edward, 288

Edward IV and, 250–51, 253

Edward IV’s death and, 267–68

Edward V and, 270

Elizabeth of York and, 290–91

Gloucester’s feud with, 251, 253

Henry VI’s death and, 240

Henry Tudor and, 280, 281, 288–91, 293–99, 313, 329

illegitimate children of, 288

marriage to Anne Neville, 250, 253

personal insignia of, 279

physical appearance of, 278–79

poor and, 287

progressive policies of, 287–88

as Protector, 268, 271–73

at Tewkesbury, 237, 238

travels of, 278, 279, 287

Woodville and, 290

Richard, duke of Gloucester, see Richard III, king of England

Richard of Shrewsbury, duke of York, 248, 250, 256, 265, 267, 271, 274, 275

death of, 277–78, 280, 28, 313, 323

imprisoned in Tower of London, 277–78, 280, 281, 312, 313, 323

Warbeck plot and, 312–18

Richard, duke of York, 81, 86, 89–91, 101, 103, 105, 116, 117–29, 144–45, 151–52, 154–58, 161–63, 166–67, 170–78, 192, 222, 262, 264, 286, 327, 333

army raised by, 137–39, 153

Crown claimed by, 171–75

death of, 178, 184

Henry VI and, 117–22, 126–28, 134–35, 137–42, 144–45, 151–52, 154, 171–74, 184

Margaret of Anjou and, 134–35, 151, 153, 154, 156, 165–66, 172–75

Parliament of Devils and, 165–66, 174

Protectorates of, 135–37, 151, 152, 154

at St. Albans, 141–44, 151–52

Somerset and, 122–23, 125–29, 134, 136–39, 141, 144

at Wakefield, 176–78, 179

Richard of York, 3rd duke of York, 6, 9

Richard the Lionheart, 17, 19, 135, 193, 259

Richmond, earls of, see Tudor

Rieux, Jean de, 259

Rivers, earls of, see Woodville

Robesart, Louis de, 28

“Robin of Redesdale,” 218–20

Roos, Lord, 177, 191

roses, 6–7, 301, 303

Tudor, 7, 303–4, 327, 333, 335–37

Rotherham, Thomas, archbishop, 252, 274

Rous, John, 279–80

Russell, John, 34

Rutland, earls of, see Edmund, earl of Rutland

St. Albans, 139–40

first battle of (1455), 140–44, 151–52, 154, 156, 161, 163, 165, 170, 177, 190

second battle of (1461), 182–83, 184, 190

St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, 248–49

St. Martin-le-Grand, 125–26, 129

Salisbury, earls of, see Montacute; Neville

Savage, John, 295, 297, 314

Say, William, 117

Saye, Lord, 102, 110, 112, 114–16, 234

Scales, Thomas, 44, 114, 208

Schwartz, Martin, 309, 311

Scott, Walter, 7

Scrope, Margaret, 322

Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, 229

Shaa, Ralph, 275

Shakespeare, William, ix, 7, 337–39

Shore, Elizabeth, 263, 276

Shrewsbury, earls of, see Talbot

Simnel, Lambert, 307–12, 317–18, 322

Simnel, Thomas, 307

Simonds, William, 308

Sirego, Dominic de, 211

Sixtus IV, Pope, 266

Skelton, John, 7, 327

Smith, John, 301

Somerset, dukes of, see Beaufort

Somerset, John, 30

Southampton, earls of, see Fitzwilliam

Stacey, John, 254

Stafford, Edward, duke of Buckingham, 333–34

Stafford, Henry, duke of Buckingham, 206, 208, 256, 261, 269–70, 274, 278, 282–86, 295

Stafford, Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, 92, 111, 115, 119–20, 127, 135, 136, 139–42, 162, 169, 170–72, 196, 261

Stafford, William, 111

Stamford, 224–25

Stanhope, Maude, 133

Stanley, Thomas, earl of Derby, 160, 155, 222, 226–27, 261–63, 283, 293–95, 297, 299, 300, 309, 316

death of, 325

Stanley, William, 160, 293, 295, 297, 298, 309, 316, 317

Stephen, king of England, 281

Stewart, Margaret, 255

Stillington, Robert, bishop of Bath, 308

Stockton, John, 231

Stoke, battle of, 310–12, 322, 332

Stow, John, 112

Stafford, Humphrey, earl of Devon, 219, 220, 221, 224

Strange, George, 295, 297, 298

Suffolk, dukes and earls of, see de la Pole

Surienne, François de, 102

Surrey, earls of, see Howard

Sussex, 115

Sutton, John, Lord Dudley, 110, 112, 115, 160

Swynford, Katherine, 37, 91

Talbot, Gilbert, 297

Talbot, John, earl of Shrewsbury, 44, 47, 87, 129, 131, 168–70, 275

death of, 170, 172

Tempest, John, 207

Tempest, Richard, 207

Tenby, 247

Tewkesbury, battle of, 236–39, 245–47, 261

Tewkesbury Abbey, 257, 279

Thomas of Lancaster, duke of Clarence, 16, 23, 25, 32, 88, 103

Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, 92

Thomas, David, 247

Thomas, Morgan, 247

Throckmorton, John, 180–81

Torrigiano, Pietro, 326

Tower of London, 4, 53, 88, 99, 112, 114, 116, 124, 156, 215, 223, 274, 323, 334

Clarence at, 252, 257, 262

Edward V at, 277–78, 280, 281, 323

Exeter at, 234

Henry VI at, 207–8, 215, 221, 227–28, 232, 240

Pole at, 1–3, 334

Richard of Shrewsbury at, 277–78, 280, 281, 312, 313, 323

Simnel at, 311

Suffolk at, 325, 328

Warbeck at, 318

Warwick at, 308, 309, 318

Towton, battle of, 189–91, 194, 200, 202, 239, 246, 332

Treaty of Arras, 76–78, 81, 265

Treaty of Étaples, 314

Treaty of Medina del Campo, 319

Treaty of Picquigny, 259–60

Treaty of Troyes, 17, 22, 26, 27, 46, 47, 76, 172

Trollope, Andrew, 163, 176, 177 181, 187, 190

Troyes, Treaty of, 17, 22, 26, 27, 46, 47, 76, 172

Trueblood, John, 215

Tudor, David Owen, 321

Tudor, Edmund, earl of Richmond, 63–64, 67, 130, 136, 153, 196, 250, 261, 262, 280, 292, 293

at Barking Abbey, 67–68, 69, 82, 130

death of, 153–54

Tudor, Henry, see Henry VII, king of England

Tudor, Jasper, duke of Bedford and earl of Pembroke, 64, 67, 130, 136, 139, 153, 166, 172, 175, 176, 179–80, 191, 194, 196, 215, 226, 236, 245–47, 258–61, 285, 289, 291, 292, 293, 301, 309

Arthur and, 305

at Barking Abbey, 67–68, 69, 82, 130

death of, 325

Tudor, Katherine, 321

Tudor, Owen, 58–59, 65–67, 87, 166, 180, 292

Catherine de Valois and, 59, 62–65, 67

execution of, 180–81, 246

Gloucester and, 76

imprisonment of, 66, 69

Tudor roses, 7, 303–4, 327, 333, 335–37

Tudors, 8–10

Twynho, Ankarette, 253–54

Tyrell, James, 280, 284, 288, 323

Valois, Louis de, duke of Orléans, 19

Vaughan, Roger, 246–47

Vaughan, Thomas, 270, 273, 275

Vaux, Katherine, 239

Vere de, Aubrey, 195

Vere de, John, 12th earl of Oxford, 195, 206, 215, 309

Henry Tudor and, 295, 297, 298, 301

Vere de, John, 13th earl of Oxford, 215, 223, 226, 230, 233, 234, 289, 318

Vergil, Polydore, 259, 261, 263, 264, 279, 291, 298, 299, 312, 314, 315, 318, 322, 328

Verneuil, battle of, 41–44, 49

Virgil, 310

Vita Henrici Quinti (Frulovisi), 73, 327

von Poppelau, Nicolas, 251

Wakefield, battle of, 176–78, 179, 181, 182, 184

Walsingham, Thomas, 23

Warbeck, Perkin, 312–18

Wars of the Roses, 4–8, 10, 333, 335, 336, 339, 340

Warwick, earls of, see Beauchamp; Neville, Plantagenet

weaponry and armor, 186–87

Welles, Lord, 224

Welles, Robert, 224, 225

Wenlock, John, 196, 198–99, 201, 225, 235, 237, 238, 246

Whethamstede, John, 182–83

William the Conqueror, 45

Willoughby, Robert, 300

Wiltshire, earls of, see Butler

Wolsey, Thomas Cardinal, 328, 331

Woodville, Anthony, earl of Rivers (Lord Scales), 167, 187, 199, 200, 208, 212–14, 219, 228, 234, 240, 249, 265–73

Caxton and, 266

Edward IV’s death and, 266

Edward V and, 265–67, 269, 305

execution of, 275

in jousting tournament, 212–13, 265

Woodville, Catherine, 256

Woodville, Catherine, duchess of Buckingham, 206, 208

Woodville, Edward, Lord Scales, 269, 286, 309

Woodville, Elizabeth, queen of England, 231, 232, 247–49, 262, 270–73, 282–83, 309

coronation of, 205–7

Edward IV’s return and, 232

Edward V born to, 227

Elizabeth born to, 211

marriage to Edward IV, 199–205, 208, 210, 211, 219, 275, 286, 339–40

marriage to Grey, 199, 200

relatives of, 206, 208–9

Richard III and, 290

Woodville, John, 214, 221, 271

Woodville, John, earl of Pembroke, 219, 220

Woodville, Lionel, bishop of Salisbury, 271, 286

Woodville, Margaret, countess of Arundel, 206

Woodville, Richard, earl of Rivers, 38, 167, 187, 199–200, 212, 213, 214, 219, 221, 223, 249, 286

Woodville family, 196–97, 199, 208–9, 211, 214

Worsley, William, 315

Wright, Hugh, 301

Wycliffe, John, 23

Wyndham, John, 323

Yevele, Henry, 173

York, dukes of, see Edmund of Langley; Richard, duke of York; Richard of Shrewsbury; Richard of York

Young, Thomas, 120, 125

Zouch, Lord, 231