- Ralph, earl of East Anglia 1, 2
- Raphael, John 1
- Reading Abbey and bishopric 1, 2
- relics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
- religion see cathedrals by name; Church and Christianity; Crusades; Islam; Jews; Lollardy; monasteries; nunneries; papal authority
- Repyndon, Philip 1, 2, 3
- Reynolds, Walter, archbishop of Canterbury 1
- Rheims 1, 2, 3, 4
- Rhys, Lord 1
- Richard I ‘the Lionheart’, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
- Richard II, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
- Richard III, King 1, 2, 3
- Richard (son of William I ‘the Conqueror’) 1
- Richard, duke of York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy 1, 2, 3
- Richard II, Duke of Normandy 1, 2
- Richard, earl of Cornwall (Henry III’s brother) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Richard of Stainsby 1
- Richard of Woodstock (son of Edward IV) 1
- Richard ‘Strongbow’, earl of Pembroke 1
- Ripley, George 1
- rivers and seas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- roads and bridges 1, 2
- Robert III, King of Scotland 1
- Robert ‘Curthose’, (son of William I ‘the Conqueror’) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Robert, Duke of Normandy 1, 2, 3
- Robert, count of Flanders 1
- Robert, earl of Gloucester 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Robert II, archbishop of Rouen 1
- Robert of Jumièges, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2
- Robert of Mortain 1, 2, 3, 4
- Robin Hood 1, 2, 3, 4
- Roches, Peter des 1, 2, 3
- Roger, earl of Hereford 1
- Roger of Howden 1
- Roger of Montgomery 1, 2, 3
- Roger of Salisbury 1, 2, 3
- Roger of Wendover 1
- Rollo 1, 2, 3, 4
- Roman Empire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
- Rome 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
- Rouen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Rous, John 1