by Dan Jones
Chaucer family 1, 2
Chepstow 1
chivalry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
claimants 1, 2, 3, 4
Edward (IV) earl of March 1, 2, 3
Edward prince of Wales 1, 2
Henry Tudor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lambert Simnel 1
Perkin Warbeck 1
de la Pole family 1, 2
Richard (III) of Gloucester 1, 2
Richard of York 1, 2, 3
see also genealogical charts; succession; usurpers
claims by England to the French crown 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Clarence, Thomas duke of (d. 1421) 1, 2, 3, 4
Clarence, George Plantagenet duke of (d. 1478) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
allied with Warwick 1, 2, 3, 4
feud with Gloucester 1
marriage to Isabel 1, 2, 3, 4
reconciled with Edward 1, 2
Clifford, Thomas 8th baron 1, 2, 3, 4
Clifford, John 9th baron 1, 2, 3
Clifford, Sir Robert 1, 2
Clinton, John, Lord 1
coastal defence 1, 2, 3, 4
Cobham, Edward Brooke 6th baron 1
Cobham, Eleanor see Eleanor duchess of Gloucester
coinage 1, 2, 3
commissions 1, 2
oyer and terminer 1, 2
treason 1, 2, 3, 4
conciliar government 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
congress of Arras 1, 2
constable of England 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Conyers, Sir John 1, 2
Coppini, Francesco bishop of Terni 1, 2, 3
Cork 1, 2, 3
Cornish rebellion 1, 2
coronation oath 1
coronation roll 1
coronations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Catherine de Valois 1
Edward IV 1, 2
Edward V 1, 2
Elizabeth Woodville 1
Elizabeth of York 1
Henry VI 1, 2, 3
Henry VII 1
Richard III 1
council see royal council
Courtenay family 1, 2, 3
see also Devon, earls of
Courtenay–Bonville feud 1, 2, 3, 4
Coventry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
crops 1, 2, 3
crown jewels pawned 1
Daubeney, Sir Giles (later Lord) 1, 2
dauphin see Charles VII, as dauphin
debt 1, 2, 3
royal 1, 2, 3, 4
Derby, earl of see Stanley, Thomas
Devereux, Sir Walter 1, 2, 3
Devon, Thomas Courtenay 14th earl of (d. 1461) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Devon, Humphrey Stafford earl of (d. 1469) 1, 2
Devon, John Courtenay 15th earl of (d. 1471) 1, 2, 3
Devon, Edward Courtenay 1st earl of (d. 1509) 1, 2, 3
Devon, William Courtenay 1st earl of (d. 1511) 1
diplomats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
English 1, 2, 3, 4
French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
royal marriages 1, 2, 3, 4
Spanish 1
Warwick 1, 2, 3
Dorset, Thomas Grey marquess of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
in exile 1, 2
as Thomas Grey 1, 2, 3
Dorset–Hastings feud 1
dowry 1
Dublin 1
Dudley, Edmund 1, 2
Dudley, John Sutton, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Edgcote, battle of (1469) 1
Edmund de Hadham see Tudor, Edmund
Edmund Plantagenet see Rutland
St Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–66) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Edward III, king of England (r. 1327–77) 1
Edward IV, king of England (r. 1461–83) 1, 2
before he was king see March, 7th earl
excess 1, 2, 3
first seizes the crown 1, 2
gains secure position 1, 2
government 1, 2
held, freed but flees 1, 2, 3
and the Lancastrians 1
marriage 1, 2, 3, 4
mistakes 1
returns 1, 2, 3
and Somerset 1
vetoes Clarence’s marriage 1, 2, 3
and Warwick 1, 2, 3, 4
and Warwick–Clarence alliance 1, 2
will, death and funeral 1, 2, 3
Edward V, king of England (r. 1485) 1, 2, 3, 4
and Earl Rivers 1, 2
plans for coronation 1, 2, 3
see also Princes in the Tower
Edward of Middleham (b. 1474?) 1, 2, 3
as prince of Wales 1, 2, 3
Edward Plantagenet (b. 1442) see Edward IV; March, 7th earl
Edward Plantagenet earl of Warwick (b. 1475) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
impersonated 1
in the Tower 1, 2
Edward prince of Wales (d. 1471) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
exile and return 1, 2, 3, 4
and Henry VI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Edward son of York (b. 1442) see Edward IV; March, 7th earl
Egremont, Sir Thomas Percy, Lord 1, 2
Eleanor of Aquitaine 1
Eleanor Butler (née Talbot) 1
Eleanor (Cobham) duchess of Gloucester 1, 2, 3, 4
Elizabeth I, queen of England 1, 2, 3
Elizabeth (née Plantagenet) de la Pole, duchess of Suffolk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Elizabeth Plantagenet (dau. of Edward IV) 1
Elizabeth (Plantagenet) of York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Henry Tudor 1, 2
Elizabeth, Queen 1, 2, 3, 4
coronation 1
as Elizabeth Grey 1
as Elizabeth Woodville 1, 2, 3, 4
her children 1, 2
marriage to Edward IV 1, 2
Eltham Palace 1, 2, 3, 4
Empson, Sir Richard 1, 2
English campaigns in France 1, 2
the English in France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
campaigns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
claims to crown 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
claims to land 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
lieutenants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
truce 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
see also Normandy
Essex 1
Essex, Henry Bourchier earl of 1, 2, 3, 4
Étaples, treaty of (1492) 1
Eton College 1
executions for treason 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Buckingham 1
Montague 1
Owen Tudor 1
Oxford 1
Rhys ap Tudur 1
Suffolk 1
Exeter, Thomas Beaufort duke of 1, 2
Exeter, John Holland 1st duke of 1, 2
Exeter, Henry Holland 2nd duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
in battle 1, 2, 3, 4
in exile 1, 2
in prison 1, 2
Exeter, Henry Courtenay marquess of 1
exile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
banishment 1, 2
Edward IV 1, 2, 3, 4
Henry VI 1, 2
Queen Margaret and Prince Edward 1, 2, 3
Tudors 1, 2, 3
fashion 1, 2, 3, 4
Fauconberg, William Neville, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4
bastard of see Neville, Thomas
as earl of Kent 1, 2, 3
feast days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
feasts (banquets) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ferrybridge 1
feuds 1, 2, 3, 4
Beaufort–Humphrey Gloucester 1, 2
Bonville–Courtenay 1, 2, 3, 4
Clarence–Richard Gloucester 1
Dorset–Hastings 1
Neville–Percy 1, 2, 3
Stanley–Richard Gloucester 1
Fitz Meredith see Tudor, Owen
fleurs-de-lis 1, 2, 3, 4
Flint 1, 2, 3
food see feasts (banquets)
foot soldiers 1, 2, 3, 4
forged letters 1
Fortescue, Sir John 1, 2
Fox, Richard 1
France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
diplomacy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
see also the English in France; French crown<
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Francis I king of France (r. 1515–47) 1, 2, 3
Francis II duke of Brittany (r. 1458–88) 1, 2, 3, 4
French crown 1, 2, 3
English claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
French wars see English in France
Gascony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
genealogical charts 1, 2, 3, 4
St George (cult) 1, 2, 3
Gloucester, Humphrey duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
feud with Beaufort 1, 2
Gloucester, Richard duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
backs Edward IV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
as constable 1, 2
feud with Clarence 1
feud with Stanley 1
lieutenant of Edward IV 1
marriage to Anne Neville 1
as protector 1
and Rivers 1
takes the crown 1
as usurper see Richard III
government 1, 2
by chief minister 1, 2, 3
by queens 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
by Somerset 1, 2, 3, 4
by Suffolk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
conciliar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
semi-absent 1
under Edward IV 1, 2
under Richard III 1
Greenwich 1, 2, 3
Grey, Sir John 1
Grey, Sir Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Grey of Ruthin, Lord 1
Grey, Thomas see Dorset, marquess of guns 1, 2, 3
arquebuses 1
cannon 1, 2, 3
serpentine 1
Hadham, Edmund de see Tudor, Edmund
Hall’s chronicle 1, 2
Harlech 1, 2
Hastings, William, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
as chamberlain 1, 2
Hastings–Dorset feud 1
Hatfield, Jasper de see Tudor, Jasper
Henry IV, king of England (r. 1399–1413) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n.16
Henry V, king of England (r. 1413–22) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
life 1
the succession 1, 2
and Welsh revolt 1
Henry VI, king of England (r. 1422–61) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
at St Albans 1, 2, 3
childhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
coronations 1, 2
enfeebled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
marriage to Queen Margaret 1, 2
readeption 1, 2, 3
ruled by his council 1
ruled by the queen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
ruled by Warwick and York 1, 2, 3, 4
spectator at battle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
subsequent retreat north 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
taken and held 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Henry VII, king of England (r. 1485–1509) 1, 2, 3
battle of Bosworth 1
before he was king see Tudor, Henry
coronation 1
and Elizabeth of York 1
see also Edward Plantagenet earl of Warwick; Simnel, Lambert; Warbeck, Perkin
Henry VIII, king of England (r. 1509–47) 1, 2
as duke of York 1, 2
Herbert, Sir Richard 1, 2
Herbert, Sir William (d. 1469) 1, 2
as earl of Pembroke 1, 2, 3
Lord Herbert 1, 2, 3, 4
Herbert, William (d. 1491) earl of Pembroke 1
Hexham, battle of (1464) 1
Holinshed’s chronicles 1
Holland family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
see also Exeter (dukes)
household 1, 2
king’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
noble 1, 2, 3
queen’s 1, 2, 3, 4
Hungerford, Sir Walter (d. 1449) 1, 2, 3
Hungerford, Sir Walter (d. 1516) 1, 2
illnesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
impeachment 1, 2
imposters 1, 2
Ireland 1, 2
Clarence as lieutenant 1
Ormond as lieutenant 1, 2
and pretenders 1, 2, 3
York as lieutenant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n.8
Isabel Neville duchess of Clarence 1, 2, 3, 4
Isabella of Castile 1, 2
Isabella of France 1
Jacqueline of Hainault 1, 2
Jacquetta of Luxembourg duchess of Bedford (later Lady Rivers) 1, 2, 3, 4
Jacquetta (Woodville), Lady Strange 1
James I, king of Scotland (r. 1424–37) 1, 2
James II, king of Scotland (r. 1437–60) 1, 2
James III, king of Scotland (r. 1460–88) 1, 2, 3, 4
James IV, king of Scotland (r. 1488–1513) 1, 2, 3
Jasper de Hatfield see Tudor, Jasper
Joan of Arc 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Joan of Navarre, queen 1
John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy (r. 1404–19) 1, 2
John of Pontefract 1
justice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
peripatetic 1, 2, 3, 4
subverted 1, 2, 3
Katherine of Aragon 1, 2, 3
marriage to Prince Arthur 1
Katherine de la Pole 1
Katherine Neville duchess of Norfolk 1
Katherine Tudor (b. 1503) 1
Kent 1, 2, 3, 4
Kent, William Neville (Lord Fauconberg) earl of 1, 2, 3
see also Fauconberg
Kerver, Thomas 1
kingmakers 1, 2, 3
King’s Bench 1, 2
King’s College, Cambridge 1
king’s council see royal council
kingship 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
boy–kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
knight errant 1
knightings 1, 2, 3, 4
Order of the Bath 1, 2
Order of the Garter 1, 2, 3, 4
Lancaster, duchy of 1, 2, 3
Lancastrians 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
army 1, 2, 3, 4
under Edward IV 1, 2
law see justice; parliament
libido 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
libraries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lincoln, John de la Pole earl of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lisle, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord 1, 2
liveried retainers 1, 2, 3
Lollards 1
London 1, 2, 3
on show 1, 2, 3, 4
too dangerous 1, 2
unrest and riot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
London Bridge 1, 2
Losecoat Field, battle of (1470) 1
St Louis IX, king of France (r. 1226–70) 1, 2, 3
Louis XI, king of France (r. 1461–83) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
antagonistic to England 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
concord with England 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Margaret of Anjou 1, 2
and Margaret of York 1
and the Tudors 1, 2
Louis XII, king of France (r. 1498–1515) 1
Love Day 1, 2
Lovell, Francis, Viscount 1, 2, 3
Low Countries (Netherlands) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
trade 1, 2, 3
Ludlow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
battle of Ludford Bridge 1, 2
and Prince Arthur 1, 2
Lydgate, John 1, 2
Maine 1, 2, 3
manifestos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
March, Roger Mortimer 1st earl of 1
March, Edmund Mortimer 5th earl of 1
March, Edward Plantagenet 7th earl of 1, 2, 3, 4
allied with Warwick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
as king see Edward IV
as Rose of Rouen 1
Maredudd ap Tudur 1
Margaret Beaufort 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
attainder and reversal 1, 2
married to Stafford 1
married to Stanley 1, 2
as mother of Henry VII 1, 2, 3, 4
Margaret (of Anjou), Queen 1, 2, 3
controls Henry VI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
in exile 1, 2, 3, 4
marriage to Henry VI 1, 2
retreats northwards 1, 2, 3, 4
returns to England 1, 2
and Richard of York 1, 2, 3, 4
taken prisoner 1, 2
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Margaret Plantagenet (dau. of Clarence, b. 1473) later Pole 1, 2, 3
Margaret Plantagenet (dau. of Edward IV, b. 1472) 1
Margaret Plantagenet duchess of York 1, 2, 3
as duchess of Burgundy 1, 2, 3, 4
Margaret Stewart 1
Margaret Tudor (b. 1489) 1, 2
Margaret Woodville 1
marriage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
annulled 1, 2
by proxy 1, 2
of children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
divorce 1, 2
remarriage 1, 2
of Welsh women 1
Mary of Burgundy 1
Mary of Guelders 1, 2
Mary Plantagenet (b. 1467) 1, 2
Mary Tudor (b. 1496) 1, 2
Mary Tudor (b. 1516) 1
Maximilian I duke of Burgundy 1, 2, 3, 4
men-at-arms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
mercenaries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘sell-swords’ 1, 2
Meredith, Owen (Owen Tudor) 1, 2, 3
Middleham Castle 1, 2, 3, 4
militia 1, 2
mistresses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moleyns, Adam bishop of Chichester 1, 2
monarchy see kingship
money see coinage; taxes
Montague, John Neville, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4
as earl of Northumberland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
as Sir John Neville 1, 2
in war 1, 2, 3, 4
Montague, Henry Pole, Lord 1
Mortimer family 1
Mortimer, John see Cade, Jack
Mortimer’s Cross, battle of (1461) 1, 2
Morton, John bishop of Ely 1, 2, 3
Morton, Robert 1
nakedness 1, 2
naval forces 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
necromancy see sorcery
Netherlands see Low Countries
Neville family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Neville–Percy feud 1, 2, 3
see also Salisbury; Warwick
Neville, Anne (b. 1456) see Anne (Neville), Queen
Neville, Anne duchess of Buckingham 1
Neville, George bishop of Exeter 1, 2, 3, 4
as archbishop 1, 2, 3, 4
Neville, George duke of Bedford 1
Neville, Sir Henry 1
Neville, Isabel, marriage to Clarence 1, 2, 3, 4
Neville, Sir John see Montague, John, Lord
Neville, John, Lord 1
Neville, Katherine duchess of Norfolk 1
Neville, Sir Thomas 1, 2, 3
Neville, Thomas bastard of Fauconberg 1
Newgate prison 1, 2
nightmare 1
Norfolk, John Mowbray 3rd duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Richard of York 1, 2, 3, 4
Norfolk, John Mowbray 4th duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Norfolk, Thomas Howard duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Normandy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
English campaigns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
English rule 1
French campaigns 1, 2, 3, 4
see also English in France
Northampton, battle of (1460) 1
north of England 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
disorder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Edward IV 1, 2
forces recruited 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and Henry VI 1, 2