Henry VI

by Bertram Wolffe

  Bradwardine, (i)

  Bramber, (i), (ii)

  Brancepeth, (i)

  Brandon Ferry, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Brecknock, John, receiver general, duchy of Cornwall, (i)

  Brekenam, Margaret, (i)

  Brentford, (i) passim

  Brentwood, (i)

  Brescia, bishop of, (i)

  Brézé, Pierre de, Lord of Varenne, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Brickhill, (i)

  Bridgewater, (i)

  Bridgnorth, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Brie, county of, (i)

  Brigntling, (i)

  Bristol, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Brittany, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); march of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Estates of, (i), (ii)

  Brittany, Arthur of, of Richmond (Richemont), Constable of France, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Brittany, Francis I, duke of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) passim

  Brittany, Francis II, duke of, (i), (ii)

  Brittany, Gilles of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); Françoise de Dinan, wife of, (i)

  Brittany, John V, duke of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); married Jeanne, daughter of Charles VI of France, (i)

  Broke, Edward, Lord Cobham, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Broke, William, yeoman of the crown, (i)n

  Bromflete, Henry, Lord de Vescy, (i)n

  Bromley, (i)

  Brotherman, Margaret, (i)

  Browne, Thomas, king’s squire, under treasurer of England, (i)n

  Brut Chronicle, (i)

  Buckingham, Humphrey, duke of, see Stafford

  Bullingdon hundred, (i)

  Buntingford, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Burgh, Walter, king’s squire, (i)

  Burghill, Thomas, (i)

  Burgoyne, Thomas, (i)n

  Burgundy, (i), (ii)

  Burgundy, House of, (i), (ii)

  Burgundy, Charles, duke of (the Bold), as count of Charolais, (i), (ii); duke, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); marries Margaret, sister of Edward IV, (i)

  Burgundy, John, duke of (the Fearless), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Burgundy, Philip, duke of (the Good), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi); wife of, see Isabel of Portugal

  Burley, William, Speaker, (i)

  Burton-on-Trent, (i)

  Burwell, (i)

  Bury St Edmunds, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); abbot of, see Curteys, William

  Butler, Lady Alice, king’s governess, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Butler, James, earl of Ormond, (i)

  Butler, James, earl of Wiltshire, treasurer of England, lieutenant of Ireland, (i), (ii)n, (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv)

  Butler, Ralph, Lord Sudeley, treasurer of England, household chamberlain, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n, (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)

  Cade, Jack (captain of Kent), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); rebellion of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); complaints of rebels, (i), (ii), (iii)n

  Caen, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); university of, (i)

  Calais, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii); St Mary’s church at, (i); march of, (i); expedition to, see Humphrey, duke of Gloucester attempts to gain control of, see Richard, duke of York; invasions of England from, (i), (ii), (iii); finances of, (i), (ii), (iii); Staple at, (i); garrison of, (i), (ii); Captain of Calais, see John, duke of Bedford; Wydeville, Richard; Pole, de la, William; Beaufort, Edmund; Richard, duke of York; Nevill, Richard, earl of Warwick; Beaufort, Henry, duke of Somerset; treasurer of, see Langton, John

  Calbrose, Thomas, sergeant-at-arms, (i)

  Calot, Master Lawrence, (i)

  Camber River, (i), (ii)

  Camberwell, (i), (ii)

  Cambridge, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); see also King’s College, King’s Hall

  Cambridgeshire, (i)

  Camoys, Lord, (i), (ii)

  Canford, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Cantelowe, William, (i)

  Canterbury, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv) passim; archbishop of, (i), see also Chichele, Henry; Kemp, John; Bourchier, Thomas; Morton, John; convocation of, (i)

  Capel, (i)

  Capgrave, John, (i), (ii)

  Cardiff, (i)

  Carlisle, bishop of, see Lumley, Marmaduke; Percy, William

  Carmarthen, (i)

  Carver, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Castiglione, Zano de, bishop of Bayeux, (i)

  Castile, (i); John II, king of, (i)

  Castillon, (i), (ii), (iii); battle of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Castillon, Charles de, (i)

  Castle Combe, (i), (ii)

  Castle Rising, (i)

  Catherine of Valois, queen of England, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv)

  Caudebec, (i)

  Caudray, Richard, privy seal and council clerk, (i)

  Caunton, Richard, king’s proctor in Rome, (i)

  Caxton, William, (i)

  Cely family, (i)

  Cerne Abbey, (i)

  Chalfont, (i)

  Châlons, (i)

  Chalton, Thomas, mayor of London, (i)

  Chamberlain, Great, of England, see Humphrey, duke of Gloucester; Pole, de la, William

  Chamberlain, Sir Roger, (i), (ii)

  Chambéry, (i)

  Chambre des complex, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Champagne, (i)

  Chancellor, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), see also Langley, Thomas; Beaufort, Henry; Kemp, John; Stafford, John; Nevill, Richard, earl of Salisbury; Bourchier, Thomas; Wainfleet, William; Nevill, George; Russell, John

  Chancellor of France, see Ursins, Guillaumejouvenel des

  Chantocé, (i)

  Chaperon, Auvergnas, (i)

  Charles I, (i)

  Charles II, (i)

  Charles VII, king of France, (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv); as dauphin, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); breaks up Anglo-Burgundian alliance, (i), (ii); no interest in the Gravelines peace conference except to secure release of duke of Orleans, (i); would never relinquish sovereignty of any part of France, (i); defeated on campaign by York and Talbot, (i); recaptures Pontoise, (i); his Gascon campaigns (1438–42), (i); thwarts Henry’s Armagnac marriage plans, (i); prevents a Burgundian marriage for Margaret of Anjou, (i); his new peace moves on the basis of an Angevin marriage for Henry, (i); his family, (i); triumphs at conference of Tours (1444), (i); and the Breton allegiance, (i); completes financial arrangements of truce and hands over Margaret at Nancy (1445), (i); reorganizes his army on a permanent basis, (i); his personal correspondence with his nephew Henry and niece Margaret, (i); makes extension of truce conditional on surrender of Maine and personal meeting with Henry in France, (i) passim; arrests Gilles of Brittany, (i); invests Le Mans and obtains surrender of Maine (1448), (i); refuses to accept settlement of English garrisons from Maine in marches of Brittany, (i); outwits the English over the Breton allegiance, igg-2og; brands the English as truce-breakers for the attack on Fougeres, (i); declares war and conquers Normandy, (i); conquers Gascony, (i), (ii), (iii); refuses to aid Henry’s rebels, but doubts Henry s authority in England, (i)

  Charlton Camville, (i)

  Charlton, Thomas, Speaker, (i)

  Chartres, (i)r />
  Chastellain, Georges, (i), (ii)

  Chateau-Gaillard, (i)

  Chateau Gontier, (i)

  Chateaubriant, (i), (ii)

  Chedworth, John, bishop of Lincoln, (i)n, (ii)

  Chelmsford, (i)

  Chelsfield, (i)

  Cherbourg, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Chertsey, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); abbot of, (i), (ii)

  Cheshunt, (i)

  Chester, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); earldom and county of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); chamberlain of, see Troutbeck, John; chief justice of, (i); constable of, see Hampton, John; bishop of, see (i)n and Boulers, Reginald

  Chester, Richard, king’s proctor in Rome, (i)

  Chetewynde, John, esquire of the body, (i)n

  Chetewynd, Sir Philip, (i)

  Chetewynd, Rose, (i)

  Chevalier, Etienne, (i)

  Chew, (i)

  Cheyne, Sir John, (i)

  Chichele, Henry, archbishop of Canterbury, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n, (x)

  Chichester, (i), (ii); bishop of, see Moleyns, Adam

  Chiddingfold, (i)

  Chiltern Hundreds, steward of, see Pole, de la, William

  Chinon, (i)

  Chipping Norton, (i)

  Chirk and Chirklands, (i), (ii)

  Christchurch, (i), (ii)

  Cilgerran, (i)

  Cinque Ports, warden of, see Humphrey, duke of Gloucester; Fiennes, James

  Cirencester, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Clapham, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Clarence, duke of, see, George, Lionel, Thomas

  Clarendon, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Clay, John, (i)n

  Clement, Vincent, (i), (ii)

  Cleves, Mary of, (i)

  Cley, (i)

  Clifford, John, Lord, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Clifford, Thomas, Lord, (i), (ii)

  Clifton, Sir Gervase, (i)

  Clinton, John, Lord, (i)n

  Clisson-Penthiève, family of, (i)

  Clitheroe, (i)

  Clyst Honiton, (i)

  Cobham, (i)

  Cobham, Eleanor, duchess of Gloucester, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Cobham, Lord, see Broke

  Coetivi, Admiral, (i)

  Coinage, (i)

  Colchester, (i), (ii); constable of castle, see Hampton, John

  Coleshill, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Colnbrook, (i) passim, (ii), (iii)

  Colt, Thomas, (i)n

  Colynson, Robert, (i)

  Comminges, Marguerite, countess of, (i)

  Commynes, Philip de, (i)

  Compiègne, (i)

  Conches, (i)

  Condé-sur-Noireau, (i)

  Constable of England, see Beaumont, John; Beaufort, Edmund; Stafford, Humphrey; Richard, duke of York

  Constable of France, see Brittany, Arthur of

  Constables, (i)

  Constance, Council of, (i)

  Constantinople, emissary from, (i)

  Conway, (i)

  Conyers, John, (i)n

  Cookham, (i)

  Copped Hall, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Coppini, Francesco, papal legate, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Coroners, (i), (ii)

  Cornwall, county of, (i); duchy of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); steward of, see Bonville, William, Courtenay, Thomas, earl of Devon; receiver general, see Brecknock, John

  Cornwall, John, Lord Fanhope (Milbroke), (i), (ii), (iii)n, (iv)

  Council, the continual, of Henry’s minority, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) passim, (x), (xi) passim, (xii) passim, (xiii), (xiv) passim, (xv) passim, (xvi), (xvii); of the majority, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) passim, (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), (xxxv), (xxxvi), (xxxvii), (xxxviii), (xxxix), (xl), (xli), (xlii), (xliii), (xliv), (xlv), (xlvi), (xlvii), (xlviii), (xlix), (l), (li); Great Councils, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); clerk of, see Moleyns, Adam; Benet, Henry; Caudray, Richard; Kent, Thomas

  Courtenay, Sir Philip, of Powdcrham, (i)

  Courtenay, Thomas, I, earl of Devon, steward of duchy of Cornwall, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)

  Courtenay, Thomas, II, earl of Devon, (i), (ii)

  Courtenay-Bonville dispute, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Coventry, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx); St Michael’s church, (i); 1459 parliament at, (i); Coventry Leet Book, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Cowbridge, (i)

  Cowdray, dean of royal chapel of St Martin-Le-Grand, (i)

  Craon, (i)

  Greil, (i), (ii)n, (iii), (iv)

  Crewkerne, (i)

  Crickhowell, (i)

  Cromwell, Ralph, Lord, treasurer of England, household chamberlain, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n, (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii)n, (xxviii)

  Crosby, William, signet clerk, (i)

  Crowland abbey, (i), (ii); chronicler of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Cromer, (i)

  Crowmer, William, esquire of the body, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Crown jewels, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); plate etc., (i)

  Croydon, (i)

  Culham, (i)

  Curteys, William, abbot of Bury St Edmunds, (i), (ii)

  Dacre, Ralph, Lord, of Gillesland, (i)n, (ii)

  Danby, earl of, (i)

  Daniel, Thomas, esquire of the body, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n, (vi)

  Danvers, Robert, justice, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Darlington, (i)

  Dartford, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) passim, (xviii), (xix)

  Daubenay, John, (i)

  Davy, Richard, clerk of the jewels, (i), (ii)

  Dax, (i), (ii)

  Dedham, (i)

  Denbigh, (i), (ii)

  Denmark, (i)

  Deptford, (i)

  Devereux, Sir Walter, of Weobly, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n, (v)

  Devon, (i), (ii); earl of, see Courtenay

  Dieppe, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Dijon, (i); ‘Dijon Relation’, (i)

  Dirhill, Thomas, viscount of Alençon, (i)

  Ditton, (i)

  Dogmersfield, (i)n, (ii)

  Domfront, (i), (ii)

  Donnington, (i)

  Donyatt, (i), (ii)

  Dorchester, (i)

  Dorset, earl and marquis, see Beaufort, Edmund; Beaufort, Thomas

  Douglas, George, earl of Angus, (i), (ii)

  Doullens, (i)

  Dover, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); constable of castle, see Fiennes, James; court of, (i)

  Downton, (i)

  Dudley, Lord, see Sutton, John

  Dumfries, (i)

  Dunois, count of, bastard of Orleans, (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Dunstable, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Dunstanborough, (i), (ii)

  Duquesne, Thomassin, (i)

  Durham, (i), (ii); cathedral, (i); bishop of, (i), see also Langley, Thomas; Nevill, Robert; Booth, Lawrence

  Dyffryn, Breuan, (i)

  Dymoke, John,. (i)

  Dynham, John, (i)

  East Anglia, (i)

  East Dereham, (i), (ii)

  Easthampstead, (i), (ii) passim

  Easton, (i)

  East Retford, (i)

  East Worldham, (i)

  Eccleshall, (i), (ii)

  Edgware, (i)

  Edinburgh, (i); Dom
inican friars in, (i)

  Edmonton, (i)

  Edmund Crouchback, of Lancaster, (i)

  Edmund, earl of Rutland, (i)

  Edmund of Langley, duke of York, (i)

  Edward I, (i)

  Edward II, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); queen of, Isabella of France, (i), (ii)

  Edward III, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Edward IV, as earl of March, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); as duke of York, (i), (ii); king, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) passim, (x) passim, (xi), (xii)

  Edward, prince of Wales, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)n, (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii) passim; Anne Nevill, wife of, (i)

  Egremont, Lord, see Percy, Thomas

  Ehingen, Jorg von, (i)

  Eleanor of Aquitaine, (i)

  Elizabeth (Wydeville), queen of England, (i), (ii)

  Ellerton, king’s squire, (i)

  Elmswell, (i), (ii)

  Eltham, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) passim

  Elton, William, yeoman of the crown, (i)n

  Ely, (i), (ii); Isle of, (i); bishop of, see Morgan, Philip; Bourchier, Thomas; Grey, William

  Emlyn Is-Cych, (i)

  Enderby, John, (i)

  Enmore, (i)

  Entre deux Mers, (i)

  Erpingham, Sir John, (i)

  Escheators, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Essex, (i), (ii); rebels of, (i)

  Est. Robert, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Estates General (France), (i)

  Eton, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); College, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); foundation and development of (to 1461), (i) passim; expense criticised by parliament, (i), (ii), (iii); provost of, see Wainfleet, William; receiver of, see Ulveston, John; clerks of works, see Keys, Roger

  Eugenius IV, Pope; (i), (ii)

  Everdon, John, clerk of household accounts, (i)

  Evreux, (i)

  Ewelme, (i), (ii)

  Exchequer, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); declarations of state of the realm prepared in, (i), (ii); Chief Baron of, see Ardern, Peter; Barons of, (i), see also Thorp, Thomas; chamberlain of, see Fiennes, James

  Exeter, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); duke of, see Beaufort, Thomas; Holand, John; Holand, Henry; bishop of, see Nevill, George

  Eyton, Fulk, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Eyton, Roger, (i)n

  Falaise, (i), (ii)

  Falkland, (i)

  Fanhope, Lord, see Cornwall, John

  Faringdon, (i), (ii), (iii)