The Women of the Cousins’ War

by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin

  life of, ref 1 passim

  literature loved by, ref 1

  in ‘Loveday’ procession, ref 1

  loyal nature of, ref 1

  move to Rochester by, ref 1

  notes and sources for discussion of, ref 1

  posted to Plymouth, ref 1

  restoration of, as leading lady, ref 1

  Richard isolated from, ref 1

  sanctuary gained by, ref 1, ref 2

  second marriage of, ref 1

  sent to Sandwich, ref 1

  signature of, ref 1

  slandered as sexually driven, secretly married, ref 1

  Tower refuge of, ref 1

  Warwick releases, ref 1

  Warwick seizes, ref 1

  wealthy widow, ref 1

  witch trial of, ref 1, ref 2

  witchcraft suspected of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  witnesses withdraw accusations against, ref 1

  Yorkist soldiers capture, ref 1, ref 2

  James III of Scotland, ref 1, ref 2

  James IV of Scotland, ref 1, ref 2

  Jeanne de Bar, ref 1, ref 2

  Jeanne the Demoiselle of Luxembourg, ref 1

  Jehanne de Bethune, ref 1

  Joan of Arc, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  John II of Brittany, Duke, ref 1

  John Duke of Bedford, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  alchemists licensed by, ref 1

  death of, ref 1

  JL marries, ref 1, ref 2

  permission to retire granted to, ref 1

  John Duke of Bourbon, ref 1

  John of Gaunt, ref 1, ref 2

  John Lord Howard, ref 1

  John of Luxembourg, ref 1

  John Lord Strange, ref 1

  John Lord Welles, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  John Lord Wenlock, ref 1

  Jourdemayne, Margery, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jung, C.G., ref 1

  Katherine of Aragon, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Kemp, Cardinal, ref 1

  Kendall, Paul Murray, ref 1, ref 2

  Kenilworth, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Kent:

  French foray into, ref 1

  uprising, ref 1

  King’s College, Cambridge, ref 1, ref 2

  Kyriell, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  Lady of the Rivers, The (Gregory), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lancaster, House of:

  red rose of, ref 1

  wholesale return of, ref 1

  Woodvilles’ loyalty to, ref 1

  Lincoln, Earl of, ref 1, ref 2

  Lionel Duke of Clarence, ref 1

  Lionel Lord Welles, ref 1

  Lisle, Lord, ref 1

  Losecote Field, battle of, ref 1, ref 2

  Louis XI of France, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Louis de Gruthuyse Earl of Winchester, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Louis of Luxembourg (JL’s brother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Louis of Luxembourg (JL’s uncle) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lovell, Francis, ref 1, ref 2

  Lovelace, Sir Henry, ref 1, ref 2

  Ludford Bridge, battle of, ref 1

  Ludlow, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Luxembourg:

  ancestry of, ref 1

  Black Death’s effects on, ref 1

  founding of city of, ref 1

  inheritance of family of, ref 1

  Phillip III Duke of Burgundy captures castle and duchy of, ref 1

  MacGibbon, David, ref 1

  Malory, Sir Thomas, ref 1, ref 2

  Mancini, Dominic, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Margaret of Anjou:

  abdication suggested by, ref 1

  army led by, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  at battle of Tewkesbury, ref 1, ref 2

  at battle of Wakefield, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  betrothal of, ref 1

  betrothed to Henry VI of England, ref 1

  at Blore Heath, ref 1

  capture and release of, ref 1

  ‘churching’ of, ref 1

  colleges founded by, ref 1

  confined to Windsor Castle, ref 1

  determined to serve Charles VII of France, ref 1

  enmity of, towards Yorkist lords, ref 1

  flees to Tower of London after St Albans defeat, ref 1

  flight and exile of, after Towton, ref 1

  gentry summoned to Coventry by, ref 1

  gossip concerning, ref 1

  at Greenwich Palace, ref 1

  Hawkins and, ref 1

  historians see as intent on power, ref 1

  JL chosen as lady-in-waiting by, ref 1

  JL a lifelong friend of, ref 1

  Leicester council called by, ref 1

  living in poverty, ref 1

  long-awaited son and heir born to, ref 1, ref 2

  in ‘Loveday’ procession, ref 1

  MB summoned to court of, ref 1

  Midlands toured by, ref 1

  negative reporting of, ref 1

  network of adherents created by, ref 1

  news of Northampton defeat reaches, ref 1

  news of St Albans defeat reaches, ref 1

  plans escape to Scotland, ref 1

  pregnancy and confinement of, ref 1, ref 2

  proposes self as regent, ref 1

  Richard of York challenged by, ref 1

  Scots’ agreements with, ref 1

  sent to Hertford Castle, ref 1

  servants’ cash gifts from, ref 1

  suspected of working for enemy, ref 1

  at Towton, ref 1

  vendetta against Kent sworn by, ref 1

  in Vergil’s history, ref 1

  Warwick accused by, ref 1

  Warwick and Clarence in alliance with, ref 1

  Warwick and Clarence reconcile with, ref 1, ref 2

  years in exile of, ref 1, ref 2

  Margaret of Burgundy (formerly York), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Margaret of Gueldres, ref 1

  Maria of Savoy, ref 1

  Martyn, John, ref 1

  Mary of Burgundy, ref 1

  Mary, Queen of Scots, ref 1

  Mary of York, ref 1, ref 2

  Mehmed II, ref 1

  Melusina, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Mendelssohn, Abraham, ref 1

  Mendelssohn, Fanny, ref 1

  Mendelssohn, Felix, ref 1

  Merchant Adventurers, ref 1

  Molyneaux, Sir James, ref 1

  Montagu, Lord John, ref 1

  More, Thomas, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Morte d’Arthur (Malory), ref 1

  Mortimer’s Cross, battle of, ref 1, ref 2

  Mowbray, Lady Anne, ref 1

  Myers, Prof. A.R., ref 1

  Nesfield, John, ref 1

  Neville, Anne (later Queen Consort), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  death of, ref 1

  Neville, Cecily, Duchess of York, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  EW’s relationship with, ref 1 passim

  Neville, Archbishop George, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Neville, Isabel, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Neville, John, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  death of, ref 1

  Neville, Margaret, ref 1, ref 2

  Neville, Richard, Earl of Salisbury, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  death of, ref 1

  Tower siege by, ref 1

  Woodville given dressing-down by, ref 1, ref 2

  Neville, Richard, Earl of Warwick, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23 passim, ref 1

  assassination attempts against, ref 1

  at battle of Barnet, and defeat, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  begins plot ag
ainst Edward IV, ref 1

  called to account by London council, ref 1

  Clarence deserts, ref 1

  declaration of war by, ref 1

  Edward IV’s alienation from, ref 1, ref 2

  Edward IV’s compromise with, ref 1

  Edward IV’s stunning victory over, ref 1

  EW and Edward thwart family plans of, ref 1

  at first battle of St Albans, ref 1

  flees to France, ref 1

  Henry VI confirms Calais Captaincy of, ref 1

  Henry VI taken as hostage by, ref 1

  killed in battle, ref 1, ref 2

  Lincolnshire uprising stirred up by, ref 1

  names himself Calais Captain, ref 1

  nicknamed ‘Kingmaker’, ref 1, ref 2

  piracy accusation against, ref 1

  royal favourites complained of by, ref 1

  at second battle of St Albans, ref 1

  uprisings stirred by, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Woodville father and son captured and executed by, ref 1, ref 2

  wounded, ref 1

  Neville, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, ref 1

  Norfolk, dowager Duchess of, ref 1

  Norfolk, Duke of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Normandy, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Northampton, battle of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  notes and sources:

  ‘Elizabeth Woodville’, ref 1

  ‘Introduction’, ref 1

  ‘Jacquetta of Luxembourg’, ref 1

  ‘Margaret Beaufort’, ref 1

  O’Flanagan, Nicholas, ref 1

  online sources for ‘Introduction’, ref 1

  Order of the Holy Trinity, ref 1

  Other Boleyn Girl, The (Gregory), ref 1

  Other Queen, The (Gregory), ref 1

  Oxford, Earl of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Parker, Henry, Lord Morley, ref 1

  Parr family, ref 1

  Parron, William, ref 1

  Paston, Sir John, ref 1

  Paston Letters, ref 1, ref 2

  Pastone, William, ref 1

  Penshurst Place, ref 1

  Percy, Henry, ref 1

  Peter I of Luxembourg and St Pol, Count, ref 1, ref 2

  death of, ref 1

  Philip III Duke of Burgundy (‘the Good’), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Plantagenet, George, Duke of Bedford, ref 1

  Plantagenet, Richard, Duke of York, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  appointed Protector, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  appoints self as Captain of Calais, ref 1

  called to account by London council, ref 1

  Constable of England post seized by, ref 1

  death of, ref 1, ref 2

  declared heir to throne, ref 1

  dynastic contender, ref 1

  forced to repeat loyalty to king, ref 1

  formally accuses Edmund Duke of Somerset of treason, ref 1

  jostling for influence, ref 1

  king snubs, ref 1, ref 2

  Leicester council snub for, ref 1

  London barred to, ref 1

  in ‘Loveday’ procession, ref 1

  Protector office resigned by, ref 1

  reburial of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  reforms demanded by, ref 1

  St Albans victory of, ref 1, ref 2

  threatened Scottish invasion met by, ref 1

  throne claimed by, ref 1

  Woodville given dressing-down by, ref 1, ref 2

  see also York, House of

  Plantagenet, Richard, of Eastwell, ref 1

  Plummer, Christopher, ref 1

  princes in the Tower, see Edward V of England; Richard, Prince

  Queens’ College, Cambridge, ref 1

  Radcliffe, Dr Roger, ref 1

  Ratcliffe Sir Richard, ref 1

  Red Queen, The (Gregory), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  René of Anjou, ref 1

  Richard III (Shakespeare), ref 1

  Richard III of England (formerly Duke of Gloucester):

  absent from Edward’s will, ref 1

  Anne marries, ref 1

  appointed Protector, ref 1, ref 2

  brother’s northern viceroy, ref 1

  Buckingham turns against, ref 1

  calls in soldiers against EW, ref 1

  coronation of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  death of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  denies York children’s right to throne, ref 1

  Edward IV deposed by, ref 1

  Edward IV’s will and, ref 1

  Elizabeth of York and, ref 1

  EW’s character blackened by, ref 1

  EW’s formal agreement with, ref 1

  EW’s relationship with, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  at father’s and brother’s reburial, ref 1

  first sight of war for, ref 1

  Hastings executed by, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  intercession of, for George of Clarence, ref 1

  MB’s plotting against, ref 1

  mother’s relationship with, ref 1

  mother sends to Burgundy, ref 1

  at nephew’s wedding, ref 1

  public view of, ref 1

  separate risings against, ref 1

  throne claimed by, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Tower princes and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Richard, Duke of Gloucester, see Richard III

  Richard, Prince, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  disappearance of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  mysteries of whereabouts of, ref 1

  plot to free, ref 1

  Tower imprisonment of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, ref 1

  wedding of, ref 1

  widowed, ref 1

  Richard Lord Welles, ref 1

  Rivers, Lord, see Woodville, Sir Richard

  Robin of Redesdale’s rebellion, ref 1, ref 2

  Rogers, Thomas, ref 1

  Ross, Charles, ref 1

  Rotherham, Thomas, ref 1, ref 2

  St Albans, battle of (1st), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  St Albans, battle of (2nd), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  St John, Sir Oliver, ref 1

  St Pol, Isabelle de, ref 1

  Say, Lord, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Scales, Lady, ref 1

  Scales, Lord, ref 1

  Scofield, Cora, ref 1

  Shaa, Ralph, ref 1

  Shakespeare, William, ref 1, ref 2

  Siegfried Count of Luxembourg, ref 1

  Sigismond, Holy Roman Emperor, ref 1

  Simnel, Lambert, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  ‘crowned’, ref 1

  see also Henry VII of England: Simnel conspiracy against

  Simons, Richard, ref 1, ref 2

  sorcery and witchcraft, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  EW suspected of, ref 1, ref 2

  increase in trials for, ref 1

  JL suspected of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  papal bull concerning, ref 1

  Southwell, Thomas, ref 1, ref 2

  Stafford, Sir Henry, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  death of, ref 1

  Stanley, George, ref 1

  Stanley, Thomas (1st Baron), ref 1, ref 2

  Stanley, Thomas (2nd Baron), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Stanley, William, ref 1, ref 2

  Stillington, Robert, ref 1, ref 2

  Stoke, battle of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Stonor, Sir William, ref 1, ref 2

  Stony Stratford, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Stow, John, ref 1

  Strange, Joan, ref 1

  Swynford, Katherine, ref 1, ref 2

  Talbot, John, Earl of Shrewsbury, ref 1, ref 2

  Tetzel, Gabriel, ref 1

  Tewkesbury, batt
le of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Thatcher, Margaret, ref 1

  Thomas Duke of Clarence, ref 1

  Thomas Lord Maltravers, ref 1

  Three Years’ Truce, ref 1

  Titulus Regius, ref 1

  Torrigiano, Pietro, ref 1

  Touchet, James, Lord Audley, ref 1

  Towton, battle of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Treaty of Troyes, ref 1, ref 2

  Trollope, Sir Andrew, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Tudor, Edmund, Duke of Somerset, ref 1

  Tudor, Edmund, Earl of Richmond, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  death of, ref 1

  Herbert captures, ref 1

  ‘marital rape’ by, ref 1

  MB marries, ref 1

  MB seeks posthumous reconciliation with, ref 1

  Tudor, Jasper, Earl of Pembroke, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  flees into exile, ref 1, ref 2

  MB takes up residence with, ref 1

  Tudor, Katherine, ref 1

  Tudor, Margaret, ref 1, ref 2

  Tudor, Owen, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Tunstall, Sir Richard, ref 1

  Twycross, Leonard, ref 1

  Twynho, Ankarette, ref 1

  Underwood, Malcolm, ref 1

  Valois family, ref 1, ref 2

  Vaughan, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  Vergil, Polydore, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Victoria, Queen, ref 1, ref 2

  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, ref 1

  Wake, Thomas, ref 1

  Wakefield, battle of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Walter Lord Mountjoy, ref 1, ref 2

  Warbeck, Perkin, ref 1, ref 2

  Wars of the Roses, see Cousin’s War

  Warwick, Countess of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Waynflete, William, ref 1

  Welles, Lord, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Welles, Sir Robert, ref 1

  White Queen, The (Gregory), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  William Viscount Berkeley, ref 1

  William Lord Hastings, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  execution of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3