Woodville, Elizabeth: marriage to Edward IV, 31–2, 34, 164; family’s ambition, 32; Buckingham’s attitude to, 45; in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey, 46; hands over Richard of York to Richard III, 47; marriage declared bigamous, 47; Margaret Beaufort negotiates marriage between Henry VII and Elizabeth of York with her, 53–4, 56; knowledge of sons’ death, 54, 55–6; arranges pardon for Thomas Grey, 62; retirement and death, 86, 87–8, 93–4
Woodville, Katherine, 32, 55, 78, 79
Worcester, Countess of, 205
Worcester Priory, 214
Wyatt, Thomas (poet), 163–4, 204–5, 208, 209
Wyatt, Thomas (son of the above), 284, 288, 289
Wyatt revolt (1554), 283–5, 405
Wynn of Gwydir, Sir John, 10
York: Minster, 54; mystery plays, 55; mourns Richard III, 73; Henry VII woos, 81; and Pilgrimage of Grace, 214; Augustinian friars, 214
York, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of (father of Edward IV and Richard III), 16, 19, 24
York, Richard, Duke of (prince in Tower): handed over to Richard III and declared illegitimate, 47; in the Tower, 48; rescue attempt fails, 51; death, 51–6, 57, 76–7, 91–2, 121–3, 129, 400, 401–2, 405–6; Warbeck impersonates, 93–102
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