Green, Thomas
Greenwich
Grey, Sir Richard
and arrest
and execution
Grey, Thomas see Dorset, marquess of
Gruffudd, William
Gruthuyse, Louis de Bruges, Seigneur de la
Guildford, Sir John
Guildford, Richard
Gunthorpe, John
Hag, John
Hall, Edward
Halwell, John
Hammes Castle
Hancock, Robert
Harcourt, John
Hardgill, Edward
Harrington, Robert
Hastings, William, Lord
and Barnet
and conspiracy
and Edward V
and execution
and executor
and family
and France
and Tewkesbury
and Woodvilles
Hausson, Christopher
Haute, Sir Richard
Haute, Sir William
Henningham, Sir John
Henry Tudor see Henry VII
Henry VI of England, King
and burial
and death
and Richard, duke of York
and Tower of London
and Warwick
Henry VII of England, King
and Bosworth
and claim to throne
and conspiracy
and invasion
and marriage
and rebellion
and Richard III
and York
Herbert, Walter
Heron, John
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III (Walpole)
Hollinshed, Ralph
Holt, Edward
Howard, John, Lord see Norfolk, duke of
Howard, Thomas see Surrey, earl of
Hungerford, Thomas
Hungerford, Walter
Hutton, Thomas
Hutton, William
Ireland
Isabella I of Castile, Queen
James III of Scotland, King
and peace
Joanna of Portugal, Princess
John II of Portugal, King
John of Gloucester
John of Pontefract
justice system
Katherine (illegitimate daughter)
Kemp, Thomas, bishop of London
Kendall, John
King, Oliver
Knaresborough, Richard
Knyvet, Sir William
Kynaston, Sir Roger
Lam, John
Lancaster, House of
Landais, Pierre
Langton, Thomas, bishop of St David’s
Latimer, Elizabeth, Lady
Latimer, George, Lord
Latimer, Richard Neville, Lord
Laurence, Richard
Lawarre, Thomas, Lord
Lawrence, Sir James
Lee, Alexander
Legh, Robert
Lenne, John
Leventhorpe, Nicholas
Lewkenor, Sir Thomas
Lincoln, John de la Pole, earl of
Lisle, Edward Grey, Viscount
Longe, Thomas
Louis XI of France, King
and Brittany
and Cato
and Edward V
and Richard III
and Warwick
Lovell, Francis, Viscount
and Bosworth
and Stoke
Ludford Bridge, battle of
Ludlow Castle
Lynom, Thomas
Mainbier, George de
Mancini, Dominic
and Buckingham
and court life
and Edward V
and Hastings
and Woodville family
manufacturing
March, Edward, earl of see Edward IV
Margaret of Anjou, Queen
and exile
Margaret of Austria
Margaret of Burgundy
Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of York
Markham, Clements
Marston, Richard
Martyn, Alice
Mauleverer, Halnath and William
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mechtild of Hackeborn
Meloynek, John
Mercers’ Company
Middleham
Mitton, Thomas
Molinet, Jean
Montagu, John Neville, marquess of
Montgomery, Sir Thomas
More, Thomas
and Hastings
and Richard III
and Shore
and Woodville family
Morgan, John
Mortimer, Anne
Mortimer, John
Mortimer’s Cross, battle of
Morton, John, bishop of Ely
and arrest
Morton, Robert
Nandyke, Thomas
Nestfield, John
Netherlands, the
Neville, Anne see Anne Neville, Queen
Neville, George, archbishop of York
Neville, Ralph, Lord
Neville, Richard see Salisbury, earl of; Warwick, earl of
Newenham, James
Newton, John
Nicolson, John
Norfolk, Anne Mowbray, duchess of
Norfolk, John Howard, duke of
and Bosworth
and grants
and Henry VII
Norreys, John
Norreys, Sir William
Northampton, battle of
northern army
Northumberland, Henry Percy, earl of
and Bosworth
and Henry VII
and Pontefract
and Rivers
Northumberland, John Neville, earl of
Nottingham Castle
Orléans, Louis, duke of
Ovedale, William
Oxford, countess of
Oxford, John de Vere, earl of
and Bosworth
Page, Richard
Painter, John
Parliament
and Henry VI
and Richard III
and Warwick, Anne, countess of
and York, Richard, duke of
Paston, Sir John
Paul II, Pope
Paulet, Amyas
Peke, John
Pemberton, Robert
Pembroke, Jasper Tudor, earl of
Pembroke, William Herbert, earl of
Penne, Ralph
Percy, Henry see Northumberland, earl of
Perty, Sir John
Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
Pickering, John
Picquigny, treaty of
Pilkington, Charles
Pilkington, Sir John
Pole, Richard
Pontefract
Popplau, Niclas von
Portugal
Powis, Lord
Poynings, Edward
Poynings, Robert, Lord
Pympe, Reginald
Rameneye, Thomas
Ratcliffe, Sir Richard
and Bosworth
and Elizabeth of York
and Rivers
religion; see also Corpus Christi
Rhys ap Thomas
Richard III of England, King
and accession
and appointments
and aristocracy
and Barnet
and Bosworth
and Brittany
and Buckingham
and Burgundy
and Calais
and children
and claim to throne
and Clarence
and clothes
and conspiracy
and coronation
and death
and education
and Edward IV
and Edward V
and England tour
and entertainment
and finances
and flight
&
nbsp; and foreign policy
and France
and grants
and Great Chamberlain
and Greenwich
and Hammes
and Hastings
and heir
and Henry VI
and Henry VII,
and justice system
and land
and Ludlow
and marriage
and mother
and northern England
and Parliament
and politics
and Protector
and rebellion
and religion
and Richard of Shrewsbury
and Rivers
and Scotland
and Shaa
and Tewkesbury
and treason
and Woodville family
Richard III (Shakespeare)
Richard of Shrewsbury, duke of York
and death
and Tower of London
Richmond, Henry Tudor, earl of see Henry VII
Risley, Sir John
Rivers, Anthony, Earl
and arrest
and execution
and Hastings
Rivers, Jacquetta, Lady
Rivers, Richard Woodville, Lord
Rochefort, Guillaume de
Rotherham, Thomas, archbishop of York
and arrest
and coup
Rous, John
and Bosworth
and Richard III
Rushe, John
Russell, John, bishop of Lincoln
and council
and Great Seal
and sermons
Rutland, Edmund, earl of
Rydon, Robert
St Albans
St George’s Chapel, Windsor
St Leger, Sir Thomas
Salazar, Juan de
Salisbury, Richard Neville, earl of
Salvan, Gerard
Sandford, Brian
Sasiola, Gaufridius de
Savage, Sir John
Say, Sir John
Scotland
and funding
and truce
Scott, Sir John
Scrope, Richard, Lord
Scrope of Masham, Lady
Shaa, Sir Edward
Shaa, Ralph
Shakespeare, William
Shirwood, John, bishop of Durham
Shore, Elizabeth
Sixtus IV, Pope
Somerset, duke of
Spain
Sponer, John
Stacey, Dr John
Stafford, Henry see Buckingham, duke of
Stallworth, Simon
Stanley, Thomas, Lord
and Bosworth
and executor
and Henry VII
and rebellion
Stanley, Sir William
and Bosworth
and Henry VII
Stillington, Robert
Stoke, battle of
Stonor, Sir William
Stony Stratford
Stowe, John
Strange, George, Lord
Surrey, Thomas Howard, earl of
Swanessey, Richard
Talbot, Gilbert
taxation
Tewkesbury, battle of
Tey, Josephine
Thirlwall, Sir Percival
Titulus Regius
Tocotes, Sir Roger
Tower of London
trade
Trefry, John
Tubervile, John
Tudor, House of; see also
Henry VII
Tudor, Jasper see Pembroke, earl of
Twynyho, Ankarette
Tyrell, Sir James
Urswick, Christopher
Utrecht
Valera, Diego de
Vaughan, Richard
Vergil, Polydore
and Anne Neville
and Bosworth
and Edward V
and Hastings
and Henry VII
and Richard III
Wake, Roger
Wales
Walpole, Horace
Warwick, Anne, countess of
Warwick, Edward, earl of
Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of
and death
and Edgecote
and influence
and France
and inheritance
and marriage alliances
and rebellion
and Richard III
Warwick Castle
Waurin, Jean de
Waynflete, John
Waynflete, William, bishop of
Wincester
Welles, John
Welles, William
Welsh Marches
Wenlock, John, Lord
Wentworth, Thomas
Weston, Sir John
White, William
Whitelaw, William
Willoughby, Robert
Wingfield, John
Woodville, Sir Edward
Woodville, Sir John
Woodville, Lionel, bishop of Salisbury
Woodville, Richard see Rivers, Lord
Woodville family
and Edward V
Woodville family—contd.
and Hastings
and Parliament
and Richard III
see also Elizabeth Woodville
Wortley, Sir Thomas
Wrangwish, Thomas
Wrythe, John
xenophobia
Yate, Thomas
York
York, Edmund Langley, duke of
York, Richard, duke of
York, House of
ALSO BY CHRIS SKIDMORE
Edward VI
Death and the Virgin Queen
The Rise of the Tudors
About the Author
© Nick Skidmore
All of Chris Skidmore was born in Bristol, England in 1981. He is the author of Edward VI: The Lost King of England and Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne. He taught history at Bristol University is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2010 he was elected as a British Member of Parliament. You can sign up for author updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Maps
Genealogical Tables
Note on Money and Dates
Introduction
PART ONE: BROTHER
1. Sons of York
2. The Wheel Turns
3. ‘Not Altogether Brotherly Eyes’
4. A Northern Affinity
PART TWO: PROTECTOR
5. ‘The King Is Dead, Long Live the King’
6. ‘Protector and Defender of This Our Realm’
7. ‘Their Subtle and Damnable Ways’
8. ‘Great Confusion and Great Fear’
9. ‘Undoubted Son and Heir’
PART THREE: KING
10. ‘Going in Great Triumph’
11. ‘The Fact of an Enterprise’
12. ‘Confusion and Mourning’
13. ‘True and Faithful Liegemen’
14. Titulus Regius
15. ‘Their Sudden Grief’
16. ‘Defend Me from All Evil’
17. ‘Commotion and War’
18. Rebels and Traitors
19. ‘Grief and Displeasure’
20. ‘Intending Our Utter Destruction’
21. ‘An End Either of Wars or of His Life’
Epilogue: ‘His Fame is Darkened’
Acknowledgem
ents
Photos
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Also by Chris Skidmore
About the Author
Copyright
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First U.S. Edition: April 2018
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