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The Brothers York

Page 85

by Thomas Penn


  Westminster Abbey: Edward IV’s coronation, 52–3; Elizabeth Woodville’s coronation, 130–1; christening of Prince Edward, 256; Edward IV’s re-coronation, 276, 308; ceremony for St Edward’s day (1472), 326; requiem mass for Edward IV, 454; relics, 143

  Westminster Hall, 29, 43, 73, 130, 449, 489, 494

  Westminster Palace, 17, 19, 30, 115, 164, 191, 206, 224, 400, 442, 547

  Westminster sanctuary, 246–7, 256, 472, 478, 483–4, 487, 501, 502, 504, 505, 519, 523

  Whetehill, Richard, 97

  Whethamstede, John, abbot of St Albans, 50

  Whitelaw, Archbishop, 535

  Whittington, Sir Robert, 191

  Wigmore Castle, 4

  Wilde, Thomas, 139–40

  Williams, Richard, 554

  Windsor Castle: marriage of William Herbert and Mary Woodville, 153; Anglo-French negotiations, 170; Edward IV receives Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece, 207; Edward assembles troops at, 283; George Neville received by Edward IV, 316; visit of Louis of Gruuthuse, 324–5; building of St George’s Chapel, 373, 409; George of York buried at, 413; Mary of York buried at, 433; Edward IV buried at, 457; Henry VI reburied at, 533; Elizabeth Woodville buried at, 569

  witchcraft, 218–19

  Wood, John, 445

  Woodstock, 499

  Woodville, Anne, 120

  Woodville, Elizabeth see Elizabeth, Queen consort to Edward IV

  Woodville, John, 195

  Woodville, Katherine, 123, 138

  Woodville, Lionel, 429, 515

  Woodville, Margaret, 122

  Woodville, Mary, 153

  Woodville, Sir Anthony: captured by Warwick at Sandwich, 22; at battle of Towton, 46; surrenders to Edward, 50; fights against Lancastrian insurgencies, 72, 73; Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage to Edward, 116, 119; tournament with Anthoine of Burgundy, 125–6, 151, 167–8; Anglo-French negotiations, 170; on judicial commission, 176; and treason trials, 205; named in petition issued by Warwick, 212; takes rebel ships in the Channel, 234; in exile in Holland after battle of Losecote Field, 245, 254, 262; defends London at Edward’s restoration, 283, 292; entrusted with care of Edward V, 342–3, 347, 370, 451–2; and Edward’s invasion of France (1475), 360–1; reburial of Richard, duke of York at Fotheringhay, 376; jousts at wedding of Richard of Shrewsbury, 401–2; patronage of William Caxton, 423; Scottish campaign (1482), 428, 431; rivalry with William Hastings, 438–9; detained at Northampton, 465–7, 470; execution, 488

  Woodville, Sir Edward, 422, 430, 434, 460, 498–9, 534, 562

  Woodville, Sir John, 120, 122, 212, 217

  Woodville, Sir Richard, 545

  Woodville family, 119–23, 447, 452–3, 460

  wool trade, 16, 22, 71, 78–9, 95, 105, 149, 156

  Worcester, William, The Boke of Noblesse, 361

  Worcester Cathedral, 19

  Worde, Wynkyn de, 348

  Wyche, Hugh, 130, 180

  York (city): Edward IV received in after battle of Towton, 48–9; Edward IV halts at during Scottish campaign, 89–90; Yorkists gather at after battle of Hexham, 101–2; George Neville enthroned as Archbishop, 134–5; commercial decline of, 137, 409; Robin of Holderness’ rebellion, 208–9; Edward IV counters insurgency at, 240; opens gates to Edward IV (1471), 270–1; Richard, duke of Gloucester’s jurisdiction in, 372, 408, 418, 419; Richard holds obsequies for Edward IV, 460; Richard III visits on royal progress (1483), 507–10

  York, Cecily Neville, Duchess of: marriage and children, 7–8, 10; petitions Margaret of Anjou, 11; abandoned at Ludlow, 20–1; sends her younger sons abroad, 38–9; at Baynard’s Castle, 43, 228, 266; deputises for Edward IV, 45; influence on Edward IV, 60; and international trade, 95; fury at Edward’s marriage, 115; at Elizabeth Woodville’s churching, 142; at Greenwich banquet for Margaret of Burgundy, 422; backs conspiracies against the Tudors, 569

  York, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of, 83

  York, Richard, 3rd Duke of: claim to succession, 4, 24; career and marriage, 7–8; return from Ireland (1450), 5, 7, 8, 9; ambitions of, 9–10; imprisons Somerset in the Tower, 11; as protector of England, 12–13, 15; and first battle of St Albans, 13–15; attempts reform and resigns protectorate, 15; attends the ‘loveday’ (1458), 17; attempts reconciliation with Henry at Worcester, 19; flees to Dublin, 20; attainder of (1459), 21–2; makes claim to the crown of England, 29–30; named heir to the throne, 3, 30; killed at battle of Wakefield, 3, 31–2; reburial at Fotheringhay, 375–6; religious college at Fotheringhay, 83

  Younge, Thomas, 10

  Zeeland, 244

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