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Non-Fiction Papers
Biographical: Other
WILLIAM ALNWICK, BISHOP OF NORWICH AND LINCOLN
The Pre-episcopal Career of William Alnwick, Bishop of Norwich and Lincoln
Hayes, Rosemary C
From: People, Politics & Community in the Later Middle Ages, ed. J. Rosenthal & C. Richmond
Published: 1987
Alnwick’s career up to his appointment as Bishop of Norwich in 1426.
JOAN OF ARC
The Real Joan of Arc
Castor, Helen
From: BBC History Magazine
Published: October 2014
Discusses the problems caused by the retrospective nature of all the extant testimony about Joan’s motivation in approaching Charles VII.
JOHN ARGENTINE
The Princes in the Tower and Their Doctor
Rhodes, Dennis E.
From: EHR, Vol. 77, No. 303
Published: April 1962
Brief article pointing out that ‘Argentinus medicus’, identified by Mancini as the last of Edward V’s former servants to have remained with him, simply means ‘Doctor Argentine’ and not ‘a doctor of Strasbourg’ as interpreted by Mancini’s translator C. A. J. Armstrong.
John Argentine, Provost of Kings
Rhodes, Dennis E.
Booklet
Published: 1967
A study of John Argentine’s life and his library.
B
BALBUS
Hieronymus Balbus in Paris
Allen, P S
From: EHR, Vol 17, No 67
Published: July 1902
The literary bickerings at the Sorbonne during the late fifteenth century are illustrated via the squabbles of two academic rivals, Guillaume Tardif and a young newcomer to Paris, the Venetian Hieronymus Balbus
BEAUCHAMP
ANNE BEAUCHAMP, COUNTESS OF WARWICK
Descent, Partition and Extinction: The Warwick Inheritance
Hicks, M A
From: BIHR, Vol. 52, No. 126
Published: 1979
Discussion of the division of the Countess’s lands between the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester ‘as yf the seid countes were nowe naturally dede’.
Countess of Warwick’s Parliamentary Petitions regarding Her Lands
Various
Extracts from BL Cotton MS Julius BXII; The Red Paper Book of Colchester ed. W. Gurney Benham; and The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (PROME) ed. C. Given-Wilson et al.
Published: 1902 (Red Paper Book) and 2005 (PROME)
Transcripts of the Countess’s petitions of 1472 and 1487 for the restitution of her lands, and a brief contemporary description of her petition of 1485.
ELIZABETH,COUNTESS OF WARWICK – See BERKELEY
RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK
‘Entumbid Right Princely’: The Re-interment of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and a Lost Rite
Buckle, Alexandra
From: The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 28th Harlaxton Symposium, ed. H. Kleineke & C. Steer
Published: 2011
Discussion of a seventeenth-century copy, discovered among the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Library, of the religious rites used for the reinterment of the Earl in 1475 on the completion of his chantry chapel in St. Mary’s church in Warwick.
The Beauchamp Affinity: a Study of Bastard Feudalism at Work
Carpenter, Christine
From: EHR, Vol. 95
Published: July 1980
Study of the Warwickshire followers of Richard Beauchamp as an example of how bastard feudalism worked in practice.
BEAUFORT
EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF SOMERSET
Somerset, York and the Wars of the Roses
Jones, Michael K
From: EHR, Vol. 104, No. 411
Published: April 1989
Discusses the enmity between the dukes of York and Somerset.
HENRY BEAUFORT, CARDINAL BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
Cardinal Beaufort
Harriss, Gerald
From: Medieval History, Vol. 1, No. 1
Published: 1991
Compares and contrasts Beaufort’s career with that of Cardinal Wolsey.
At the Deathbed of Cardinal Beaufort
McFarlane, K B
From: Studies in Medieval History Presented to Frederick Maurice Powicke, ed. R.W. Hunt et al.
Published: 1948
Study of the Cardinal’s last will and his behaviour on his deathbed, and what these reveal about his financial dealings.
HENRY BEAUFORT, DUKE OF SOMERSET
Edward IV, the Duke of Somerset and Lancastrian Loyalism in the North
Hicks, M A
From: Northern History, Vol. 20
Published: 1984
Shows that, although Somerset submitted to Edward IV in 1463, he remained loyal to Lancaster.
JOHN BEAUFORT, DUKE OF SOMERSET
John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and the French Expedition of 1443
Jones, Michael
From: Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England, ed. R. A. Griffiths
Published: 1981
An analysis of the disastrous military command entrusted to Beaufort independently of York’s authority as king’s Lieutenant-General in France.
MARGARET BEAUFORT, COUNTESS OF RICHMOND
Lady Margaret Beaufort, the Royal Council and an Early Fenland Drainage Scheme
Jones, Michael K
From: Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Vol. 21
Published: 1986
On schemes by Margaret Beaufort and other royal councillors to improve drainage in the Fens.
Richard III and Lady Margaret Beaufort: A Reassessment
Jones, Michael
From: Richard III: Loyalty, Lordship and Law, ed. P. W. Hammond
Published: 1986
A re-appraisal of Margaret’s aims and actions during Richard’s reign by the co-author of The King’s Mother.
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Jones, Michael; Underwood, Malcolm
From: History Today, Vol. 35
Published: August 1985
Assessment of Margaret’s character and achievements.
On Some London Houses of the Early Tudor Period
Kingsford, C L
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 71, pp. 17-54
Published: 1921
This article provides detailed information on the chambers and furnishings of four great London houses including Coldharbour, given to Margaret Beaufort by Henry VII. Kingsford’s information comes from extant accounts for the refurbishment Margaret carried out in the autumn of 1485. A transcript of the source document is in an appendix.
My Lady the King’s Mother
Plowden, Alison
From: Plowden’s Tudor Women
Published: 1979
Sympathetic account of Margaret’s life.
The Lady Margaret
Rushforth, M K
Typescript
Undated
Hostile outline of Margaret’s life and character.
On the Contracts for the Tomb of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby…
Scott, Robert Forsyth
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 66
Published: 1915
A brief overview, plus transcripts of the contracts for the making of the tomb and grate and of other documents relating to the construction of the tomb.
Politics and Piety in the Household of Lady Margaret Beaufort
Underwood, Malcolm G
From: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 38, No. 1
Published: January 1987
Discusses Margaret’s personal piety, charitable foundations and active support for the Crown.
BEAUMONT
Elizabeth Scrope, Lady Beaumont & Countess of Oxford: – See SCROPE
BERKELEY
The Household Accounts of Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Warwick 1420-21
Ross, C D
From: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 70
Published: 1951
Description of the Countess’ detailed records of expenditure on food, drink, etc…
On the Great Berkeley Lawsuit of the 15th and 16th Centuries: A Chapter of Gloucestershire History
Cooke, James Herbert
From: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society, Vol. 3
Published: 1878-9
A history of the property dispute between the Berkeleys and the Talbots, of which the Battle of Nibley Green in 1469 was the most violent expression.
William, Lord Berkeley
Waters, Gwen
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre.
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol 5, No. 68, March 1980. A study of William, Lord Berkeley, (d. 1496), dubbed by the Berkeleys’ 17th-century biographer, John Smyth, as ‘William Waste-all’.
JOHN BLACMAN
A Collector of Apocryphal Anecdotes: John Blacman Revisited
Lovatt, Roger
Chapter 9 of Property and Politics: Essays in Later Medieval English History, ed. Tony Pollard
Published: 1984.
Defence of Blacman’s authorship of the Collectarium Mansuetudinem et Bonorum Morum Regis Henrici VI, and of the reliability of the work.
Note: The book from which the essay is taken is also available for loan from the Non-fiction Books librarian.
WALTER BLOUNT
Walter Blount was gone to Serve Traytours: The Sack of Ewaston and the Politics of the North Midlands in 1454
Castor, Helen
From: Midland History, Vol. 19
Published: 1994
On the dispute between the Blounts and the Langfords and the light it sheds on the power vacuum in the North Midlands in 1454.
SIR HENRY BODRUGAN alias TRENOWTH
Sir Henry Bodrugan: The Wonderful Leap to Safety
Henderson, Charles
From: the Western Morning News
Published: 15th December 1927
A newspaper article giving a good account of Bodrugan’s career, beginning with details from the account rolls of his manors and ending with his fabled leap from the clifftop into a waiting boat in 1486.
Richard Edgcumbe and Sir Henry Bodrugan
National Trust
Extract from guidebook to the Edgcumbe’s house at Cotehele, Devon
Published: 1967
Short account of Edgcumbe’s adventures in 1483 to 1485, his pursuit by Trenowth (Bodrugan) after Buckingham’s Rebellion and the rewards he reaped after Bosworth.
The Turbulent Career of Sir Henry de Bodrugan
Rowse, A L
From: History, New Series, Vol. 29
Published: 1944
A biography of Sir Henry Bodrugan.
Henry Bodrugan and Margaret Lisle
Whetter, Dr James
From: An Baner Kernewek (The Cornish Banner), No. 38
Published: November 1984
About Bodrugan and his second wife Margaret Herbert, widow of 2nd Viscount Lisle.
BONVILLE
The Struggle for Power in Mid-fifteenth-century Devonshire
Cherry, Martin
From: Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England, ed. R. A. Griffiths
Published: 1981
An analysis of the process of polarisation amongst the local ruling class in Devonshire that led to the fight at Clyst in 1455 between the Earl of Devon and Lord Bonville and the Courtenays’ Lancastrian stance during the Wars of the Roses.
LAWRENCE BOOTH
Lawrence Booth: Bishop of Durham (1457-76), Archbishop of York (1476-80)
Reeves, A Compton
From: Estrangement, Enterprise & Education in Fifteenth Century England, ed. S D Michalove & A C Reeves
Published: 1998
Charts Booth’s ecclesiastical career. Includes a discussion of his relationship with Richard.
WILLIAM BOTILLER
William Botiller: a 15th Century Civil Servant
Griffiths, Ralph
From: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Published: 1964
Career of a Gloucestershire royal official who held financial posts under Henry V and Henry VI.
MARGARET BOTREAUX, LADY HUNGERFORD
The Piety of Margaret Lady Hungerford (died 1478)
Hicks, M A
From: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 38, No. 1
Published: January 1987
On the religious endowments of Margaret Botreaux, Lady Hungerford, and the light they shed on the nature of her piety.
BOURCHIER
The Counts of Eu, Sometime Lords of the Honour of Tickhill
Waters, Edmond Chester
From: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol.9
Published: 1886
Brief biographies of the earls of Eu and their children from Sir William Bourchier the 1st Earl to Henry Bourchier the 3rd Earl.
THOMAS BOURCHIER, CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Registrum Thome Bourgchier, Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi, AD 1454-1486 (extracts)
Boulay, F R H du (ed.)
Extracts from the published edition of Archbishop Bourchier’s register
Published: 1957
Comprises the section of du Boulay’s introduction dealing with Cardinal Bourchier’s life; the transcript of the licence for Clarence’s marriage to Isabel Neville, and the entries for the reigns of Edward V and Richard III. The transcripts are in Latin.
BOWES
The House of Bowes and the Wars of the Roses
Newman, Christine M
From: Medieval History, Vol. 1, No. 3
Published: 1991
A study of a relatively obscure gentry family, the Bowes of Streatham, County Durham.
SIR EDWARD BRAMPTON
Three Anglo-Portuguese Armigers
Kandel, Edward M
From: The Coat of Arms, No. 179
Published: Autumn 1997
Comparison of the careers of Sir Edward Brampton and two other Portuguese Jews who received English grants of arms during the early Tudor period.
Guernsey’s Swashbuckling Governor
Marr, James
From: Review of the Guernsey Society, Vol. 34, No. 3
Published: Winter 1978
Brief account of Brampton’s career.
Perkin Warbeck and his Jewish Master
Roth, Cecil
From: Transactions of Jewish Historical Society of England, Vol. 9
Published: 1922
The fruits of Roth’s early research on Brampton’s life and career.
Sir Edward Brampton, alias Duarte Brandão: Governor of Guernsey, 1482-1485
Roth, Cecil
From: Reports and Transactions of La Société Guernesiaise, Vol. 16
Published: 1956
Biographical sketch, taking account of new research.
Sir Edward Brampton: An Anglo-Jewish Adventurer During the Wars of the Roses
Roth, Cecil
From: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England, Vol. 16
Published: 1952
Revision of the 1922 article, taking account of additional evidence.
Sir Edward Brampton, Governor of Guernsey, and the Mystery of Richard Duke of York
Roth, Cecil
Typed summary of talk
Published: 1959
How Roth came to take an interest in Brampton and why he believed him to be the key to Perkin Warbeck’s true identity.
A Portuguese Adventurer in the Wars of the Roses: Duarte Brandão, Senhor de Buarcos
Sao Paio, Marques De
English translation of ‘Um Aventureiro Portuguȇs na Guerra das Duas Rosas: Duarte Brandão, Senhor de Buarcos’ from Anais, Academia Portuguesa da História, 2nd Series, Vol. 6, 1955, pp. 143-165
Translated: 1984
Information from Portuguese sources, with an appendix of further information mainly derived from Roth (translated into English).
SIR REYNOLD BRAY
From Caitiff and Villain to Pater Patriae: Reynold Bray and the Profits of Office
Condon, Margaret
From: Profit, Piety and the Professions in Pater Medieval England, ed. Michael Hicks
Published: 1990.
Giving detailed accounts of the development of Bray’s holdings, two themes are developed and discussed. Firstly, that the office and power resulted in visible wealth. Secondly that historians and biographers are restricted by the nature of records and materials.
Climbing the Civil-service Pole during Civil War: Sir Reynold Bray (c. 1440-1503)
Guth DeLloyd, J
From: Estrangement, Enterprise & Education in Fifteenth Century England, ed. S. D. Michalove & A. C. Reeves
Published: 1998
Examines the extent to which a civil service existed, and the ways in which it functioned, through the career of Reynold Bray.
LOUIS DE BRUGES, SEIGNEUR DE LA GRUTHUYSE
Narratives of the Arrival of Louis de Bruges, Seigneur de la Gruthuyse, in England, and of His Creation as Earl of Winchester, in 1472
Madden, Sir Frederic
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 26
Published: 1836
Account of Gruthuyse’s visit to England as communicated in a letter from Madden to the Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries.
SIR GEORGE BUCK
Articles by W. H. Challen
Challen, W H
Folder containing the following articles: –
1) ‘Henry Blaxton, DD,’ from Sussex Notes & Queries, Vol. 14
2) ‘Sir George Buck, Kt., Master of the Revels,’ from Notes and Queries, July 1957
3) ‘Literary and Historical Notes: Sir George Buck, Kt., Master of the Revels,’ from Notes and Queries, August 1957
4)’Who Was Lady Cutts?’ from Sussex Notes & Queries, Vol. 14
Published: May to August 1957
The first three articles contain information on Sir George Buck.
Sir George Buc: Master of the Revels
Eccles, Mark
Hundred-page extract from Thomas Lodge and Other Elizabethans, ed. Charles J. Sisson
Published: 1933
On Buck’s life and career
BURGUNDY, DUKES & DUCHESSES OF
CHARLES THE BOLD,DUKE OF BURGUNDY
A Letter of James III to the Duke of Burgundy
Armstrong, C A J
From: England, France and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century, pp. 389-402
Published: 1983
Article originally published in Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 8, 1951. Discusses a letter written by King James to Charles Duke of Burgundy in response to the latter’s request that he should pardon the Boyds, who had seized him and ruled in his name from 1466 to 1469.
A Golden Gesture of Gratitude
Blair, Claude; Campbell, Marian
From: Country Life
Published: 27th March 1980
Illustrated article on a gold reliquary showing Charles the Bold kneeling, with St. George behind him, offering the reliquary itself, which contained a finger of St. Lambert. This artefact, presented by Charles to St. Lambert’s cathedral in Liège, was at the time of publication on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
English Royal Marriages and the Papal Penitentiary in the Fifteenth Century
Clarke, Peter D
From: EHR, Vol. 120, No. 488, pp. 1014-1029
Published: September 2005
An important article reproducing the texts, and discussing the political backgrounds, of a number of dispensations for English royal marriages discovered by the author and Patrick Zutshi in the pre-1504 registers of the Penitentiary, including an additional dispensation for the marriage of Charles the Bold to Margaret of York.
Henry VII and Charles the Bold: Brothers under the Skin
Gunn, Steven
From: History Today, Vol. 46, No. 4
Published: April 1996
The author ‘detects some surprising similarities’ in the styles of governance of these two very different personalities.
Chasing a Sphinx: Charles the Bold’s Burgundy
Vaughan, Richard
From: History Today, Vol. 37
Published: May 1987
On Charles’ elusive ambition to forge his disparate territories into a single state.
MARGARET OF YORK
La Politique Matrimoniale des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Maison de Valois (extract)
Armstrong, C A J
Extract from the above article, pub. in Annales de Bourgogne, Vol. 40
Published: 1968
Extract dealing with Margaret’s marriage. In French, but English translation can be provided.
Margaret of York’s Dance of Death – the DNA evidence
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Handelingen van de Koninkijke Kring voor Oudheidkunde, Letteren an Kunst van Mechelen, 111, pp. 193-207
Published: 2007
The author explains how he compared the mtDNA from the three sets of female remains disinterred from the Franciscan friary in Mechelen with that of Joy Ibsen, female-line descendant of Margaret’s sister Anne of Exeter, in order to establish whether any of the said remains could be those of Margaret herself.
Marriage of the Princess Margaret, Sister of Edward IV: A.D. 1468
Bentley, Samuel
From: Excerpta Historica, or Illustrations of English History
Published: 1831
On Margaret’s wedding to Charles the Bold.
English Royal Marriages and the Papal Penitentiary in the Fifteenth Century
Clarke, Peter D
From: EHR, Vol. 120, No. 488, pp. 1014-1029
Published: September 2005
An important article reproducing the texts, and discussing the political backgrounds, of a number of dispensations for English royal marriages discovered by the author and Patrick Zutshi in the pre-1504 registers of the Penitentiary, including an additional dispensation for the marriage of Margaret of York to Charles the Bold.
Astro-analysis: Margaret of York
Cuthill, Audrey
Typescript
Dated: 23rd April 1980
Somewhat circular analysis as there is no extant record of Margaret’s time of birth and Cuthill therefore assumed a time (3 pm) based on her pre-existing understanding of her subject’s personality and appearance.
Une Lettre Inédite de Marie de Bourgogne et de Marguerite d’York à Louis XI
Kervyn De Lettenhove, Bruno
From: Bulletin de l’Académie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1st Series, Vol. 21, Part 1
Published: 1854
Text of letter written by Mary to Louis XI in January 1476/7 after news had reached her of the disaster at Nancy. Signed by both Mary and Margaret of Burgundy.
Note: In French, but English translation can be made available.
On Some London Houses of the Early Tudor Period
Kingsford, C L
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 71, pp. 17-54
Published: 1921
This article provides detailed information on the chambers and furnishings of four great London houses including Coldharbour, where Margaret of York stayed during her visit to England in 1480. Most of Kingsford’s information comes from surviving accounts for Margaret Beaufort’s refurbishment of the house in the autumn of 1485, but he also includes the improvements carried out in preparation for Margaret of Burgundy’s residence. A transcript of the 1485 source document is given in an appendix.
Margaretha van York
Lauwers, Mathi
From: Spiegel Historiael
Published: November 1477
Dutch article on Margaret. English translation also available.
Account of the Ceremonial of the Marriage of the Princess Margaret, Sister of King Edward the Fourth, to Charles, Duke of Burgundy
Phillipps, Sir Thomas
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 31
Published: 1846
Transcript of heraldic account of the marriage celebrations.
Margaret of York, Maximilian and England and Power in the Twilight
Schnitker, Harry
Pages 78-92 of Margaret of York, Princess of England, Duchess of Burgundy
Published: 2016
On the political relations between England and Burgundy during the reigns of Richard III and Henry VII.
The Marriage of Margaret of York and Charles Duke of Burgundy July 1468
Stuart, Dorothy Margaret
From: History Today
Published: April 1958
Article on Margaret’s wedding journey and celebrations.
MARY OF BURGUNDY, DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY
Une Lettre Inedite de Marie de Bourgogne et de Marguerite d’York a Louis XI
Kervyn De Lettenhove, Bruno
From: Bulletin de l’Academie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1st Series, Vol 21, Part 1
Published: 1854
Text of a letter written by Mary to Louis XI on 18th January 1476-7 after news had reached her of the disaster at Nancy. Signed by both Mary and Margaret of Burgundy. (Note – in French, but English translation can be made available).
LADY ELEANOR BUTLER -See TALBOT
C
CATESBY
GENERAL
The Catesbys in Coventry: A Medieval Estate and its Archives
Alcock, N W
From: Midland History, Vol 15
Published: 1990
Study of the Catesby family and their acquisition and management of their property in Coventry in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
WILLIAM CATESBY, ESQUIRE
‘A Craftee Lawyer. . .’ – A Study of William Catesby
Moreton, Angela
Text of talk given to the Airedale Group of the Society’s Yorkshire Branch
Presentation: 12th April 1999
The family background and career of Richard’s chief counsellor.
William Catesby, Counsellor to Richard III
Roskell, J S
From: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. 42
Published: 1969
On Catesby’s life and career.
The Hastily Drawn-Up Will of William Catesby Esquire 25 August 1485
Williams, Daniel
From: Leicestershire Archaeological Society Transactions, Vol. 51
Published: 1975-6
Brief biography, with transcript of his will.
WILLIAM CAXTON
William Caxton, Mercer, Translator and Master Printer
Stuart, D M
From: History Today
Published: April 1960
Brief biography.
Caxton Was a Mercer: His Social Milieu and Friends
Sutton, Anne F
From: England in the Fifteenth Century: Proceedings of the 1992 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. Nicholas Rogers
Published: 1994
An in-depth look at William Caxton and his career.
CECILY, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV – See Biographical: Plantagenet
CHAUCER
Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk
Kent, Sheila
Booklet
Published: 2000
Eight-page biography with black-and-white illustrations.
MARGARET CHEDWORTH, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK
Victims of Attainder: The Howard and de Vere Women in the Late Fifteenth Century
Crawford, Anne
From: Reading Medieval Studies, Vol. 15
Published: 1989
Examines how the attainders of their menfolk affected the lives of Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Oxford, Margaret Chedworth, Duchess of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey.
JOHN CHEYNEY
John Cheyney
Tate, Celia
A4 booklet, missing binder
Undated
About the life of John Cheyney.
ALICE CLAVER
Alice Claver, Silkwoman of London and Maker of Mantle Laces for Richard III and Queen Anne
Sutton, Anne F
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Article first published in The Ricardian, Vol 5, No. 70, September 1980. What is known of the woman who supplied the gold fringes and lace ribbons for Richard and Anne’s coronation.
JOHN CLERK THE ELDER
The Last Will and Testament of John Clerk the Elder (Baron of the Exchequer c.1481)
Mount, Toni
A4 booklet
Published: 1994
A study of Clerk’s will and of his house, Ford Place near Maidstone, which still survives.
RICHARD CLERVAUX
Richard Clervaux of Croft: A North Riding Squire in the Fifteenth Century
Pollard, A J
From: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 50
Published: 1978
Information from the Clervaux cartulary on the career and associates of a typical Yorkshire landowner during the Wars of the Roses.
SIR ROBERT CLIFFORD
Sir Robert Clifford – Yorkist Traitor or Tudor Spy?
Moor, Jonathan
From: Brass Society, Vol. 5, Part 1
Published: 1998
A description of Sir Robert’s brass in the parish church of St. Mary at Aspenden, Hertfordshire.
CLIFTON
The Cliftons of Clifton: A Nottinghamshire Gentry Family in the Late Fifteenth Century
Ecob, Deborah
From: Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 26
Published: Spring 1981
On the Cliftons as a typical gentry family, making advantageous marriages and looking to give and get ‘good lordship’.
CHRISTIAN COLBOURNE
Christian Colbourne, Painter of Germany and London, Died 1486
Sutton, Anne F
From: Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol. 135
Published: 1982
Biography of artist and craftsman who did some work for Richard III.
WILLIAM COLYNGBOURNE
Source Material Used for William Colyngbourne
Anon
Typescript
Undated
Collection of extracts from a variety of sources.
William Colyngbourne
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 3, No. 49, June 1975. Colyngbourne’s family background and career. Includes a family tree.
Colyngbourne’s Rhyme
Hillier, Kenneth; Nørmark, Peter; Hammond, Peter W
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
Observations on the ‘Cat, the Rat and Lovell our Dog’ rhyme. Written by Peter Hammond, drawing on short notes by Kenneth Hillier and Peter Nørmark in The Ricardian, Vol. 3, Nos. 50 & 51, Sep & Dec 1975.
SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE
Sir Marmaduke Constable, of Flamborough
Dockray, K R
From: Richard III, Crown and People. ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 71, December 1980. On Marmaduke Constable, a young protégé of Richard’s who went on to command the English left wing at Flodden.
SIR THOMAS COOK
The Case of Sir Thomas Cook, 1468
Hicks, M A
From: EHR, Vol. 93
Published: January 1978
Study of Cook’s treason trial – was he an active supporter of Henry VI?
Cook’s Case in History and Myth
Holland, P
From: BIHR, Vol. 61
Published: February 1988
Re-examination of the information on Cook’s trial and the motives of those involved.
Sir Thomas Cook and his ‘Troubles’: An Investigation
Sutton, Anne F
From: Guildhall Studies in London History, Vol. 3
Published: 1978
Study of Cook’s treason trial and its surrounding circumstances; was the story of his victimisation anti-Woodville propaganda?
AVERY CORNBURGH
A Duchy Officer and a Gentleman: The Career and Connections of Avery Cornburgh (d.1487)
Stansfield, R E
From: Cornish Studies, 2nd Series, No. 19
Published: 2011
Study of the career and connections of Richard III’s Under-treasurer Avery Cornburgh, a merchant and Essex landowner who served as a Duchy of Cornwall officer and retainer of the Royal Household under both Yorkist and Lancastrian regimes.
COURTENAY
GENERAL
The Courtenay Earls of Devon: The Formation and Disintegration of a Late Medieval Aristocratic Affinity
Cherry, M
From: Southern History, Vol. 1
Published: 1979
Describes the changing balance of power in the West Country due to the declining influence of the Earls of Devon in the first half of the fifteenth century.
The Struggle for Power in Mid-fifteenth-century Devonshire
Cherry, Martin
From: Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England, ed. R. A. Griffiths
Published: 1981
An analysis of the process of polarisation amongst the local ruling class in Devonshire that led to the fight at Clyst in 1455 between the Earl of Devon and Lord Bonville and the Courtenays’ Lancastrian stance during the Wars of the Roses.
The Courteney Family in the Yorkist Period
Thomson, J A F
From: BIHR, Vol. 45, No. 112
Published: November 1972
Follows the fortunes of various branches of a primarily Lancastrian family from 1461 to 1485.
EDWARD COURTENAY, EARL OF DEVON:
Letter from Henry VII to Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, Concerning Perkin Warbeck
Henry VII
Facsimile of letter with typed sheet of explanatory notes
Unpublished
Letter written by the King to Courtenay at the time of Warbeck’s landing in Devon, commanding him to make his musters at Oakhampton. Dated ‘at oure Manoir of Wodestok the xvj day of Septembre at viij of the clok in the night’.
KATHERINE COURTENAY, COUNTESS OF DEVON – see Biographical: Plantagenet.
CROFT
The Crofts: Creation and Defence of a Family Enterprise under the Yorkists and Henry VII
Davies, C S L
From: Historical Research, Vol. 68, No. 167
Published: October 1995
A detailed examination of Sir Richard Croft, his brothers and son, who served the Yorkist kings.
A Letter from Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot in 1486 Concerning Sir James Tyrell’s Offices in Wales
Robinson, W R B
From: Historical Research, Vol. 67, Issue 163
Published: June 1994
On a letter about Sir James Tyrell’s Welsh offices, written in the reign of Henry VII by Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot.
RALPH, LORD CROMWELL
Ralph Lord Cromwell and the Politics of Fifteenth Century England
Friedrichs, Rhoda L
From: Nottingham Medieval Studies, Vol. 32
Published: 1988
On the life and political career of Ralph Lord Cromwell (1403-1455).
SIR JOHN CROSBY
A Lecture on the Times and the Play of Richard the Third of England, Delivered in Crosby Hall
Beale, Miles
Photocopy of booklet
Published: 6th November 1843
Rather outdated discussion of Richard in history and Richard in Shakespeare, with particular reference to Crosby Hall and Sir John Crosby.
D
DAUBNEY
Giles Daubney and the Manor of Kempston
Morris, Anabel
Apparently the text of a talk given to the Beds & Bucks Branch of the Society
Undated (May 1999?)
Traces the descent of the manor from the Conquest, focusing on its history during the lifetime of the Giles Daubney who rebelled against Richard III.
DELAMARE/ DE LA MARE: – see MARE, de la
DEINCOURT
Deincourt family of Park Hall, Morton
Turbutt, Gladwin
From: Derbyshire Miscellany
Published: Spring 2021
Interesting account of the development of the Deincourt family from the 12th to 15th centuries. It includes a good genealogical chart including Francis, 1st Viscount Lovell, Butlers, Greys, Norreys and Tiptofts.
DIMMOCK/ DYMMOCK
Andrew Dymmock and the Papers of Antony, Earl Rivers, 1482-3
Ives, E W
From: BIHR, Vol. 41, No. 104
Published: November 1986
Discussion of the surviving body of correspondence between Rivers and his attorney.
DINHAM/ DYNHAM
The Capture of Lord Rivers and Sir Anthony Woodville, 19 January 1460
Scofield, Cora
From: EHR, Vol. 37, pp. 253-255
Published: 1922
Brief article on Lord Dinham’s capture of the Woodvilles at Sandwich on behalf of the Earl of Warwick. Includes a transcript of the subsequent indictment of Warwick and Dinham before an oyer and terminer commission that sat at Deptford after Easter (in Latin, but an English translation is available on request).
John Dynham and His Tapestry
Young, Bonnie
From: Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
Published: June 1962
Brief biography of Sir John Dynham and discussion of the tapestry he owned that is now at the Cloisters museum.
E
RICHARD EDGECOMBE
Richard Edgecombe and Sir Henry Bodrugan
National Trust
Extract from guidebook to the Edgcumbe’s house at Cotehele, Devon
Published: 1967
Short account of Edgcumbe’s adventures in 1483 to 1485, his pursuit by Henry Trenowth (Bodrugan) after Buckingham’s Rebellion and the rewards he reaped after Bosworth.
RICHARD EMPSON
Richard Empson, Minister of Henry VII
Horowitz, Mark R
From: BIHR, Vol. 55, No. 131
Published: May 1982
Traces Empson’s career from Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV to eventual disgrace and execution in 1510.
F
ROBERT FABYAN
Robert Fabyan’s Civic Identity
Payne, M T W
From: The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 28th Harlaxton Symposium, ed H Kleineke & C Steer
Published: 2011
On the sources and composition of Fabyan’s chronicles.
SIR JOHN FASTOLF
Sir John Fastolf and the Law of Arms
Armstrong, C A J
From: England, France and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century, pp. 123-133
Published: 1983
Originally published in War, Literature and Politics in the Late Middle Ages, ed. C. T. Allmand, Liverpool University Press, 1976. Reveals how an unseemly determination to extort ransom from innocent merchants underlies Fastolf’s petition to the Regent Bedford in 1433 for a royal grant of French lands.
Fastolf Place, Southwark: The Home of the Duke of York’s Family, 1460
Carlin, Martha
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
The history of Sir John Fastolf’s house in Southwark, where the Duchess Cecily lodged her younger children after the Yorkist victory at Northampton.
The Two Sir John Fastolfs
Harcourt, L. W. Vernon
From: Royal Historical Society, Vol. 4
Published: 1910
On the relationship between the historical Sir John Fastolf and Shakespeare’s Falstaff.
Stephen Scrope and the Circle of Sir John Fastolf: Moral and Intellectual Outlooks
Hughes, Jonathan
From: The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood, IV
Published: 1992
Documents the Scrope family of Bolton and Masham, North Yorkshire, and in particular Sir John Fastolf, the stepson of Stephen Scrope Esquire.
KATHERINE FITZGERALD, COUNTESS OF DESMOND
The Countess of Desmond
Anon
From: Dublin Review, Vol. 51
Published: 1862
Review of various earlier articles discussing the Countess’s identity.
FOIX, MARGARET DE, COUNTESSOF KENDAL – see POLE, de la
JOHN FORSTER
John Forster Esquire, c.1425-c.1488: Hertfordshire Gentleman and Servant to the Crown under Edward IV
Driver, Tom [John T.]
From: Herts Past & Present, Series 3, Issue 8
Published: Autumn 2008
Biography of Forster, who was arrested and imprisoned by Richard for his part in the Hastings conspiracy.
SIR JOHN FORTESCUE
Politics and Propaganda in Fifteenth-century England: The Polemical Writings of Sir John Fortescue
Gill, Paul E
From: Speculum, Vol. 46
Published: 1971
A discussion of the six political works written by Fortescue, the first five composed in exile during the 1460s in defence of the Lancastrian claim, and the last in England in the early 1470s in defence of the Yorkist claim.
John Fortescue, Junior: An Upwardly Mobile Gentleman, c.1400-1442
Kekewich, Margaret
From: Midland History, Vol 20
Date: 1995
Sir John’s family background and early career shed light on the opinions expressed in his later writings.
Sir John Fortescue
Welch, Anne Mannooch
From: Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 24
Published: 1901
On Fortescue’s life and works.
ETIENNE FRYON
Etienne Fryon: Burgundian Agent, English Royal Secretary and ‘Principal Counsellor’ to Perkin Warbeck
BALLARD Mark; Davies, C S L
From: Historical Research, Vol. 62, No. 149
Published: October 1989
On the career of a diplomat who served Edward IV, Henry VII and Charles VIII, but may have been an agent of Margaret of Burgundy all the time.
G
OWAIN GLYNDWR
The Last Welsh Prince of Wales
Pryce, Huw
From: BBC History’s collector’s edition Medieval Kings & Queens
Published: 2017
‘Looks at the national hero who sought a brighter future for his country by rising up against English rule.’
GREY
English Military Experience and the Court of Chivalry: The Case of Grey v. Hastings
Keen, Maurice H
From: Guerre et Société en France, en Angleterre et en Bourgogne, XIVe-XVe siècle, ed. P. Contamine, C. Giry-Deloison and M. Keen
Published: 1992
Discusses a rare survival from the Court of Chivalry: the case of 1407-1410 between Lord Grey of Ruthin and Sir Edward Hastings over the right to bear the manche gules (red sleeve) device of the late Hastings earls of Pembroke.
The Greys of Bradgate
Stevenson, Joan
Booklet
Published: 1974
Booklet giving a brief account of the family, from Sir John Grey who married Elizabeth Woodville to the 20th century.
GRUFFYDD AP NICHOLAS
Gruffydd ap Nicholas and the Fall of the House of Lancaster
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Welsh History Review, Vol. 2
Published: 1964-5
Unscrupulous, ambitious and powerful, Gruffydd governed West Wales for Henry VI.
GRUTHUYSE: – see BRUGES, Louis de
JOHN GUNTHORPE
John Gunthorpe: Keeper of Richard III’s Privy Seal, Dean of Wells Cathedral
Reeves, A Compton
From: Viator, Vol. 39, No. 1
Published: 2008
A detailed and perceptive biography of the man Richard chose to be his keeper of the Privy Seal.
H
HARCOURT
Harcourt and the Bosworth Standard
Harris, O D
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed J Petre
Published: 1985
Brief article first published in The Ricardian, Vol 5, No 69, June 1980. Discusses the local tradition that Sir Robert Harcourt (d 1503) of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, was Henry Tudor’s standard bearer at Bosworth.
John Harcourt
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, no. 54, September 1976. On the family and career of John Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt (1450-1484).
JOHN HARPER
Some ‘Servants and Lovers’ of Richard in His Youth
Ross, Charles
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 55, December 1976. On the significance for an appraisal of Richard’s character of his endowment of prayers for the souls of relatively humble gentlemen, including John Harper, who had died by his side at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
HASTINGS
SIR EDWARD HASTINGS
English Military Experience and the Court of Chivalry: The Case of Grey v. Hastings
Keen, Maurice H
From: Guerre et société en France, en Angleterre et en Bourgogne, XIVe-XVe siècle, ed. P. Contamine, C. Giry-Deloison and M. Keen
Published: 1992
Discusses a rare survival from the Court of Chivalry: the case of 1407-1410 between Lord Grey of Ruthin and Sir Edward Hastings over the right to bear the manche gules (red sleeve) device of the late Hastings earls of Pembroke.
WILLIAM, LORD HASTINGS
The Hastings Hours and the Master of 1499
Brinkman, Bodo
From: The British Library Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1
Published: Spring 1988
Challenges the conventional attribution of the Hours to the Master of the Old Prayerbook of Emperor Maximilian, arguing instead for creation by the Master of 1499.
The Execution of Hastings: a Neglected Source
Coleman, C H D
From: BIHR, Vol. 53, No. 128
Published: November 1980
An entry in the Black Book of the Exchequer supports 13th June as the date of Hasting’s execution.
William, First Lord Hastings (c.1430-1483)
Elliott, Bernard
Illustrated booklet
Published: 1984
Brief account of Hastings’ life and career.
The Hastings Family; Their Properties and Influence during the Later Middle Ages
Emery, Anthony
From: Nottingham Area Supplement to Archaeological Journal, Vol. 46
Published: 1989
On the career and influence of William Lord Hastings, with detailed descriptions of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kirby Muxloe castles.
Richard III, Lord Hastings and the Historians
Hanham, Alison
From: EHR, Vol. 87, No. 343
Published: April 1972
Hastings was arrested and executed on 20th, not 13th, June 1483.
A Note on the Dating of Lord Hastings’s Execution
Hanham, Alison
Excursus to Chapter 1 of Richard III and His Early Historians
Published: 1975
Attempt to counter Wolffe’s arguments in favour of Friday 13th (see below).
Hastings Redivivus
Hanham, Alison
From: EHR, Vol. 90, No. 357
Published: October 1975
Defending 20th June as the date of Hasting’s execution.
The Hastings Affinity in Staffordshire and the Honour of Tutbury
Rowney, Ian
From: BIHR, Vol. 57
Published: 1984
Study of Hastings’ use of patronage in the North Midlands area.
The Problems of Dating and the Dangers of Redating: The Acts of Court of the Mercers’ Company of London 1453-1527
Sutton, Anne F; Hammond, P W
From: Journal of the Society of Archivists, Vol. 6, No. 2
Published: 1978
On the problems of using contemporary records for dating events, with particular reference to the date of Hastings’ execution.
Richard III and Lord Hastings: A Problematical Case Reviewed
Thomson, J A F
From: BIHR, Vol. 48, No. 117
Published: 1975
Supports theory of execution on 13th, not 20th, June.
Rise and Fall
Tucker, Melvin J
Extract from Chapter 2 of Tucker’s Life of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and Second Duke of Norfolk, 1443-1524
Published: 1964
Tucker’s speculations as to the roles of Thomas Howard and his father in the deaths of Hastings and the Princes.
When and Why Did Hastings Lose His Head?
Wolffe, B P
From: EHR, Vol. 89
Published: 1974
Supports theory of execution on 13th, not 20th, June
Hastings Reinterred
Wolffe, B P
From: EHR, Vol. 91, No. 361
Published: 1976
Reaffirms 13th June as the date of Hastings’ execution.
Richard III, William Lord Hastings and Friday the Thirteenth
Wood, Charles T
From: Kings and Nobles in the Later Middle Ages: A Tribute to Charles Ross, ed. R. A. Griffiths & J. Sherborne
Published: 1986
Confirmation of 13th June as the date for Hastings’ execution suggests that Richard did not start planning to take the crown until mid-June.
HERBERT
Henry Bodrugan and Margaret Lisle
Whetter, Dr James
From: An Baner Kernewek (The Cornish Banner), No. 38
Published: November 1984
About Bodrugan and his second wife Margaret Herbert, widow of 2nd Viscount Lisle.
The Later Careers of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, and His Brother Sir Walter Herbert
Maurer, Helen
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Article first published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 57, June 1977. A brief study of the careers after Bosworth of Richard’s son-in-law, Huntingdon, and his brother Sir Walter Herbert, an active supporter of Tudor’s invasion.
HENRY HOLLAND, DUKE OF EXETER
Local Rivalries and National Politics: The Percies, the Nevilles, and the Duke of Exeter, 1452-55
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Speculum, Vol. 43, No. 4
Published: October 1968
An account of the northern rebellion of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, against the First Protectorate of Richard Duke of York, in which the younger sons of the Earl of Northumberland supported him as a means of furthering their family’s struggle against the local dominance of the Nevilles.
Richard Duke of York and the Rebellion of Henry Holand, Duke of Exeter, in May 1454
Pugh, T B
From: Historical Research, Vol .63, No. 152
Published: October 1990
On the Duke of York’s firm handling of his son-in-law’s rebellion.
HOWARD
GENERAL
The Rise of the Howards, and The Flodden Duke
Robinson, J M
Chapters 1 and 2 of The Dukes of Norfolk – a Quincentennial History
Published: 1982
Traces the Howard family from the thirteenth century, concentrating on the 1st and 2nd dukes of Norfolk.
ELIZABETH HOWARD, COUNTESS OF OXFORD
Victims of Attainder: The Howard and de Vere Women in the Late Fifteenth Century
Crawford, Anne
From: Reading Medieval Studies, Vol. 15
Published: 1989
How the attainders of their menfolk affected the lives of Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Oxford, Margaret Chedworth, Duchess of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey.
The Last Days of Elizabeth Countess of Oxford
Hicks, M A
From: EHR, Vol. 103, No. 406
Published: January 1988
Based on witness depositions made during the reign of Henry VII, Hicks argues that Richard persuaded the Countess to convey her lands to him under duress.
JOHN HOWARD, 1st Duke of Norfolk
‘Yesterday my lord of Gloucester came to Colchester…’
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Essex Archaeology and History, No. 36
Published: 2005
The author discusses the probable dating of a surviving draft letter from Sir John Howard referring to Gloucester’s arrival in Colchester the previous day.
The Princes in the Tower
Bindoff, S T
Typed résumés of lectures given at the Folger Library and the National Portrait Gallery
Presentation: 22nd April 1961 (Folger) & 24th July 1973 (NPG)
Suggests that Howard may have murdered the Princes.
The Princes in the Tower
Blakeney, T S: Lamb V B
Typed copies of an article by Blakeney from Amateur Historian and a rejoinder by Lamb
Published: Spring 1960 (Blakeney) & Autumn 1961 (Lamb)
Blakeney suggests that John Howard may have murdered the Princes, whilst Lamb points out that, once the errors in Blakeney’s article are corrected, Howard is left with no motive.
John Howard, Duke of Norfolk: A Possible Murderer of the Princes?
Crawford, Anne
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Argues that none of the evidence that has been put forward in favour of Howard’s murder of the Princes stands up to scrutiny.
The Private Life of John Howard: A Study of a Yorkist Lord, His Family and Household
Crawford, Anne
From: Richard III: Loyalty, Lordship and Law, ed. P. W. Hammond
Published: 1986
A study based on Howard’s surviving household accounts.
(1) Bastardy and the Princes
Ede-Borrett, S. L
(2) Bastardy and Prince Richard of York
Petre, J G
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
A note first published as a note in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 63, December 1978, plus a revised version of a further note published in Vol. 5, No. 64, March 1979. The authors discuss whether or not Richard III’s grant of the duchy of Norfolk to Lord Howard is proof that Richard, Duke of York, was dead before that date.
Did John Howard Dispose of the Princes in the Tower? A Further Detailed Elaboration of the Theory
Newman P R
Bound typescript
Undated but probably early 1960s
Highly speculative essay, contending that Howard murdered the Princes in the Tower between 10th and 30th October 1483.
Extract on John Howard’s Possible Connection with the Murder of the Princes
Ryan, G H; Redstone, L J F
From: Ryan & Redstone’s Timperley of Hintlesham
Published: 1931
Extract from the chapter dealing with the Timperleys’ relations with the House of Norfolk, in which the authors discuss the theory that Howard killed the Princes.
THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY
Rise and Fall
Tucker, Melvin J
Extract from Chapter 2 of Tucker’s Life of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and Second Duke of Norfolk, 1443-1524
Published: 1964
Tucker’s speculations as to the roles of Thomas Howard and his father in the deaths of Hastings and the princes.
HUDDLESTONE
SIR JOHN HUDDLESTONE
Sir John Huddleston, Constable of Sudeley
Hudleston, C Roy
From: Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucester Archaeological Society, Vol. 48
Published: 1926
Life of Richard’s constable of Sudeley Castle.
THOMAS HUDDLESTONE
Some ‘Servants and Lovers’ of Richard in His Youth
Ross, Charles
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
Synopsis: First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 55, December 1976. On the significance for an appraisal of Richard’s character of his endowment of prayers for the souls of relatively humble gentlemen, including Thomas Huddleston, who had died by his side at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
HUNGERFORD
MARGARET HUNGERFORD, LADY BOTREUX – see BOTREUX
WALTER HUNGERFORD
Walter Hungerford
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
Article first published in The Ricardian, Vol.3, No. 50, September 1975. The life and family background of the Walter Hungerford (d. 1516), who fought for Henry Tudor at Bosworth.
BALDWIN HYDE
Baldwin Hyde, Clerk of the Parliaments in the Readeption Parliament of 1470-71
Kleineke, Hannes; Roger, Euan C
From: Parliamentary History, Vol. 33, Part 3
Published: 2014
Hyde’s appointment in November 1470 to replace the long-serving John Faukes as Clerk of the Parliaments has traditionally been thought to have been made by the government of the restored Henry VI for political reasons, but by examining his career the authors show that he is more likely to have been the choice of the elderly Faukes himself.
K
MARGERY KEMPE
Margery Kempe: An Exemplar of Late Medieval English Piety
Powell, Raymond A
From: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol 89, No 1
Published: 2003
Argues that Margery should not be viewed as an eccentric because her brand of piety was conventional in that era.
JOHN KENDAL
John Kendal: A Search for Richard III’s Secretary
Sutton, Anne F
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Date of publication: 1985
Article based on contributions to The Ricardian Vol 5, Nos. 72-76, March 1981 to March 1982. Gathers together what is known of Richard’s secretary, and seeks to distinguish him from other John Kendals who were active during the late fifteenth century.
JAMES KEYLEY
Who Was James Keyley?
Bayliss, Jan
From: Newsletter of the Church Monuments Society, Vol. 28, No. 2
Published: Spring 2003
Two-page article on the man paid £10 ‘for King Richard tombe’.
DR. OLIVER KING
The Burial of Bishop Oliver King
Dunning, Robert
From: St George’s Chapel Windsor: History and Heritage, ed. N. Saul & T. Tatton-Brown
Published: 2010
Discusses King’s burial in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. By the time of his death in 1503, King was Bishop of Bath and Wells as well as Register of the Order of the Garter. As plain Dr. Oliver King, however, he had served Edward IV as ambassador, clerk of the signet and finally Secretary, and had been granted membership of St. George’s chapter in 1480.
L
ELIZABETH LAMBERT, MISTRESS SHORE
Jane Shore: Part 1 – The Real Jane Shore
Barker, Nicolas
From: Etoniana, No 125
Published: June 1972
The seminal article in which Barker successfully identified Edward IV’s last mistress (until then erroneously known as Jane thanks to a play of 1599), as Elizabeth, daughter of London mercer John Lambert.
Jane Shore: Part 3 – Jane Shore and Eton
Birley, Sir Robert
From: Etoniana, No.126
Published: December 1972
Investigation of a tradition that ‘Jane’ Shore pleaded with Edward IV for Henry VI’s foundation of Eton College.
LEWIS OF CAERLEON
Lewis of Caerleon, Doctor of Medicine, Astronomer and Mathematician (d.1494?)
Kibre, Pearl
From: Isis, Vol. 43
Published: July 1952
About Margaret Beaufort’s physician and intermediary to Elizabeth Woodville.
LEWKENOR
The Death of Edward V and the Rebellion of 1483
Morgan, Philip
From: Historical Research, Vol. 68
Published: 1995
About the statement in a king list in the Anlaby Cartulary that Edward V was murdered on 26th June 1483 and his body ‘drowned’ (submersum). The article includes some discussion of the Lewkenor family, who may have commissioned the genealogy in question.
‘Those Were the Days’: A Yorkist Pedigree Roll
Morgan, Philip
From: Estrangement, Enterprise & Education in Fifteenth Century England, ed. S. D. Michalove & A. C. Reeves
Published: 1998
Although mainly a discussion of a de la Pole genealogical roll, the article begins by revisiting the Lewkenors, their family connections and their links to the Anlaby genealogy (see above).
GEORGE LOVEKYN
George Lovekyn, Tailor to Three Kings of England, 1470-1504
Sutton, Anne F
From: Costume, No. 15
Published: 1981
Biography of the tailor to Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII.
FRANCIS, VISCOUNT LOVELL
What Happened to Lord Lovel?
Baldwin, David
From: Ricardian, Vol. 7, No. 89
Published: June 1985
A review of the evidence for Lovell’s survival after Stoke.
Francis Viscount Lovel or the Life of a ‘Dog’ in the Fifteenth Century
Belenger, G V
Unpublished thesis
Presented: 1980
Concentrates on Lovel’s landholdings.
Francis Lovel and the Rebels of Furness Fells
O’Connor, Sheilah
From: Ricardian, Vol. 7, No. 96
Published: March 1987
A study of Lovell’s links with Sir Thomas Broughton and other rebels from the far North-west of England in the early years of Henry VII’s reign.
The Life and Times of Francis Lovel
Robottom, J; Workman, P; Carty, R
Booklet
Published: 1984
On Lovell’s life and the legends surrounding his death.
Time Shows All Things: The Disappearance of Francis Lord Lovell
Searancke, Liz
Illustrated booklet
Published: 1992
Biography of Francis Lovell centred on the possibility that his treasure may lie buried at his manor of Askham Richard near York.
LUMLEY
The Paternity of Lady Lumley: Some New Evidence
Barnfield, Marie; Lark, Stephen
From: The Ricardian, Vol 26
Published: 2016
A family marriage dispensation provides support for the claim that Lady Lumley was a daughter of Edward IV.
M
SIR THOMAS MALORY
Sir Thomas Malory and Fifteenth Century Local Politics
Carpenter, Christine
From: BIHR, Vol 53, No 127
Published: 1980
On Malory’s unsuccessful attempts to manipulate the local power struggle in Warwickshire to his own advantage.
Thomas Malory and the Warwick Retinue Roll
Field, P J C
From: Midland History, Vol. 15
Published: 1979-80
Field offers a solution to a long-standing conundrum by arguing that the Thomas Malory, esquire, who served under the Earl of Warwick in 1415 was not the author of Le Morte D’Arthur (who died in prison in 1471), as claimed by his biographer Kittredge.
Note. Field’s own biography of Sir Thomas Malory was published in 1993.
The Last Years of Sir Thomas Malory
Field, P J C
From: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. 64
Published: 1982
Study of Malory’s associates shows him to have been imprisoned in the late 1460s as a follower of Warwick.
The Political Bias of Malory’s Morte d’Arthur
Griffith, Richard R
From: Viator, Vol. 5
Published: 1974
Challenges the accepted scholarly view that Malory was Lancastrian in sympathy and that his model for his King Arthur was Henry VI.
Another Malory
Harris, Graham
From: ‘Research Notes and Queries’, Ricardian, Vol. 3, No. 47
Published: December 1974
Letter on the subject of Ralph Griffiths’ suggestion that the author of Le Morte D’Arthur may not have been the criminally inclined Sir Thomas of Newbold Revel but one of the Cambridgeshire Malorys, and that he may therefore have been a friend of, and obtained his source texts from, Anthony Woodville.
MARE, DE LA
A Rebel of 1483: Sir Thomas de la Mare
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 5, No. 67, December 1979. The career of the West Country knight Thomas de la Mare, who participated in Buckingham’s Rebellion.
METCALF
The Metcalfes of Nappa
Paterson, Diane
Apparently the text of a talk given to the Beds & Bucks Group of the Society
Undated
Brief article on the Wensleydale brothers Miles and Thomas Metcalfe, who served Richard as king and Duke of Gloucester.
Miles Metcalfe, Friends and Family
Barnfield, Marie
Extended version of talk given at the Society’s Study Weekend
April 2013
Biography of Miles and his brother Thomas (with emphasis on Miles), plus brief family background and discussion of family fortunes after their deaths. Includes new information on the fate of Miles’ eldest son James.
JOHN MORTON, CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
A Biographical Sketch of Cardinal Morton
Budden, John
From: Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Vol. 3
Published: 1879
Transcript of a manuscript version of Cardinal Morton’s life written by Budden for Sir George Morton in about 1610.
Bishop John Morton, the Holy See and the Accession of Henry VII
Davies, C S L
From: EHR, Vol. 122, No. 403
Published: January 1987
On Morton’s role in the plots to put Henry Tudor on the throne.
Archbishop John Morton and the Province of Canterbury 1486-1500
Harper-Bill, Christopher
From: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 29, No. 1
Published: January 1978
Outlines the salient characteristics of the episcopate, and examines the ecclesiastical policies pursued by Morton
SIR THOMAS MONTGOMERY
Sir Thomas Montgomery, K G
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 3, No. 51, December 1975. On the career of Sir Thomas Montgomery (c. 1453-1495), ‘who managed to retain the favour of all the Kings of England during the struggle between York and Lancaster’.
MOUNTFORD
The Hazards of Civil War: The Mountford Family and the ‘Wars of the Roses’
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Midland History, Vol. 5
Published: 1979-1980
The vicissitudes of civil war reflected in the changing fortunes of the family’s rival branches.
MOWBRAY
ANNE MOWBRAY
Narrative of the Marriage of Richard Duke of York with Anne of Norfolk: The Matrimonial Feast and Grand Jousting
Black, W H (ed.)
From: Illustrations of Ancient State and Chivalry from Manuscripts Preserved in the Ashmolean Museum
Published: 1840
Description of the marriage and the preparations for it, with lengthy quotations from contemporary accounts of the wedding and the celebratory tournament.
The Mowbray Inheritance
Crawford, Anne
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Article first published in the Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 61, June 1978. Discusses the Mowbray lands and titles, and the means whereby Edward IV circumvented the rights of Anne Mowbray’s natural heirs.
Remains of Prince’s Child Bride Found: Married Aged 5 in 1478
Anon
From: Daily Telegraph
Published: January 1965
Brief extracts from various sources on the discovery and reburial of Anne Mowbray’s body in 1964-1965.
Anne Mowbray
Jones, Philomena
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Review of Anne’s brief life and the rediscovery of her remains.
The World of Anne Mowbray
Kendall, P M
From: Observer Colour Magazine
Published: 23 May 1965
Life and times of Anne Mowbray, illustrated in colour.
Stepney Child Burial
London Museum; Westminster Abbey
Photocopy of typed press release
Published: Shortly before 15th January 1965
Announces a press conference to be held at the London Museum on 15th January and gives an account of the finding and opening of Anne Mowbray’s coffin.
The Teeth of Anne Mowbray
Rushton, M A
From: British Dental Journal, Vol. 119, No. 8
Published: 19 October 1965
Suggests relationship between Anne Mowbray and the elder of the children in the Urn.
An Account of the Marriage of Anne Mowbray to the Duke of York in 1477
Sandford, F
Typed extract from Sandford’s Genealogical History of England
Published: 1707
Brief account of the wedding from an ‘Old Book in the Office of Arms’.
The Reburial of Anne’s Remains in Westminster Abbey
Tanner, L E
From: Tanner’s Recollections of a Westminster Antiquary
Published: 1969
Tanner describes the finding of Anne’s remains on the site of the church of the Minoresses, his first sight of them, and their reburial in Westminster Abbey.
Anne Mowbray: Teeth Link with Tower Princes?
Taylor, Anne
From: The Observer
Published: 2 January 1966
Newspaper article on Professor Martin Rushton’s report in the British Dental Journal (see above).
Anne Mowbray: Skeletal Remains of a Medieval Child
Warwick, Roger
From: London Archaeologist, Vol. 5, No. 7
Description of Anne’s skeleton by the doctor who examined it in 1965.
Anne Mowbray: Royal Child Bride
Watson, Bruce
From: London Archaeologist, Vol. 12, No. 9
Published: Summer 2010
Brief article on the finding of Anne’s remains and the public controversy over the way in which they were handled.
The Princess in the Police Station
Watson, Bruce
From: British Archaeology, No. 130
Published: May 2013
In the wake of the finding of Richard III’s skeleton, the editor of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society retells the story of the discovery of Anne Mowbray’s coffin and the media hype and controversy that curtailed the scientific investigation of her remains.
Anne Mowbray: Publication at Last
White, Bill
From: Ricardian Bulletin
Published: September 2009
Traces the attempts made over the years to persuade the archaeologist in charge of the team investigating the remains to publish his findings in full.
Anne Mowbray and the Princes
Wigram, Isolde
Text of letter to The Observer
Undated
In response to Anne Taylor’s favourable report on Professor Rushton’s paper (see above), Isolde Wigram argues that the bones in the Urn are unlikely to be those of the Princes.
ELIZABETH MOWBRAY, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK: – See under Talbot
N
NESFIELD
John Nesfield
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed J Petre
Date of Publication: 1985
About the man Richard III appointed to guard Westminster Sanctuary to prevent Edward IV’s daughters being smuggled abroad. Revised version of an article first published in The Ricardian Vol 4, No 52. March 1976.
NEVILLE
GENERAL
Local Rivalries and National Politics: The Percies, the Nevilles, and the Duke of Exeter, 1452-55
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Speculum, Vol 43, No. 4
Published: October 1968
An account of Exeter’s rebellion in the North against the first protectorate of Richard Duke of York, in which he was supported by the younger sons of the Earl of Northumberland.
The Neville Earldom of Salisbury 1429-71
Hicks, M A
From: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, Vol. 72-73
Published: 1980
Indicates that some of the lands of the earls of Salisbury were acquired by underhand means.
The Nevilles of Raby Castle and of Middleham
Huntley, Lockwood
Photocopy of booklet
Published: 1904
Concise account of the family, concentrating on the fifteenth century.
Marriage and Politics in the Fifteenth Century: The Nevilles and the Wydevilles
Lander, J R
From: BIHR, Vol. 36, No. 94
Published: November 1963
Examination of the marriage alliances of the two families, and their effect on policy.
William Strickland’s Tower in Penrith: Penrith Castle or Hutton Hall?
Perriam, D R
From: EHR, Vol. 3
Published: 2008
Argues that Penrith Castle was built by the Nevilles.
Percies, Nevilles, and the Wars of the Roses
Pollard, Anthony
From: History Today, Vol. 43
Published: September 1993
How the feud between the Percys and the Nevilles contributed to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.
CECILY NEVILLE, DUCHESS OF YORK
The Piety of Cicely, Duchess of York: A Study in Late Medieval Culture
Armstrong, C A J
From: For Hilaire Belloc: Essays in Honour of his 72nd Birthday, ed. Douglas Woodruff
Published: 1942
A study of Cecily’s piety based on her household ordinances and the books and rosaries she bequeathed in her will. Armstrong detects in the regulation of her daily life ‘an inner spirituality’ and ‘tranquillity of spirit’.
Cecily Neville: Local Farmer?
Brown, Maureen
The text of a talk given to the Beds & Bucks Group of the Society
Undated
Traces the reasons for the grant to Cecily in 1480 of lands called Grovebury in the manor of Leighton Buzzard.
The Piety of Cecily, Duchess of York: A Reputation Reconsidered
Laynesmith, J L
From: The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 28th Harlaxton Symposium, ed. H. Kleineke & C. Steer
Published: 2011
On the basis of many years’ research into Cecily’s life, Laynesmith challenges Armstrong’s view of her ‘humility’ and ‘individual sanctity’, arguing that her religion was communal rather than personal, ‘often decidedly ostentatious, sometimes unconventional and not at all, in the correct sense of the word, monastic’.
Creating and recreating the Yorkist tombs in Fotheringhay church (Northamptonshire)
Matich, Sofija; Alexander, Jennifer S
From: Church Monuments, Vol. 26
Published: 2011
An examination of the documentary evidence for both the original burials and the present monuments, erected by order of Queen Elizabeth I.
Some Observations upon the Life of Cecily Duchess of York …
Noble, Mark
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 13
Published: 1800
An eighteenth-century view of the ‘unfortunate’ duchess.
‘At the King’s Pleasure’: The Testament of Cecily Neville
Spedding, Alison J
From: Midland History, Vol. 35, No. 2
Published: Autumn 2010
A guide to the drafting of Cecily’s will, the bequests included in it and the significance of those items she chose to omit.
‘Fair Neville’s Woe’: Cicely, Duchess of York, and Fotheringhay
Wilson, Juliet
Booklet
Published: 2007
Describes Cecily Neville’s links with Fotheringhay. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
Orders and Rules of the Princess Cecill
Nichols, John (ed.)
From: A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, Made in Divers Reigns from King Edward III to King William and Queen Mary
Published: 1790
Ordinances drawn up for the household of the Duchess Cecily after she had begun living under the Benedictine rule.
RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF SALISBURY
The Neville Earldom of Salisbury 1429-71
Hicks, M A
From: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, Vol. 72-73
Published: 1980
Indicates that some of the lands of the earls of Salisbury were acquired by underhand means.
On Some London Houses of the Early Tudor Period
Kingsford, C L
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 71
Published: 1921
This article provides detailed information on the chambers and furnishings of four great London houses including the Erber, which was inherited by Salisbury, who used it as his London base. Kingsford’s description is based on accounts surviving from the period 1514-24 and a transcript of the source document is given in an appendix.
The Northern Retainers of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury
Pollard, A J
From: Northern History, Vol. 11
Published: 1976
Biographical details of some of the Earl’s supporters.
RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF WARWICK
Why did Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, Play Such a Prominent Role in English Politics between 1459 and His Death at the Battle of Barnet?
Anon
Possibly the script of a talk given by a member to the Beds/Bucks Group of the Society
Undated.
Begins with an overview of Warwick’s background, estates and experience in order to isolate those factors that enabled him to wield such influence in the 1460s. Copious footnotes and a bibliography
The Movements of the Earl of Warwick in the Summer of 1464 – a Correction
Brown, A L; Webster, Bruce
From: EHR, Vol. 81
Published: January 1966
Shows that Warwick was not sent to negotiate a French marriage for Edward IV that summer as had previously been believed.
Warwick – The Reluctant Kingmaker
Hicks, Michael
From: Medieval History, Vol. 1, No. 2
Published: 1991
A study of the career of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, about whom Hicks was later to write a full-length biography.
A Laypersons Guide to Historical Figures: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, Maker of Kings
Ingham, Susan
Booklet
Undated
Brief illustrated biography and quotations from contemporary sources.
Warwick the Kingmaker
Kendall, P M
From: History Today
Published: September 1957
Brief account of Warwick’s life and character.
The Earl of Warwick at Calais in 1460
Kingsford, C L
From: EHR, Vol. 37
Published: 1922
Concerns a letter about Warwick’s doings in June 1460, written from Calais by one ‘Symonde L.’ to Thomas Thorpe of the Middle Temple.
Five Indentures between Edward IV and Warwick the Kingmaker
Scofield, Cora L
From: EHR, Vol. 36, No. 141
Published: 1921
Brief article detailing the terms of Warwick’s captaincies of Calais, Guisnes, Rysbank, Hammes and Carlisle.
The Capture of Lord Rivers and Sir Anthony Woodville, 19 January 1460
Scofield, Cora
From: EHR, Vol. 37
Published: 1922
Brief article on Lord Dinham’s capture of the Woodvilles at Sandwich on behalf of the Earl of Warwick. Includes a transcript of the subsequent indictment of Warwick and Dinham before an oyer and terminer commission. (In Latin, but an English translation is available on request.)
NORRIS
William Norris
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 59, December 1977. On the life and family ties of William Norris (1453-1507), the Lancastrian father in law of Frideswide Lovell.
P
SIR THOMAS PALMER
A Fifteenth Century Leicestershire Lawyer and Parliamentary Knight of the Shire: Thomas Palmer of Holt (c 1400-1475)
Driver, J T
From: Leicestershire Archaeological and History Society, Vol 69
Published: 1995
A study of Palmer’s life and times.
THOMAS PARR
Some ‘Servants and Lovers’ of Richard in His Youth
Ross, Charles
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 55, December 1976. On the significance for an appraisal of Richard’s character of his endowment of prayers for the souls of relatively humble gentlemen, including Thomas Parr, who had died by his side at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
WILLIAM PARRON
An Italian Astrologer at the Court of Henry VII
Armstrong, C A J
From: England, France and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century, pp. 157-178
Published: 1983
Article originally published in Studies in Medieval History Presented to F. M. Powicke, ed. R. W. Hunt, W. A. Pantin & R. W. Southern, Oxford, 1948. Parron, a native of Piacenza in the duchy of Milan, was the astrologer infamous for predicting, shortly before her death of her thirty-seventh birthday, that Queen Elizabeth of York would live to be at least eighty. Armstrong discusses several items of political interest that appear in Parron’s writings.
PASTON
Who Were the Pastons?
Barron, Caroline
From: Journal of the Society of Archivists, Vol. 4, No. 6
Published: October 1972
Extensive review of Vol.1 of Paston Letters and Papers of the 15th Century, ed. N. Davis, 1971
The Pastons and Their Norfolk
Britnell, R H
From: Agricultural History Review, Vol. 36
Published: 1988
How the letters help us to understand fifteenth-century estate management and agrarian problems.
[LIBRARY NOTE: Awaiting replacement]
Marriage in the Middle Ages; 3: The Paston Women on Marriage in Fifteenth-century England
Haskell, Ann S
From: Viator, No. 4
Published: 1973
Marriage and the role of women illustrated from the Paston Letters.
Honour among the Pastons: Gender and Integrity in Fifteenth-century English Provincial Society
Maddern, Philippa
From: Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 14
Published: 1988
The concept of honour in gentry families is explored through the Paston Letters.
The Paston Letters
Mason, David
From: British History Illustrated, Vol. 1, No. 1
Published: 1974
Brief account of the family and their letters.
The Pastons
Richmond, Colin.
From: History and Archaeology Review
Published: Spring 1987
How the death of Judge William Paston in 1444 and its consequences overshadowed the fortunes of the family for 40 years.
The Pastons Revisited: Marriage and the Family in Fifteenth-century England
Richmond, Colin
From: BIHR, Vol. 58, No. 137
Published: May 1986
Describes examples of balance and imbalance between the individual and the family as expressed in marriage.
PERCY
GENERAL
Local Rivalries and National Politics: The Percies, the Nevilles, and the Duke of Exeter, 1452-55
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Speculum, Vol. 43, No. 4
Published: October 1968
An account of the northern rebellion of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, against the First Protectorate of Richard Duke of York, in which he was supported by the younger sons of the Earl of Northumberland.
The Yorkshire Percies
Huntley, Lockwood
Photocopy of booklet
Published: 1954
Concise account of the family from the Norman Conquest to the present Duke of Northumberland.
A Layperson’s Guide to Historical Figures: The Percy Earls of Northumberland, ‘A Family at War’
Ingham, Susan
Booklet
Published: Undated
A booklet about the Percy family.
Percies, Nevilles and the Wars of the Roses
Pollard, Anthony
From: History Today, Vol. 43
Published: September 1993
How the feud between the Percies and the Nevilles contributed to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.
A Power in the North? The Percies in the Fifteenth Century
Weiss, Michael
From: Historical Journal, Vol.19, No. 2
Published: 1976
Suggests the Percies were not as powerful as some historians have stated.
HENRY PERCY, 4th EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Dynastic Change and Northern Society: The Career of the Fourth Earl of Northumberland 1470
Hicks, M A
From: Northern History, Vol. 14
Published: 1978
Examines the extent to which the Earl’s murder ‘was intimately linked with the relations of the Earl, other northerners and his retainers with Richard III, with Henry VII’s policies towards the region and the Earl’s role in formulating and executing them, and with the effect of these factors on his retinue’.
The Murder at Cocklodge, 28th April 1489
James, M E
From: Durham University Journal, Vol. 57
Published: 1964-5
Was the Earl’s murder a Yorkist plot or a Tudor one?
SIR ROBERT PERCY
Sir Robert Percy and Joyce His Wife
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 60, March 1978. About Richard’s Comptroller of the household, Sir Robert Percy of Scotton, and his second wife, Joyce Washbourne.
PILKINGTON
The Pilkington Cousins
Routh, Pauline
From: Ricardian, Vol. 2
Published: December 1973
A study of Richard’s northern followers Sir Thomas Pilkington (d. 1493) and his cousin Sir John Pilkington (d. 1478).
Sir Thomas Pilkington (1430-1502), Lord of the Manor of Bury and Pilkington, and Bury Castle
Walker, Charles R N
Typescript
Undated
Detailed biography of a Knight of the Body to King Edward IV.
PLUMPTON
The Troubles of the Yorkshire Plumptons: A West Riding Family of Percy Retainers Whose Land-holdings Suffered from the Wars of the Roses and from Legal Disputes
Dockray, K R
From: History Today
Published: July 1977
A study of the Plumptons through their surviving letters.
A Fifteenth-century Family, the Plumptons of Plumpton, and Their Lawyers
Kirby, Joan W
From: Northern History, Vol. 25
Published: 1989
The Plumptons’ almost frenzied pursuit of the law, dedication to the interests of the family and struggle to maintain their place in the hierarchy of service.
A Northern Knightly Family in the Waning Middle Ages
Kirby, Joan W
From: Northern History, No. 31
Published: 1995
The Plumptons of Plumpton Hall, Spofforth. (Library Note – Awaiting replacement).
The Plumpton Letters, 1416-1552
Taylor, J
From: Northern History, Vol. 10
Pubished: 1975
The Plumpton family revealed through their letters.
ROBERT POKEAPART
An Essex Lazarus
Nichols, J
From: Essex Countryside, Vol. 26, No. 257
Published: June 1978
Account of one of the miracles attributed to Henry VI (the revival of the apparently dead body of a young servant of Robert Pokeapart of White Roding, who had been crushed by a falling cart).
POLE, de la
GENERAL
The de la Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk
Brown, Joan & Elizabeth
Pamphlet
Published: 2000
Seven-page summary of the rise and fall of the de la Poles.
The de la Poles of Hull
Horrox, Rosemary
Booklet published by the East Yorkshire Local History Society
Published: 1983
Forty-five-page study of the early de la Poles. Includes family trees showing the various lines of descent up to the end of the fifteenth century.
Edward and Humphrey de la Pole: Two Convenient Deaths
Kilroy, Marilyn
Typescript
Submission: 2015
Notes on two of Lincoln’s brothers whose deaths ‘were suspiciously convenient for both Henry VII and Henry VIII’.
‘Fortune in Worldys Worschyppe’: The Satirising of the Suffolks in Wisdom
Marshall, John
From: Medieval English Theatre, No. 14
Published: 1992
Argues that the political satire in the morality play Wisdom, written in the East Anglian dialect around 1460, was aimed at the de la Poles.
‘Those Were the Days’: A Yorkist Pedigree Roll
Morgan, Philip
From: Estrangement, Enterprise & Education in Fifteenth Century England, ed. S. D. Michalove & A. C. Reeves
Published: 1998
A discussion of Rylands Latin MS 113, a genealogical roll apparently dating from between 1513 and 1525 and showing the de la Poles as the rightful successors of Richard III.
The Crisis of the de la Poles
Wight, Jane A
From: East Anglian Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1
Published: November 1960
On the advancement of a merchant family through advantageous marriages.
ALICE de la Pole, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK: – see Chaucer
EDMUND de la POLE, 3RD DUKE OF SUFFOLK
Edmund de la Pole and the Spies 1499-1506: Some Revisions
Hanham, Alison
From: Parergon, New Series No. 6
Published: 1988
Examines the careers of some of the spies connected with Edmund including Sir Robert Curzon, Thomas Killingworth, William Hussey and Alexander Symson.
JOHN de la POLE, 2nd DUKE OF SUFFOLK
John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
Thomson, J A F
From: Speculum, Vol. 54, No. 3
Published: 1979
Biography of Suffolk, brother-in-law of Edward IV and Richard III.
MARGARET de la POLE, COUNTESS OF KENDALL
Suffolk’s Niece: The Identity of Margaret, the Wife of Jean de Foix, Earl of Kendal, Captal de Buch, K.G.
Hansen, Charles M
From: The Genealogists’ Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 10
Published: June 1988
The Act of Parliament attainting William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, names Margaret as his niece. Various siblings of Suffolk’s have been proposed over the years as her parent; Hansen revisits the evidence and draws a firm conclusion.
WILLIAM de la POLE, 1st DUKE OF SUFFOLK
The Death of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
Virgoe, Roger
From: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. 42
Published: 1964-5
A study, based on a careful use of early sources, of the events surrounding Suffolk’s murder at sea and the likely political sympathies of the perpetrators.
NICHOLAS Von POPPELAU
Richard III as Seen by Another Foreign Traveller, Nicholas von Poppelau
Armstrong, C A J
Appendix to Armstrong’s The Usurpation of Richard III by Dominic Mancini
Published: 1969 (2nd edition)
A brief overview of Von Poppelau’s visit to England in 1484 and his impressions of Richard III and the English people.
Who was Nicholas von Popplau?
Bignett, Sheila
Booklet
Published: 1998 version of an article originally published in 1997 in the Ricardian Register, Vol.22, No.3
Outline of Von Poppelau’s life and travels and the problem of interpretation caused by the loss of the original master of his travel diary (including his visit to Richard III’s court).
PUDSAY
The Pudsay Family of Bolton-by-Bowland and their Monuments
Badham, Sally; Blacker, Geoff
From: the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 86
Published: 2014
A discussion of the fifteenth-century monuments in the Pudsay Chapel of Bolton-by-Bowland church and the individuals whom they represent.
Q
QUATREMAINS
Richard Quatremains: A 15th Century Squire and Knight of the Shire for Oxfordshire
Driver J T
From: Oxoniensia, Vol 51
Published: 1986
Study of the life and career of a fifteenth century country gentleman who served first Lancaster then York.
The Quatremains Brasses
Haines, Herbert
Brief extract from Haines’ Manual of Monumental Brasses
Published: 1861
Includes references to brasses of the Quatremains family at Thame in Oxfordshire plus a sketch of the tomb of Thomas Quatremains, esquire, c. 1460.
R
SIR THOMAS REYNES
The Late Sir Thomas Reynes: A Medieval Identification
Stirland, Ann
From: Journal of Forensic Science Society, Vol 30
Published: 1990
On the identification and examination of the skeleton of a fourteenth century knight from Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire.
SIR JOHN RISLEY
Sir John Risley (1443-1512), Courtier and Councillor
Virgoe, John
From: Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 38
Published: 1981-3
Risley was an Esquire of the Body to Edward IV and a Knight of the Body to Henry VII.
THOMAS ROTHERHAM, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England
Hollis, Canon Gerald
Booklet issued by Rotherham Museum
Published: 1973
Eleven-page biography of Rotherham’s ‘most notable citizen’. Lacks references.
JOHN ROUS
John Rous and the Survival of the Neville Circle
Lowry, Martin
From: Viator, Vol. 19
Published: 1988
On Rous and the literary/administrative circle to which he belonged; were the Rous Roll, Beauchamp Pageant and Historia Regum Angliae written to excite sympathy for the Kingmaker’s widow?
S
SIR THOMAS ST LEGER
Sir Thomas St Leger, c 1439-83: the Rise and Fall of a Royal Servant during the Reigns of Edward IV and Richard III
Driver, John T
From: Surrey Archaeological Collections, Vol 94
Published: 2008
Thomas St Leger’s family origins; his rise under Edward IV, and his fall under Richard III as the result of his participation in Buckingham’s Rebellion. A well-researched article, although not particularly strong on the causes of St Leger’s opposition to Richard III.
SCOTT
SCOTT OF SCOT’S HALL, KENT
Memorials of the Family of Scott of Scot’s Hall, in the County of Kent (extracts)
Scot, James Renat; Legg, Vera (ed)
Typed extracts from James Renat Scot’s book, with additional information and illustrations from various sources supplied by Vera Legg
Published: 1876
On the fifteenth century Scotts of Scot’s Hall and their wider family connections, which included Archbishop Rotherham’s family the Scotts of Barnes Hall near Rotherham.
THOMAS SCOTT, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK: – see Rotherham
SCROPE
GENERAL
An Indenture Between Richard Duke of Gloucester and the Scrope Family of Masham and Upsall
Attreed, Lorraine C
From: Speculum, Vol. 58, No. 4
Published: 1983
A discussion of the indenture of 1476 whereby the widowed Lady Scrope placed her underaged son Thomas, the Sixth Lord Scrope of Masham, in Richard’s service
ELIZABETH SCROPE, COUNTESS OF OXFORD
The Story of Wyvenhoe’s Countess
Proudfoot, Karin E
From: Essex Countryside, Vol. 24, No. 235
Published: August 1976
The story of Elizabeth Scrope (c. 1470-1537), who married first the middle-aged William, Viscount Beaumont, (d. 1507) and then the elderly 13th Earl of Oxford.
STEPHEN SCROPE
Stephen Scrope and the Circle of Sir John Fastolf: Moral and Intellectual Outlooks
Hughes, Jonathan
From: The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood, IV
Published: 1992
Documents the Scrope family of Bolton and Masham, North Yorkshire, and in particular Sir John Fastolf, the stepson of Stephen Scrope Esquire.
SIR EDMOND SHAA
Stockport Grammar School, 1487-1987 (extracts)
Ball, James & William
Extracts from the above book
Published: 1987
On Shaa’s life, his will and his foundation of Stockport Grammar School.
SHORE
‘JANE’ SHORE: – See Elizabeth Lambert
WILLIAM SHORE
William Shore, Merchant of London and Derby
Sutton, Anne F
From: Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 106
Published: 1986
Biographical account of the husband of ‘Jane’.
LAMBERT SIMNEL
A Strange Accident of State: Henry VII and the Lambert Simnel Conspiracy
Beeston, David
Booklet
Published: 1987
Sixty-page account of the Lambert Simnel rebellion, largely based on Vergil.
Lambert Simnel in Ireland
Hayden, Mary T
From: Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 4, Issue 16
Published: December 1915
Account of the pretender’s time in Ireland and its repercussions. The article, although using sixteenth-century sources and assuming the veracity of the Tudor explanation of the boy’s identity, makes good use of contemporary material including some obscure Irish sources. Lacks proper references.
Lambert Simnel: The Crowning of a King at Dublin, 24th May 1987
Martin, F X
From: Hermathena (a Trinity College, Dublin, review), Vol. 144
Published: 1987
Text of a lecture delivered at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday 24th May 1987 by the Rev. Martin (Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin) to mark the quincentenary of the coronation there of ‘Edward VI’ of England. Martin pleads for historians to re-examine the question of the boy’s identity rather than simply taking on trust Henry VII’s official explanation.
Note. An editorial from the May 1987 newsletter of the friends of Christ Church Cathedral advertising the lecture is also included.
Lambert Simnel: A Dublin Mystery
Stokes, Canon A E
From: Newsletter of the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Vol. 6, No. 2
Published: May 1987
Short article drawing attention to Martin’s forthcoming article (see above) and giving a brief history of the Yorkist Rebellion.
STAFFORD
GENERAL
The Unmasking of the Staffords
Taylor, Michael Minter
Booklet
Published: 2011
Brief résumé, by a Society member, of the main historical events in which members of various branches of the Stafford family featured between 1455 and the early seventeenth century. The booklet takes its inspiration from the monument to Sir Thomas Stafford of Tattenhoe (d. 1607) in St Mary’s church, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes.
STAFFORD OF BUCKINGHAM
Machiavelli in Ermine?
Martyn, Isolde
Text of paper presented to the Sydney Branch of the Society
Presented: 8th February1986
Eight-page analysis, by a novelist, of Buckingham’s early life and his probable motivations.
Henry VII and Edward, Duke of Buckingham: The Repression of an ‘Over-mighty Subject’
Rawcliffe, Carole
From: Historical Research, Vol 53, Issue 127
Published: May 1980
A short but informative account of Henry VII’s use of financial constraints to curb the power of this potential rival; includes a transcript of the Duke’s petition to Henry VII’s executors for redress.
The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham 1394-1521 (extracts)
Rawcliffe, Carole
Extracts from various chapters
Published: 1978
Extracts of particular relevance to the first and second dukes from a study of the Staffords as landed aristocracy.
STAFFORD OF GRAFTON
The Rebellion of Humphrey Stafford in 1486
Williams, C H
From: EHR, Vol. 43
Published: 1928
Study of the West Midlands rebellion of Spring 1486, which ended in Stafford’s execution.
STANLEY
GENERAL
THOMAS STANLEY, 1ST EARL OF DERBY
The Earls of Derby, 1485 to 1985 (extract)
Bagley, J J
Chapters 1 and 2 of the above book
Published: 1985
Traces the family briefly from 1385, then concentrates on the life of the first Earl.
Good Lords and King-makers: The Stanleys of Lathom in English Politics 1385-1485
Bennett, Michael J
From: History Today
Published: July 1981
Suggests that the Stanleys showed wise statesmanship rather than self-seeking opportunism.
The Rise of the Stanleys, 1385-1504
Coward, Barry
Chapter 1 of Coward’s The Stanleys, Lords Stanley and Earls of Derby, 1385 to 1672: the Origins, Wealth and Power of a Land-owning Family
Published: 1983
Brief biographies of Thomas, the 1st Earl of Derby, and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
To Kill a King: The Stanleys in the Wars of the Roses
Hall, Joseph
From: Medieval Warfare, Vol. V, Issue 1
Published: March 2015
Covers the rise of the Stanleys, their careful negotiation of loyalties, their feud with the Harringtons and Sir William Stanley’s betrayal of Richard at Bosworth.
The Stanleys of Lathom and Ecclesiastical Patronage in the North-West of England during the Fifteenth Century
Hosker, P
From: Northern History, Vol. 18
Published: 1982
On the Stanleys’ acquisition and manipulation of ecclesiastical patronage.
Richard III and the Stanleys
Jones, Michael
From: Richard III and the North, ed. R. Horrox
Published: 1986
On Richard’s relations with the Stanley family.
SIR WILLIAM STANLEY
Sir William Stanley and Perkin Warbeck
Archbold, W A J
From: EHR, Vol. 14
Published: 1899
Copy of Cambridge University Library MS Ee.3.1, the record of Stanley’s trial for complicity in the Perkin Warbeck affair. (In Latin but English translation can be made available.)
Sir William Stanley of Holt: Politics and Family Allegiance in the late 15th Century
Jones, Michael K
From: Welsh History Review, Vol. 14, No. 1
Published: June 1988
Career of a successful younger son who used his family’s influence to gain offices and estates; considers why he remained loyal to the Crown in 1483, but not in 1485 and 1495.
GEORGE STANLEY, LORD STRANGE
The Stanleys before Bosworth
Hammond, Peter W
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
Brief article first published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 69, June 1980. Re-examination, in the light of a newly discovered document, of the story that Lord Stanley was forced to leave his son Lord Strange with Richard as a hostage before going home to raise men.
STILLINGTON
Bishop Stillington’s Chapel at Wells and His Family in Somerset
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 56, March 1977 About the chapel built by Bishop Stillington at Wells cathedral and the family of his probable daughter Juliana.
The Later Career of Robert Stillington
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 54. September 1976. Bishop Stillington’s career from 1485 until his death in 1491.
STURGEON
John Sturgeon, 1430-1494
Driver, Tom
From: Herts Past & Present, 3rd Series, Issue 7
Published: Spring 2006
Biography of John Sturgeon, Esquire, of Hitchin and London, who was removed from the Hertfordshire commission of the peace after Buckingham’s Rebellion.
T
TALBOT
GENERAL
The Wills of John Talbot, First Earl of Shrewsbury, and of his sons Lord Lisle and Sir Louis Talbot
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Shropshire History and Archaeology, Vol 83
Published: 2008
Transcripts of the wills of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (written 1452), his eldest son John, Viscount Lisle (written 1452), and his second son by his second marriage Sir Louis Talbot (written 1458).
On the Great Berkeley Lawsuit of the 15th and 16th Centuries: A Chapter of Gloucestershire History
Cooke, James Herbert
From: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society, Vol. 3
Published: 1878-9
A history of the property dispute between the Berkeleys and the Talbots, of which the Battle of Nibley Green in 1469 was the most violent expression.
ELEANOR TALBOT, (LADY ELEANOR BUTLER)
Seeking the Genes of Lady Eleanor Talbot
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Genealogists’ Magazine
Published: September 1998
Examination of a skeleton thought to be that of Lady Eleanor Talbot.
Lady Eleanor Talbot: New Evidence; New Answers; New Questions
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: The Ricardian, Vol. 16
Published: 2006
Discussion of a document relating to Lady Eleanor discovered by the author in the Warwickshire County Record Office.
Lady Eleanor Butler and Elizabeth Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk
Hall, Catherine
From: Letter of the Corpus Association (of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)
Date of publication: 1999
Brief biographies of Eleanor and her sister, based on John Ashdown-Hill’s 1988 and 1997 articles in The Ricardian. Includes a colour photograph of the stained-glass image of Elizabeth Duchess of Norfolk in Long Melford parish church.
Report on a Skeleton (Inhumation II) from the Excavation of the Carmelite Friary, Norwich, 1958
White, William
Typescript
Date: 30th September 1996
Study by osteo-archaeologist Bill White of the female skeleton discovered on the site of the Carmelite Priory, including the results of radiograph on the skull.
ELIZABETH TALBOT, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK
Lady Eleanor Butler and Elizabeth Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk
Hall, Catherine
From: Letter of the Corpus Association (of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)
Published: 1999
Brief biographies of Eleanor and her sister, based on John Ashdown-Hill’s 1988 and 1997 articles in The Ricardian. Includes a colour photograph of the stained-glass image of Elizabeth Duchess of Norfolk in Long Melford parish church.
SIR GILBERT TALBOT
A Letter from Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot in 1486 Concerning Sir James Tyrell’s Offices in Wales
Robinson, W R B
From: Historical Research, Vol. 67, Issue 163
Published: June 1994
Article on a letter written in the reign of Henry VII by Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot and concerning Sir James Tyrell’s Welsh offices.
JOHN TALBOT, 1ST EARL OF SHREWSBURY
The Wills of John Talbot, First Earl of Shrewsbury, and of His Sons Lord Lisle and Sir Louis Talbot
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Shropshire History and Archaeology, Vol. 83
Published: 2008
Transcripts of the wills of the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and two of his sons.
MARGARET, WIFE OF THOMAS TALBOT, 2ND VISCOUNT LISLE: – see Herbert
ELIZABETH TILNEY, COUNTESS OF SURREY
Victims of Attainder: The Howard and de Vere Women in the Late Fifteenth Century
Crawford, Anne
From: Reading Medieval Studies, Vol. XV
Published: 1989
How the attainders of their menfolk affected the lives of Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Oxford, Margaret Chedworth, Duchess of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey.
JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF WORCESTER
The Tomb of ‘the Butcher’?
Ward, Matthew
From: Church Monuments, Vol. 27
Published: 2012
Questions the identity of the tomb in Ely Cathedral traditionally assumed to be that of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester.
SIR ROGER TOCOTES
The Career and Affiliations of Sir Roger Tocotes of Bromham (c. 1430-92): A Political Survivor in Late Fifteenth-century England
Driver, J T
From: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Vol. 98, pp. 307-315
Published: 2005
Detailed study of the career of Sir Roger, a Yorkshireman who owed his place in Wiltshire society to his marriage to the widow of Lord St. Amand. He is best known for Clarence’s claim that he supported Ankarette Twynyho and John Thursby in murdering his wife and baby son, and for his involvement in Buckingham’s Rebellion.
Sir Roger Tocotes
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 54, September 1976. Tocotes’ life and career.
The Life and Turbulent Times of Sir Roger Tocotes, 1430?–1492, Sheriff of Wiltshire and Royal Servant: A Fifteenth-century Survivor
Skinner, Raymond J
From: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Vol. 95
Published: 2002
Concentrates on Sir Roger as a survivor of the dynastic upheavals, setting his career in its political context.
SIR ROGER TOWNSHEND
The ‘Diary’ of a Late Fifteenth-century Lawyer
Moreton, Charles
From: Estrangement, Enterprise & Education in Fifteenth Century England, ed. S. D. Michalove & A. C. Reeves
Published: 1998
Discusses a journal of his professional activities maintained by Sir Roger in his notebook.
TRENOWTH: – See Bodrugan
JOHN TRESILIAN
The Search for John Tresilian, Master Smith to Edward IV
Geddes, Jane
From: History Today, Vol. 52, No. 4
Published: April 2002
On the man who crafted the wrought-iron gates and door furnishings for Edward IV’s chantry in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Includes fine colour illustrations.
TUDOR
GENERAL
The Welshness of the Tudors
Roberts, Peter
From: History Today, Vol. 36
Published: January 1986
The vital role of Henry’s paternal ancestry in mobilizing sufficient support in Wales to win him the throne.
Bosworth: The Dawn of the Tudors
Skidmore, Chris
From: BBC History Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 6
Published: July 2013
An article advertising Skidmore’s biography of Henry VII. ‘Charts the origins of the Tudor dynasty’ from the family’s disastrous support of Owain Glyndwr in 1400 to Henry Tudor’s victory at Bosworth.
The Welsh Tudors, the Family of Henry VII
Williams, David
From: History Today
Published: February 1954
Traces Henry’s Welsh ancestors back to the thirteenth century.
ARTHUR TUDOR, PRINCE OF WALES
Royal Children through the Ages
Anon
Catalogue of an exhibition at Brighton Art Gallery
Published: 1977
Includes some material on Prince Arthur.
Royal Epitaphs: Worcester Cathedral. Ob. 1502:- Prince Arthur
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph
From: Chronicles of the Tombs: A Select Collection of Epitaphs
Published: 1888
Transcript of Prince Arthur’s epitaph.
SIR RICHARD TUNSTALL
Sir Richard Tunstall and the Wanderings of Henry VI
Garabet, Marilyn
Typescript
Date: May 1999
Fifty-page biography of Sir Richard Tunstall.
TYRELL
GENERAL
Tudor Captains: The Beestons and the Tyrrells
Boulind, Richard
From: Mariners’ Mirror
Published: 1973
Concentrates on sixteenth-century sea captains bearing the Tyrell and Beeston surnames, but also includes an overview of the Tyrell family history.
SIR JAMES TYRELL
Sir James Tyrell: With Some Notes on the Austin Friars London and Those Buried There
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 63, December 1978. Describes Tyrell’s family background, career and death, but also includes information on the London church of the Austin Friars, where he was buried, and an appendix examining what is known about the other men alleged by More to have been involved with him in the murder of the Princes.
Correspondence Regarding a Tyrell Document
Richard III Society; Hatfield House
Correspondence between the Hon. Sec. of the Society and the Librarian of Hatfield House
Published: August-September 1957
Enquiry by the Society regarding a document relating to a property of Sir James Tyrell and used by Mary Sturge Gretton as a frontispiece to her 1932 novel Crumplin.
Memoirs of Sir James Tyrell
Sewell, W H
From: Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, Vol. 5
Published: 1886
Biographical account of Sir James, exonerating him from complicity in the murder of the Princes.
A Letter from Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot in 1486 Concerning Sir James Tyrell’s Offices in Wales
Robinson, W R B
From: Historical Research, Vol. 67, Issue 163
Published: June 1994
Article on a letter written in the reign of Henry VII by Sir Richard Croft to Sir Gilbert Talbot and concerning Sir James Tyrell’s Welsh offices.
U
UNDERWODE
William Underwode, Blacksmith of London and Maker of Spurs for Richard III
Sutton, Anne F
From: Richard III, Crown and People, ed J Petre
Published: 1985
Article published in The Ricardian, Vol 5, No 70, September 1980. What is known of the man who made the spurs worn by Richard at his coronation.
V
VERE, DE
ELIZABETH de VERE, COUNTESS OF OXFORD: (d 1476) – SEE HOWARD
ELIZABETH de VERE, COUNTESS OF OXFORD (d 1537): SEE SCROPE
JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF OXFORD
The Early Life of John de Vere, Thirteenth Earl of Oxford
Scofield, Cora L
From: EHR, Vol. 29
Published: 1914
Oxford’s life up to his escape from Hammes Castle in 1484.
SIR HENRY VERNON
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland Preserved at Belvoir Castle. Volume I: Letters and Papers 1440-1797 (Twelfth Report, Appendix, Part IV) (extract)
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Extract from the above book
Published: 1888
Transcripts of letters to Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall in Derbyshire from the Duke of Clarence, the Earl of Warwick, Edward IV and Richard III.
W
WAKE
Roger Wake of Blisworth
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed J Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian, Vol 4, No 52, March 1976. The career of Roger Wake of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, who was attainted after Bosworth.
JOHN WALL
An Essex Lazarus
Nichols, J
From: Essex Countryside, Vol. 26, No. 257
Published: June 1978
Account of one of the miracles attributed to Henry VI: the revival of the apparently dead body of John Wall, a young servant of Robert Pokeapart of White Roding who had been crushed by a falling cart.
PERKIN WARBECK
Sir Wlliam Stanley and Perkin Warbeck
Archbold, W A J
From: EHR, Vol. 14
Published: 1899
Copy of Cambridge University Manuscript Ee.3.1, the record of Stanley’s trial for complicity in the Perkin Warbeck affair. (In Latin but English translation can be made available.)
A New Source for Perkin Warbeck’s Invasion of 1497
Attreed, Lorraine C
DeMedieval Studies, Vol. 48
Published: 1986
Discussion (with transcript) of Henry VII’s letter of instruction to Courtenay on how to defeat Warbeck and the rebel forces.
‘Historic Doubts’ Concerning Perkin Warbeck
Barrington, Michael
From: Notes & Queries, Vol. 194
Published: 28th May 1949
A critique of Buck’s, Gainsford’s and Walpole’s arguments in favour of Perkin having been the Duke of York.
Notes on the Family of the Adventurer Perkin Warbeck
Chastel De La Howardereie, Comte P A du
Typed translation of ‘Notes sur la famille de l’aventurier Perkin Warbeck’ from Bulletins de la Société Historique & Littéraire de Tournai, Vol. 25
Publication of French original: 1892
Series of notes drawn from the archives of Tournai on Jehan de Werbecque, his wife Nicaise, and his four children, including Perkin.
L’Imposture de Perkin Warbeck (extracts)
Chastelain, Jean-Didier
Typed extracts from the above book
Published: 1952
Account of how Perkin came to pose as Richard Duke of York, based mainly on Perkin’s confession. In French.
Pretenders to the English Crown during the Reign of Henry VII
Coates, J I
Résumé of a talk
Published: 1966
Mainly on Perkin Warbeck.
The Mystery of ‘Perkin Warbeck’ (Richard Duke of York), 1486-99
Coates, J I
Typescript
Published: Undated
Argues that Warbeck may indeed have been the younger son of Edward IV.
Perkin Warbeck – The Impersonator
Collis, Louise
Typed copy of extract from Collis’ Seven in the Tower
Published: 1958
Traditional view.
Notes on the Perkin Warbeck Insurrection
Cussans, J E
From: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 1
Published: 1872
Covers events between 1491 and 1499.
A Tournaisian Pretender to the Throne of England
Desmons, Fernand (author): Kleyn, D M (translator)
Typed translation of Desmons’ article ‘Un tournaisien prétendant au trône d’Angleterre’ in Revue Tournaisienne, Vol. 6
Publication (original article): 1910
Account of Perkin’s life, relying mainly on his confession and on Gairdner’s article on Warbeck published in his biography of Richard III.
The ‘Masked Comedian’: Perkin Warbeck’s Adventures in Scotland and England from 1495
Dunlop, David
From: Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 70, No. 190
Published: October 1998
A re-assessment of Perkin Warbeck’s remarkable career in Scotland and England between 1495 and 1497.
Text of Perkin Warbeck’s Confession
Ellis, Henry (ed.)
From: The Chronicle of John Hardyng with the continuation by Richard Grafton, Vol. 2
Published: 1812
Grafton’s version of the pretender’s confession.
The True and Wonderful History of Perkin Warbeck, Proclaiming himself Richard IV
Gainsford, Thomas
Reprint from Harleian Miscellany, Vol. 6
Published: 1745 (originally printed in 1618)
Early-seventeenth-century account, hostile in tone, with the ‘base’ Perkin taught his part by a ‘viper like’ Margaret of Burgundy.
Historical Sketch of Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the Crown of England
Henes, Edwin Jr; Briner, George Chauncy
Typed copy
Published: 1902
Traditional view.
Letter from Henry VII to Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, Concerning Perkin Warbeck
Henry VII
Facsimile of letter with typed sheet of explanatory notes
Unpublished
Letter written by the King to Courtenay at the time of Warbeck’s landing in Devon. Commands him to make his musters at Oakhampton. Dated ‘at oure Manoir of Wodestok the xvj day of Septembre at viij of the clok in the night’.
The Curious Career and Uncertain Past of Perkin Warbeck
Heydt, Bruce
From: British Heritage
Published: March 1993
An assessment of Perkin Warbeck and his claim to be Richard, Duke of York.
Note. This article is also available on the British Heritage website.
Prince or Perkin
Ingham, Susan
Booklet, possibly self-published
Undated
Brief summary of Perkin’s career, followed by points for and against his being Richard Duke of York. The text of Perkin’s confession is given as an appendix.
Documents Relating to Perkin Warbeck, with Remarks on his History
Madden, Sir Frederic
From: Archaeologia, Vol. 27
Published: 1837
The pretender’s story told through contemporary documents rather than Tudor histories.
De Pseudo-Richard van York (The Pseudo Richard of York)
Platelle, H
Extract from the article ‘Het identiteitsprobleem in de middeleeuwen’ (The Identity Problem in the Middle Ages) in Spiegel Historiael
Published: January 1980
Brief biography based on his confession. In Dutch, with an English translation by Mrs D. M. Kleyn.
Perkin Warbeck’s Proclamation, July 1497
Pollard, A F (ed.)
Transcript of BL Birch MS 4160 from Pollard’s The Reign of Henry VII from Contemporary Sources, Vol.1, accompanied by a photocopy of the version in BL Harleian MS 283 (folios 123b to 124b)
Published: 1913
Two seventeenth-century transcriptions of the original document, which is no longer extant.
Richard Duke of York and Perkin Warbeck
W. G.
From: Notes and Queries, Vol. 168
Published: 1935
Suggests Warbeck may have taken the place of Lambert Simnel, who was in fact the real Richard of York, in the royal kitchens.
Some Reasons Why Perkin Warbeck Was Likely to Have Been Who He Claimed to Be: Richard, Second Son of King Edward IV
Wigram, Isolde
Unpublished typescript
Published: Undated
List of points for and against Perkin having been Richard, Duke of York, followed by short discussion and conclusion.
The Identity of Perkin Warbeck
Williamson, Hugh Ross
Chapter 4 of Williamson’s Historical Whodunits
Published: 1955
Suggests Warbeck may have been the son of Margaret of Burgundy.
Disorder and Rebellion: Perkin Warbeck and South West England
Yorath, David M
From: The Devon Historian, Vol 84, 53-67.
Published: 2015.
Concisely details the causes, events and aftermath of Perkin Warbeck’s 1497 insurrection.
WILLIAM WAYNFLETE, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER
William Waynflete and the Educational Revolution of the Fifteenth Century
Davis, Virginia
From: People, Politics & Community in the Later Middle Ages, ed. J. Rosenthal & C. Richmond
Published: 1987
Uses the career of William Waynflete to demonstrate how the roots of the sixteenth-century educational revolution lay in the fifteenth century.
William Waynflete and the Wars of the Roses
Davies, Virginia
From: Southern History, Vol. 11
Published: 1989
Biography of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester 1447-1486.
LIONEL, LORD WELLES
Lionel, Lord Welles, and His Methley Monument
Routh, Pauline Sheppard
From: The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 63
Published: 1991
An examination of the tradition that, after his death at Towton, Lord Welles’ body was secretly conveyed from the battlefield to be interred with that of his first wife at Methley, ten miles away.
JOHN, LORD WENLOCK
John, Lord Wenlock of Someries, Luton: Part One
McDonald, Linda
Apparently the text of a talk given to the Beds & Bucks Group of the Society
Published: Undated
The early life and career (up to 1437) of Lord Wenlock, a follower of Warwick killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
John Lord Wenlock of Someries
Roskell, J S
From: Miscellanea, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Vol. 38
Published: 1958
Detailed, scholarly biography of Lord Wenlock.
WILLIAM WESTON
Henry VII and the Bristol Expeditions to North America: The Condon Documents
Jones, Evan T
From: Historical Research, Vol. 83, No. 221
Published: August 2010
The first document names William Weston, a Bristol merchant, as the man Henry VII intended to lead a second voyage of exploration to ‘the new founde land’.
WHITING
Two 15th Century Chester Heralds
Whiting, J R S
From: The Coat of Arms, Vol. 12, Nos. 86, 87 and 88
Published: 1971
On William and Thomas Whiting. Includes transcripts of Thomas’s account of the tournament between Lord Rivers and the Bastard of Burgundy in 1467, and the reburial of the Duke of York and the Earl of Rutland in Fotheringhay church in 1476.
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE
The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty: Henry VII and the Lords Willoughby de Broke
Luckett, D A
From: Historical Research, Vol. 69, No. 170
Published: October 1969
A study of the first two Lords Willoughby de Broke.
SIR JOHN WOOD
Sir John Wood of Molesey, Speaker in the Parliament of 1483
Roskell, J S
From: Surrey Archaeological Collections, Vol. 56
Published: 1959
Life of Sir John, Speaker in Edward IV’s last parliament and Treasurer to Richard III.
WOODVILLE
GENERAL
Allegations of Sorcery against the Woodville Family – High Magic in 15th Century England
Anon
From: Oriflamme (journal of neo-medievalism and popular medievalism)
Published: 30th April 1999
An overview of the political use of allegations of witchcraft against female social climbers, from Eleanor Cobham to Elizabeth Woodville and her mother.
The Changing Role of the Wydevilles in Yorkist Politics to 1483
Hicks, M A
From: Patronage, Pedigree & Power in Later Medieval England, ed. Charles Ross
Published: 1979
On the benefits the family received from the Crown and a re-evaluation of their political role.
ANTHONY WOODVILLE, EARL RIVERS
The Will of Anthony Earl Ryvers, 1483
Bentley, Samuel (ed.)
From: Excerpta Historica, or Illustrations of English History
Published: 1831
Text of Rivers’ will, written as he was awaiting execution, accompanied by a six-page synopsis of his career under Edward IV and his downfall under Richard Duke of Gloucester.
Historical Illustrations of the Reign of Edward IV: Comprising Memoirs of Anthony, Earl Rivers. (extract)
Black, William Henry (ed.)
Extract from the above work
Published: 1830
On the tournament between Rivers and the Bastard of Burgundy in 1467.
Andrew Dymmock and the Papers of Antony, Earl Rivers, 1482-3
Ives, E W
From: BIHR, Vol. 41, No. 104
Published: November 1986
Discussion of surviving correspondence between Rivers and his attorney, Andrew Dymmock.
Chivalry in Late Fifteenth Century England: A Case Study on Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers and Lord Scales
Kawka, Meghan
Dissertation towards MA in Medieval Studies, University of York
Presentation: September 2009
‘Examines the aspects of one man’s life which were viewed by contemporaries and by modern historians as particularly chivalric in nature.’
The Capture of Lord Rivers and Sir Anthony Woodville, 19 January 1460
Scofield, Cora
From: EHR, Vol. 37
Published: 1922
Brief article on Lord Dinham’s capture of the Woodvilles at Sandwich on behalf of the Earl of Warwick. Includes a transcript of the subsequent indictment of Warwick and Dinham before an oyer and terminer commission (in Latin, but an English translation is available on request).
The King’s Brother-in-Law, Anthony Wydeville, Second Earl Rivers
Stuart, D M
From: History Today
Published: June 1959
Brief account of Rivers’ life.
Anthony Widville, Earl Rivers
Walpole, Horace
From: Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England
Published: 1758
Mainly on Rivers’ literary works
LIONEL WOODVILLE, BISHOP OF SALISBURY
Bishop Lionel Woodville and Richard III
Thomson, J A F
From: BIHR, Vol. 59
Published: May 1986
Sheds new light on Bishop Woodville’s relations with Richard III and his possible involvement in Buckingham’s Rebellion.
CHRISTOPHER WORSLEY
Some ‘Servants and Lovers’ of Richard in His Youth
Ross, Charles
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 4, No. 55, December 1976. On the significance, for an appraisal of Richard’s character, of his endowment of prayers for the souls of relatively humble gentlemen, including Christopher Worsley, who had died by his side at either Barnet or Tewkesbury.
Biographical Collections
Who Was Who in Fifteenth Century Colchester?
Ashdown-Hill, John
From: Your Family Tree magazine, No. 36, pp. 48-50
Published: April 2006
John Howard’s links with the town, Richard of Gloucester’s visit, and incidents involving some of the ordinary inhabitants.
Britain’s Kings and Queens
Bellew, Sir George
A Pitkin Pictorial
Published: 1970
Brief biographies of kings and queens of England.
Heraldic Banners of the Wars of the Roses: Counties of Anglesey to Hampshire
Coveney, Thomas
A Freezywater Publications booklet, ed. Graham Harrison, Rod Erskine-Riddell & Pat McGill
Published: 1996
Potted biographies of the knights involved in the Wars of the Roses, arranged by county, followed by colour illustrations of their banners. An index of persons directs the reader to the relevant pages.
Heraldic Banners of the Wars of the Roses: Counties of Herefordshire to Rutland
Coveney, Thomas
A Freezywater Publications booklet, ed. Graham Harrison, Rod Erskine-Riddell & Pat McGill
Published: 1997
Potted biographies of the knights involved in the Wars of the Roses, arranged by county, followed by colour illustrations of their banners. An index of persons directs the reader to the relevant pages.
Heraldic Banners of the Wars of the Roses: Counties of Shropshire to Yorkshire
Coveney, Thomas
A Freezywater Publications booklet, ed. Graham Harrison, Rod Erskine-Riddell & Pat McGill
Published: 1997
Potted biographies of the knights involved in the Wars of the Roses, arranged by county, followed by colour illustrations of their banners. An index of persons directs the reader to the relevant pages.
Scottish and Irish Knights, 1455 to 1485
Coveney, T R
Printed on a run of green-bar computer print-out paper
Undated, but probably 1970s or 1980s
Brief biographical details, with armorial bearings, arranged alphabetically under county headings. An index of names, with their counties, is given at the end.
The Political Legacy of Richard III in Northern England
Dockray, Keith
From: Kings and Nobles in the Later Middle Ages: A Tribute to Charles Ross, ed. R. A. Griffiths and J. Sherborne
Published: 1986
The responses of the major northern families to the accession of Henry VII.
Richard III and the Yorkshire Gentry
Dockray, Keith
From: Richard III: Loyalty, Lordship and Law, ed. P. W. Hammond
Published: 1986
Study of the Yorkist families who became part of Richard’s affinity.
Richard, Duke of York, and the Royal Household in Wales, 1449-50
Griffiths, Ralph A
From: Welsh History Review, Vol. 8
Published: 1976
On York’s bad relations with royal officials in Wales.
The Ladies of the Minories
Hampton, W E
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Published: 1985
First published in The Ricardian Vol. 4, No. 62. September 1978. About the ladies who retired to the London Minories, or convent of the Poor Clares, during the reign of Henry VII (Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, Jane Talbot, Anne Montgomery, Mary Tyrell and Joyce Lee).
Edmund de la Pole and the Spies 1499-1506: Some Revisions
Hanham, Alison
From: Parergon, New Series No. 6
Published: 1988
Examines the careers and motives of some of the spies connected with Edmund including Sir Robert Curzon, Thomas Killingworth, William Hussey and Alexander Symson.
Four Southampton Rebels of 1483
Hillier, Kenneth
From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre
Date of publication: 1985.
First published in The Ricardian, Vol. 5, No. 64, March 1979. On the careers of the Southampton men, Sir William Overey, William, Roger Kelsale and John Fesaunt, who were attainted for participation in Buckingham’s Rebellion.
Richard III and the East Riding
Horrox, Rosemary
From: Richard III and the North, ed. Rosemary Horrox
Published: 1986
About the East Riding families who were connected with Richard III.
Henry VII and the Bristol expeditions to North America: the Condon documents
Jones, Evan T
From: Historical Research, Vol. 83, No. 221
Published: August 2010
These documents name Bristol merchant William Weston, Hugh Eliot and Robert Poppeham as participating in an otherwise unknown follow-up expedition to Cabot’s 1497 voyage of discovery to Newfoundland, and a second Bristol merchant, John Esterfeld, as a man with whom Weston was involved in a Chancery dispute.
The Episcopate and the Wars of the Roses
Knecht, R J
From: University of Birmingham Historical Journal, Vol. 6
Published: 1957-58
Composition of the episcopal bench during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII.
Council, Administration and Councillors 1461-1485
Lander, J R
From: BIHR, Vol. 32, No. 86
Published: November 1959
On the Council’s activities and membership, with lists of councillors.
Standards, Badges & Livery Colours of the Wars of the Roses
McGill, Pat; Jones, Jonathan
A Freezywater Publications booklet
Published: 1992
Colour illustrations and written descriptions of the standards and badges of the nobility during the Wars of the Roses.
The Royal Line of Succession
Montague-Smith, Patrick
Pitkin Guide
Published: 1968
An explanation of the royal line of succession from Cerdic to Elizabeth II, with illustrated genealogical tables of the successive royal houses.
The Middleham Connection: Richard III and Richmondshire 1471-1485
Pollard, A J
Booklet based on a public lecture at York University
Published: June 1983
Studies Richard’s acquisition of the lordship of Middleham and his relationship with those of his northern followers who were connected with the lordship.
The Northern Retainers of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury
Pollard, A J
From: Northern History, Vol. 11
Published: 1976
Biographical details of some of the Earl’s supporters.
1485 and All That, or What Was Going on at the Battle of Bosworth
Richmond, Colin
Chapter from Richard III: Loyalty, Lordship and Law, ed. P. W. Hammond
Published: 1986
Suggests that one of the causes of the Battle of Bosworth was the lack of foreign wars since 1453 and gives an analysis of who fought on both sides in the battle.
The Nobility and the Wars of the Roses 1459-61
Richmond, Colin
From: Nottingham Medieval Studies, Vol. 21
Published: 1977
An examination of the proportion of the nobility involved on each side in the armed conflicts of 1459-61.
The Commons and Their Speakers in English Parliaments 1376-1523 (extracts)
Roskell, J S
Chapter 10 of the above work
Published: 1965
An outline of the main business of each parliament during the Yorkist period, plus appendix giving brief biographical notes on the Speakers.
Norfolk Involvement in Dynastic Conflict 1469-71 and 1483-87
Sayer, Michael
From: Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 36, Part 4
Published: 1977
On the great East Anglian families and their allegiances.
The Wardens of the Marches of England towards Scotland, 1377-1489
Storey, R L
From: EHR, Vol. 72, No. 285
Published: October 1957
Details of the Wardens and their contracts, with a complete list of Wardens 1377-1489.
Battle of Tewkesbury 1471: a roll of arms
Wheeler, Geoffrey
Booklet
Published: 1971
List of those present at the battle, with brief biographical details and coats of arms.
Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f.7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.