Biographical: Plantagenet

Anne Plantagenet, Duchess of Exeter

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 Coldharbour. In the fifteenth century Coldharbour belonged to the Holland dukes of Exeter, and was thus the London home of Edward’s sister Anne until her death in 1476. Kingsford’s information comes from a surviving accounts for Margaret Beaufort’s refurbishment of the house in the autumn of 1485 (a transcript of the source document is given in an appendix).

Cecily Plantagenet, Lady Welles

Quarr and the Mystery of Princess Cecilia

Nash, Michael L

From: Hampshire

Published: December 1974

A discussion of the reasons for the Princess Cecily’s burial at Quarr Abbey.

Edward Plantagenet of Lancaster, Prince of Wales

English Royal Marriages and the Papal Penitentiary in the Fifteenth Century

Clarke, Peter D

From: EHR, Vol 120, No 488

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 Penitentiary registers, including the marriage of Edward of Lancaster to Anne Neville.

Life of Edward of Lancaster: A Sketch

Markham, Clements R.

From: Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 12

Published: 1887-8

Rather old-fashioned and romantic biography of Prince Edward.

The Cult of Prince Edward at Tewkesbury

Rogers, N J

From: Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 101

Published: 1983

On the evidence that Edward had a tomb in Tewkesbury Abbey, and was venerated there.

Edward of Plantagenet of Middleham, Prince of Wales

Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales

Hammond, P W

Booklet

Published: 1973 (2nd edition)

The only detailed account of Richard’s son.

Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick

Give us the Crown Jewels for Executing Our Heir, Demands French City

Anon; Allen, Peter; Sutherland-Smith, Robert

From: Metro & Daily Telegraph, with follow-up letters in Telegraph

Published: 16th July 2012 (Metro) and 16th & 20th July 2012 (Telegraph)

Sheet of scanned newspaper cuttings discussing the petition on the Angers council website that the city should be given the English Crown Jewels in compensation for Henry VII’s execution of Warwick.

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 based on early Tudor accounts including the Erber. This was a Neville property, granted to Clarence in 1472; it was therefore technically owned by Edward Earl of Warwick until his attainder. Kingsford’s description is based on accounts surviving from the period 1514-24 (transcripts of Kingsford’s sources are given in an appendix).

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

Opening the Clarence Vault

Ashdown-Hill, John

From: Current Archaeology, Issue 302

Published: May 2015

On the results of recent examination of the bones in the Clarence vault.

The Duke of Clarence and the Midlands: A Study in the Interplay of Local and National Politics

Carpenter, Christine

From: Midland History, Vol. 11

Published: 1986

Attempts to trace the reason for Clarence’s downfall by examining the affinities and loyalties in Warwickshire where he held extensive lands.

Descent, Partition and Extinction: The Warwick Inheritance

Hicks, M A

From: BIHR, Vol. 52, No. 126

Published: 1979

Discussion of the division of Warwick the Kingmaker’s lands between the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester.

Restraint, Mediation and Private Justice: George Duke of Clarence as ‘Good Lord’

Hicks, M A

From: Journal of Legal History, Vol. 4, No. 2

Published: 1983

The extent to which Clarence acted as ‘good lord’ in the exercise of his patronage and as arbitrator in legal disputes.

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, a Neville property granted to Clarence in 1472. Kingsford’s description is based on accounts surviving from the period 1514-24. Transcripts of the source documents are given in an appendix.

The Treason and Death of the Duke of Clarence: A Reinterpretation

Lander, J R

From: Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 2

Published: 1967

Suggests that at least one of the charges against Clarence (that of possessing an exemplification of the 1471 Act making him heir to the throne) was fabricated by Edward IV.

Three Plantagenet Horoscopes

Ryan, Dorothy

Résumé of a talk

Published: 1959

On the conjectured horoscopes of Edward IV, George of Clarence, Richard III. In the absence of information on Clarence’s time of birth Ms. Ryan has assumed a birth time of 11.24 am, whereas the actual time of Clarence’s birth, as recorded in the annals attributed to William Worcester, was 12 noon.

George, Duke of Clarence

Williamson, Hugh Ross

From: History Today

Published: December 1966

Brief biography

Richard Duke of Gloucester’s Petition, 1478, and the Fate of Clarence

Wie, Chunxiao

From: Notes and Queries, Vol. 256, No. 3

Published: September 2011

Argues that evidence of Richard’s passive acquiescence in King Edward’s plan to destroy Clarence may be found in the wording of his parliamentary petition of 1478 requesting permission to alienate lands forthe establishment of chantry chapels at Middleham and Barnard Castle.

Text of the Act of Attainder of the Duke of Clarence, 1477

Strachey, John

From: Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, Vol. 6

Published: 1767

Text of the Act of Parliament that attainted Clarence of treason in 1478.

Katherine Plantagenet, Countess of Devon

Remembering Tiverton’s Princess

Anon

From: The Gazette (newspaper serving Mid Devon)

Published: 6th July 1993

Page filled with assorted articles about Katherine Plantagenet, second-youngest daughter of Edward IV, written as if at the time of her death in 1527.

Katherine Courtenay: Tiverton’s Royal Princess

Sampson, Michael

Booklet

Published: 1993

Biography of the Princess Katherine, with some background on the Courtenays.

Katherine Plantagenet, Countess of Huntingdon

St James Garlickhythe: The Final Resting Place of Katherine Plantagenet, ‘The Countesse of Huntyngdon Ladie Herbert’

Bracewell, Judy

From: the newsletter of The Friends of the City Churches

Published: May 2015

Brief article on the burial of Richard’s daughter, summarising Christian Steer’s paper published the previous year in The Ricardian.

Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury

Discussion of a Possible Portrait of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury

Ballard, John

Handwritten essay (typed copy available) with photograph of portrait and several sketches

Undated

On the original of the portrait type of a lady with barrel-shaped jewel.

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

Ballard, John

Typescript

Published: Undated

Brief account of Margaret’s life.

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 based on early Tudor accounts, including the Erber. This was a Neville property eventually restored to Margaret Countess of Salisbury. Kingsford’s description is based on accounts surviving from the period 1514-24. Transcripts of the source documents are given in an appendix.

Margaret Pole and Syon Abbey

Powell, Sue

From: Historical Research, Vol. 78, No. 202

Published: November 2005

Confirms Morysine’s claim that the Countess of Salisbury retired to Syon Abbey for a time after the death of her husband Sir Richard Pole, and shows by reference to Margaret Beaufort’s accounts that the King’s mother was providing for her.

A Short Life of Blessed Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541

Xavier, Sister M. Francis

Illustrated booklet

Published: Undated but probably 1989

Brief biography, with a list of places associated with the Countess.

Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Burgundy

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 a late additional dispensation for Margaret’s the marriage to Charles the Bold.

Astro-analysis: Margaret of York

Cuthill, Audrey

Typescript

Date: 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.

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. Includes details of the improvements carried out in preparation for Margaret of Burgundy’s residence.

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

Phillips’ transcript of heraldic account of the marriage celebrations.

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.

Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge

Richard of Conisbrough

Anon

From: Yorkshire Life Illustrated

Published: March 1961

Brief account of Richard III’s grandfather, concentrating on his unsuccessful plot to murder Henry V.

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411-1460)

Richard, Duke of York as Viceroy of Ireland 1447-1460

Curtis, Edmund

From: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal, Vol 62

Published: 1932

An assessment of York’s connections with Ireland.

Richard, Duke of York, as King’s Lieutenant in France and Ireland: The White Rose a-Blooming

Gillespie, James L

From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre

Published: 1985

Revised version of an article first published in The Ricardian, Vol. 5, No. 69, June 1980. A study of York’s terms of administration in France and Ireland.

An Epitaph for Richard, Duke of York

Green, Richard Firth

From: Studies in Bibliography, Vol. 41

Published: 1988

About an early French epitaph for Richard Duke of York.

Duke Richard of York’s Intentions in 1450 and the Origins of the Wars of the Roses

Griffiths, Ralph A

From: Medieval History, Vol. 1, No. 2

Published: July 1975

Were the events of 1450 the real beginning of the Wars?

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 Exeter was supported by the younger sons of the Earl of Northumberland.

Richard, Duke of York, and the Crisis of Henry VI’s Household in 1450-1: Some Further Evidence

Griffiths, R A

From: Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 38, No. 2

Published: June 2012-09-19

A re-examination, in the light of two new documents, of the crisis caused by York’s return from Ireland.

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 King’s Council and the First Protectorate of the Duke of York, 1450-1454

Griffiths, R A

From: EHR, Vol. 99

Published: 1984

A study of the York’s first protectorate through the extant minutes of three important meetings of the royal council held between the end of November 1453 and early April 1454. Includes a transcript of the source document.

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 VI and the Duke of York’s Second Protectorate, 1455-6

Lander, J R

From: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. 3, No. 1

Published: September 1960

Suggests that the second protectorate was the result of York’s attempt to gain power and that Henry had not relapsed into madness.

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, which were erected by order of Queen Elizabeth I.

Richard, Third Duke of York

Postlethwaite, Ian

Booklet

Published: 1974

Fairly substantial account of York’s life and career.

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.

Richard Plantagenet (1411-1460), Duke of York, as the King’s Lieutenant in France and in Ireland

Pugh, T B

From: Aspects of Late Medieval Government and Society: Essays Presented to J. R. Lander, ed. J. G. Rowe

Published: 1986

A new assessment of York as a political leader.

The Estates and Finances of Richard, Duke of York (1411-1460)

Rosenthal, Joel T

From: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, Vol. 2

Published: 1964

Uses extant documents such as valors to assess the value of York’s individual holdings and total wealth.

Fifteenth Century Baronial Incomes and Richard, Duke of York

Rosenthal, Joel T

From: BIHR, Vol. 37

Published: 1964

A calculation of York’s income based on the available documentation.

Richard, Duke of York: A Fifteenth Century Layman and the Church

Rosenthal, Joel T

From: Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 50

Published: 1964

A study of relations between lay people and the Church, taking York as a typical lay example.

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York & Norfolk (b 1473)

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.

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’.

Richard Plantagenet of Eastwell

Eastwell Church

Anon

Typescript

Published: Undated

Two pages of typescript focusing on the legend of King Richard’s bricklayer son.

Richard Plantagenet, Eastwell’s Enigma

Dormer, Phillip G

Booklet

Published: 1994

The legend of Richard Plantagenet.

The Illegitimate Children of Richard III

Hammond, P W

From: Richard III: Crown and People, ed. J. Petre

Published: 1985

A summary of what is known about John of Gloucester and Katherine Plantagenet, and a critical examination of the legend of Richard of Eastwell.

History at Eastwell Park

Jack, Michael

From: Kent Life

Published: April 1978

Brief article on the disused church and the legend of the bricklayer who identified himself as a son of Richard III.

Eastwell Church

Parsons, Philip

From: The Monuments and Painted Glass of Upwards of 100 Churches Chiefly in the Eastern Part of Kent

Published: 1794

Brief article on the church, focusing mainly on the tomb traditionally held to be that of Richard Plantagenet.

Richard Plantagenet: The Legend Recounted in a Letter from Thomas Brett Dated 1st September 1733

Peck, Francis

From: Desiderata Curiosa, Vol. 2

Published: 1779

Includes a facsimile of the entry in the parish register of St. Mary’s Eastwell recording the burial of ‘Richard Plantagenet’.

Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f.7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.