Ricardian original sources

Introduction:

Articles in The Ricardian also include many discussions of particular texts, notably Richard III’s book collection.

Many original sources have been transcribed/translated and published in the Richard III Society’s journal – The Ricardian. These are now available online and include:

Records of Ritual Occasions

• The reburial of Richard, Duke of York

• The royal burials of the House of York at Windsor (1)

• The royal burials of the House of York at Windsor (2)

• Laments for the death of Edward IV

• The christening of Princess Bridget and other documents relating to her

• The Entry of Elizabeth Woodville over London Bridge in 1465

Letters and Narratives

• English events in Caspar Weinreich’s Danzig Chronicle

• What Niclas von Popplau really wrote about Richard III

• Gerhard von Wesel’s newsletter 1471

• A letter relating to the crisis of 1468

• A Welsh poem of 1485 on Richard III

Chancery Warrants for Richard III’s reign: TNA C 81/1392

• The Chancellor’s File – Part 1

• The Chancellor’s File – Part 2

• The Chancellor’s File – Part 3

Miscellaneous

• The IPM of Eleanor Talbot

• The admiralty seal of Richard, Duke of Gloucester

• Financial evidence for Henry Tudor’s exile

• The inventory of a fifteenth-century necromancer (Thomas Nandyke)

Ricardian Resources