Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent ResearchMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
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Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
1. Sir Edmund de la Pole (son of the Duke of Suffolk).
2. Sir John Grey (son of the Earl of Kent).
3. Sir William Zouch (brother of Lord Zouch).
4. Sir George Neville (son of Lord Abergavenny).
5. Sir Christopher Willoughby.
6. Sir William Berkeley, of Beverston (traitor).
7. Sir Henry Babington. (Buck has Bainton.)
8. Sir Thomas Arundell.
9. Sir Thomas Boleyn. (Buck has Bullen.)
10. Sir Edmund Bedingfield.
11. Sir Gervase Clifton. Wounded at Bosworth.
12. Sir William Saye (son of Lord Saye, who fell at Barnet).
13. Sir William Enderby.
14. Sir Thomas Lewknor (traitor).
15. Sir Thomas Ormonde.
16. Sir John Browne.
17. Sir William Berkeley, of Wyldy.
18. Sir Edmund Cornwall, Baron of Burford.
[1] From Grafton, p. 799, and Holinshed, p. 733; _Harl. MS._ 293,
fol. 208_b_, and 2115, fol. 152; Buck, p. 26.
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[1] Morton in Grafton, p. 127.
[2] _Harl MSS._ 433, fol. 269. Their high rank is shown by the order
that no livery is to exceed the allowance, 'but only to my Lord
(Lincoln?) and _the children_.' See Davies, _York Records_, p. 212
_n._, who also makes the suggestion that these children were the
offspring of Edward IV. and the young Earl of Warwick.
[3] King Richard's progress:
Windsor 22 July, 1483 | Gloucester 1 Aug. 1483
Reading 23 " " | Tewkesbury 4 " "
Oxford 24 " " | Worcester 6 " "
Warwick* 8 Aug. " | Doncaster 25 " "
Coventry 15 " " | Pontefract 27 " "
Leicester 17 " " | York 30 " "
Nottingham+ 22 " "
* A week.
+ Letter of Secretary Kendal to Mayor of York, Aug. 23; Drake, p. 116.
[4] Rous.
[5] Worcester, Lichfield, Durham, St. Asaph, and Bangor (Rous, 217).
[6] Of St. David's.
[7] See also Rous, p. 216.
[8] Sheppard's _Christ Church Letters_, 46, quoted by Gairdner, p. 115.
[9] Rymer, xii. 200, quoted by Gairdner, p.
[10] Buck, p. 31, who gives the Letters Patent.
[11] Confession of his son.
[12] It is generally alleged that there was no trial. The appointment
of Sir Ralph Ashton proves that there was.
[13] _King Richard's Traitors, Oct._ 1483
In the bill of attainder (_Rot. Part._ v. p. 294) there are 100
persons. Of these were executed
The Duke of Buckingham at Salisbury.
Sir Thomas St. Leger at Exeter.
A person named Ramme at Exeter.
Some executed after trial at Torrington by Lord Scrope.
Wm. Collingbourne had offered another man 8_l._ to go to Hy. Tudor in
Brittany and urge him to invade England. If they would land at Poole,
he would get people to rise. Executed in London, and 6 others, 2 taken
in Kent, 4 in Southwark.
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