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
Scotland _James III._ 1460-1488
France _Anne of Beaujeu_ (Regent for 1483
_Charles VIII._)
Brittany _Francis II._ 1458-1488
Low Countries _Mary and Maximilian_ 1477-1493
Germany _Emperor Frederick III._ 1440-1493
Denmark, Sweden, _Hans_ 1481-1513
and Norway
Bohemia _Vladislaus_ 1471-1510
Hungary _Matthias Corvinus_ 1458-1490
Poland _Casimir IV._ 1445-1492
Castille _Isabella_ 1474-1504
Aragon _Ferdinand_ 1479-1516
Portugal _Joam II._ 1481-1495
Naples _Ferdinand of Aragon_ 1458-1494
Pope _Sixtus IV._ (delle Rovere) 1471-1484
" _Innocent VIII._ (Cibo) 1484-1492
Tuscany _Lorenzo de' Medici_ 1469-1492
Milan _Gian Galeazzo Sforza_ 1476-1494
Grand Seigneur _Bayazid II._ 1481-1512
[1] Henry Tudor was not, and never had been, Earl of Richmond. His
father had been deprived by attainder and outlawry. Richard Duke of
Gloucester was created Earl of Richmond by King Edward IV., and when
Richard succeeded, the title merged in the crown.
[2] Sir Reginald Bray was made a K.B. at Henry's coronation, and
afterwards a Knight of the Garter. He was an architect, and has the
credit of having finished St. George's Chapel at Windsor and built
Henry VII.'s Chapel at Westminster.
[3] Fox was a priestly conspirator who had been acting as one of
Morton's agents. He was rewarded with the Bishopric of Winchester.
[4] Henry's standard-bearer.
[5] Knighted after the battle.
[6] Made Lieutenant of the forests of Sherwood, Beskwood, and Clipston,
on Sept. 22, 1485.
[7] Knighted after the battle.
[8] _Paston Letters_, ii. p. 334.
[9] Their mothers were sisters. Richard III. had passed an Act
restoring all their rights and possessions to the Percys.
[10] Davies, _York Records_, p. 216.
[11] Their mothers were sisters.
[12] Afterwards the 'Blue Boar.'
[13] The battle was sometimes called Redmore, 'apud Rodemore juxta
Leicestre' (_York Records_, p. 217). See also Drayton's _Polyolbion_,
xxii.
'O Redmore then it seemed thy name was not in vain,
When with a thousand's blood the earth was coloured red.'
[14] Thirty-first of Gregorian era. Sun rises at 5.15 A.M.
[15] They killed him near Thirsk, on April 28, 1488, when he was
engaged in enforcing the payment of extortionate taxes levied by his
new master (Dugdale's _Baronage_, p. 282).
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