Blount, Sir Walter, marched north with Edward, 23; in the pursuit of Clifford, 28; march to Towton, created Lord Mountjoy, 35, _whom see_ Blythe, 39 Bohun inheritance explained, 128, 223, 224 Boleyn, Sir Thomas, made K.B. at Richard's coronation, 147 Bolton Castle, 83, 107 Bolton Hall, Henry VI. concealed at, 59 Bootham Bar, York, 34, 58 Borough, Sir John, present to, from the royal wardrobe, 111 Bosworth, battle of, 152-157; numbers, 153; artillery at, 155 _n._ Bosworth Market, Sir W. Stanley's camp near, 153 Bourchier, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Edward IV., 35; cousin to the King, 111; crowned Richard III., 120, 143, 146, 234 Bourchier, Sir Edward, with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; slain, 15; head stuck on the gate at York, 17 Bourchier, Sir Humphrey, two slain at Barnet, 51 _n._ _See_ Cromwell, Lord Bracher, Wm., and his son, loyal servants of King Richard, put to death by Henry Tudor, 247 Brackenbury, Sir Robert, knighted, 147; joined the king at Bosworth, 151; slain, 155, 156; loyal to the last, 252; in the story of the murders, 258, 260, 261 'Bradshaws' a strategic position at Bosworth field, 152 Bramham Moor, 26 Brampton, Wm., of Burford, loyal to the last, 252 Brandon, Sir William, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; traitor, 133 _n._; Henry Tudor's standard-bearer, slain by the King, 156 Bray, Reginald, Lady Stanley's steward, 149; his skill as an architect, 149 _n._; agent to Henry Tudor, 226, 231 Brecknock Castle, 226, 227, 231 Brezé, Pierre de, Lord of Varenne, devoted to Margaret of Anjou, 53, 58 Brian, Sir Thomas, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 145 Bridget, daughter of Edward IV., a nun, 87 _n._, 271 _n._ Bristol, 71, 72 Brittany, treaty with, 139, 161; Henry Tudor in, 131, 141 Browne, Sir John, made K.B., 147 Bruges, Edward IV. and Richard at, 43; Caxton at, 113; news of Edward's success sent to the citizens, 198 Buck, Sir George, wrote the life of Richard III.--had seen the true statement of his claim to the crown, 219; heard that the pamphlet attributed to Sir Thomas More was written by Morton, 168, 179; account of, 180 _n._; saw the letter from Elizabeth of York to the Duke of Norfolk, 229 Buck, Sir John, Controller of the Household, 145; put to death by Henry Tudor, 246 Buckingham, Duchess of, 7, 55, 132 Buckingham, Duke of, 89; left London to warn Richard, 90; speech at the Guildhall, 102; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143; cousin to the King, 110; bearing the King's train, 127; Lord Constable, 144; his claims, 223, 224; alleged conversations with Morton, 225; object of his treason, 225; met Lady Stanley on the road, 226; trial and execution at Salisbury, 131, 132; Richard's generous treatment of his widow, 132 Burford, _see_ Cornwall Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Duke of, helped Edward secretly, 43; marriage with Princess Margaret, 43, 113; invested with the Garter, 113; received Margaret of Anjou at St. Pol, 60; Edward's desertion of, 82; fall of, 162