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
Clifford, Lord, led the Lancastrian van at Wakefield, 13, 14, 15, 24;
surprised the Yorkists at Ferrybridge, 27; pursued and slain, 28; some
account of him, 29
Clifton, Sir Gervase, made K.B., 147; wounded at Bosworth, fighting for
the King, 156
Clifton, Sir Robert, created K.B., 36
Clothes, in the royal wardrobe, 111; Clement Paston's, 117; an Eton
boy's, 117; John Paston's, 122; Mr. Payn's, 122
Cobham, Lord, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77; at Richard's coronation,
109, 143
Cock beck, near the Towton battlefield, 26, 33
Cockermouth, Earl of Wiltshire arrested at, 34
Coke's mother, 120
Colchester, 120
Cold Harbour, 110
Collingbourne, a traitor, executed, 132 _n._
Comines, details of the flight of Edward IV., 42; marriage of Edward
IV. and Lady Eleanor Butler, 93 _n._; death of Edward of Lancaster, 189
Companies, City, influence, dispute settled by arbitration, 112, 113
Conisborough Castle, 3
Convocation, their address to King Richard, 136
Conyers, Sir John, made a Knight of the Garter, 146; faithful to the
King, 151; fell at Bosworth, 157
Corbet, Sir K., knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Cornwall, Sir Edmund, Baron of Burford, made K.B., 147
Coronation of Richard III., 126, 127; story of a second untrue, 227, 228
Corpus Christi, fraternity in London, 112; at York, 119
Cotswold Hills, 72, 73
Court, splendour of the, 111. _See_ Wardrobe
Courtenay, Sir E., traitor, 133
Courtenay, Sir Walter, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76, 77
Courtenay, Sir William, 263 _n._
Courtenay, _see_ Exeter, Bishop of
Courtenay, _see_ Devonshire, Earl of
Courtenays, forgiven by Edward IV., 36
Courteys, Pierce, Keeper of the Wardrobe, 145
Coventry, Earl of Warwick at, 47; Edward IV. at, 78; Richard III. at,
in his progress, 130
Cover, river, 83
Coverham, monks of, 83
Crakenthorpe, Sir John and Sir T., slain at Towton, 33
Croft, Richard, tutor to Edward and Edmund, 4, 5; knighted after
Tewkesbury, 71, 77, 191 _n._
Cromer, 45
Cromwell, Lord, slain at Barnet, 51
Crosby, Sir J., built Crosby Place, 85
Crosby Place rented by Richard III., 85, 93, 110, 223
Croyland Chronicle on the slain at Towton, 33; there were two writers,
175, 176; independent witnesses, 175; the second credulous but honest;
his accuracy as regards dates exposes Morton and Fabyan, 176; gives
Richard's title to the crown correctly, 176, 219; his mistakes, 177; no
countenance to the deformity fables, 186; on the Tewkesbury question,
189; on the death of Henry VI., 195, 199; his mistake about a second
coronation at York, 227; retails a rumour about the death of the
princes, 240
Dacre, Lord of Gillesland, 24; death at Towton, 31, 33; tomb at Saxton,
34; his brother forgiven, 36; at Richard's coronation, 109, 143;
commissioner for peace with Scotland, 145; hurrying to King Richard's
help, but too late, 151
Dampierre, château where Margaret of Anjou died, 79
Dartford, Princess Bridget a nun at, 87 _n._
Daubeny, Sir Giles, with Henry Tudor, 149; Lieutenant of the Tower, 268
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