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
Elizabeth Woodville, Lady Grey, marriage ceremony with Edward IV., 41,
86; children, 86 _n._; in sanctuary, 91; allowed her son Richard to
join his brother, 100; agreed with the king to come out of sanctuary,
136, 238; intrigues with Lady Stanley, 231; advised her son Dorset to
come home and submit to the king, 238; her knowledge a cause of fear
for Henry VII., 256; robbed and imprisoned by Henry VII., 257;
attempted explanation by Lingard and Nicolas, 257 _n._; Mr. Gairdner,
257 _n._
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., birth, 86 _n._; her dress like the
queen's, 178; rumour about her marriage with Richard, 140; her letter
to the Duke of Norfolk 229; evidence of Buck, views of Nicolas,
Lingard, Gairdner, 229, 230 _n._; sent to Sheriff Hutton, 142; seized
by Henry Tudor, 248; married to him as Henry VII., 250, 253, 254; her
coronation, 258; treatment of her relations by Henry, 277; death, 277
Elizabeth, another daughter of Edward IV., 87 _n._, married to Lord
Lumley, 221 _n._
Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, born at Rouen, 3, 6; at Richard's
coronation, 126, 127
Elizabeth, Queen, founded St. Peter's College, Westminster, 116; her
English ancestry, 163
Eltham, 11, 107
Ely, Isle of, 242
Ely, Bishop of, _see_ Morton
Ely Place, Holborn, 110
Enderby, Sir William, made K.B., 147
England, face of the country in the fifteenth century, 106; condition
of the people, 65, 121-123; prices, 123; progress of King Richard
through, 128; products, 112
Essex, Earl of, 109, 110, 143
Esteney, John, Abbot of Westminster, 114, 146
Eton, founded by Henry VI., 116; boys at, in the fifteenth century, 117
Eure, Sir Ralph, at Towton for Henry, 24
Ewelme, 78
Exeter, 70, 132
Exeter, Bishop of, _see_ Courtenay Nevill
Exeter, Duchess of, _see_ Anne
Exeter, Duke of, marriage, 3; at Wakefield, 14; at Towton, 24, 58;
advancing against Edward, 47; at Barnet, 49
Fabyan's Chronicle, 168, 174; untrustworthy, 174, 175; silent about the
deformity, 186; invented a story about the murder of Edward of
Lancaster, 190; on date of Henry's death, 195, 199; gave false dates,
215; contradicts Polydore Virgil respecting Dr. Shaw's sermon, 222;
silent as to calumny against the Duchess of York, 222; common fame that
Richard secretly murdered his nephews, 243; 'smoky gunners,' 44
Fairfax, Sir Guy, judge of the King's Bench, 145
Fairs, 112
Fauconberg, Lord, reviewed the London citizens, 21; his service, 21,
the best general on Edward's side, 23; sent in pursuit of Clifford,
overtook and routed him, 28; march to Towton, 31, 32; his orders to the
archers, 32; created Earl of Kent, 35
Fauconberg, bastard of, his insurrection put down by Prince Richard, 80
Feilding, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Fenn lanes near Bosworth, 153
Ferrers of Chartley. _See_ Devereux. At Richard's coronation, 109,
143; hurried to help the king, 151; fell at Bosworth, 155, 157; loyal
to the last, 252
Ferrybridge, Yorkist force at, 23, 27
FitzHugh, Lord, at Towton on the Lancastrian left, 31
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