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
Morton, Dr., with Henry VI. at York, 24, 27; with Margaret in exile,
69; at Tewkesbury, pardoned, 77; Bishop of Ely, bribed by Louis XI.,
82; intrigues against Richard, 97-99; given in charge to the Duke of
Buckingham, 100; his political pamphlet called 'History of Richard
III.', 168; its authorship, 169-171; account of Morton and his career,
206-207; made Archbishop of Canterbury, 25, 207; on Richard's alleged
deformity, 185-186; silent respecting the death of Edward of Lancaster,
191, 192; insinuation about Henry VI., 193; confessed that Richard
resisted the death of Clarence, 203; his story about Richard's
assumption of the protectorship, 208-210; his version of the Hastings
plot, 210-213; his falsification of dates, 213-216; his version of the
execution of Rivers, 216-217; his falsification of King Richard's
title, 217-221; his shameful slander of the Duchess of York, 220;
unworthy of credit, 221; his false version of Richard's accession,
222-223; his account of conversations with the Duke of Buckingham,
222-227; his evidence of Richard's intentions respecting his nephews,
238; intriguing in the Isle of Ely and in France, 242
Mountjoy, Lord (_see_ Sir Walter Blount), 35; son and heir slain at
Barnet, 51; to announce accession of Richard III. at Calais, 102, 109
Mowbray, inheritance, 125
Muccleston church, 56
Murder of the princes, story as given out by Henry VII., 169, 258-259;
fuller story published by Grafton and Rastell, 259-261; question of
their fate, 233; no danger to Richard, 235; alive during Richard's
reign, 236-238; conduct of mother and sister, 238, 239; false rumours,
239, 240; contradictory dates, 225; murdered by order of Henry VII.,
256; story put forward contradictory and inaccurate, 262; Tyrrel, 269;
burial, bodies discovered, 270; relations silenced, 270, 271; alleged
rewards to murderers, 264, 265; Henry's rewards, 272; Henry's remorse,
276, 278; Mr. Gairdner's theory, 298, 299
Musgraves faithful to King Richard, 151
Nappa Hall, seat of the Metcalfes, 83
Navy of Richard III., 135-136. _See_ Rogers, Thomas
Neale, Richard, Judge of Common Pleas, 145
Nesfield, Captain, to watch the Westminster sanctuary, 241
Nevill, George, Bishop of Exeter, persuaded Edward to take the kingly
office, 22, 23; Archbishop of York, Richard and Anne sat together at
his installation feast, 40; Anne's guardian, married her to Richard,
81, 82
Nevill, Lady Anne, _see_ Anne
Nevill, Lady Cecily, 3. _See_ York, Duchess of
Nevill, Lady Isabella, Duchess of Clarence, 41; children, 87 _n._
Nevill, 77
Nevill, Lord, traitor to the Duke of York, 11
Nevill, Lord, Richard wrote to, for reinforcements, 98
Nevill, Sir George, son of Lord Abergavenny, made K.B., 147. _See_
Montagu, Salisbury, Warwick, Westmoreland
Nevill, Sir John, at Towton for Henry, 24; with Lord Clifford, 27;
slain, 29
Nevill, Sir Thomas, 10; slain at Wakefield, 15; head stuck on the gate
at York, 17
Newark, 47
Newborough, Sir William, beheaded at Tewkesbury, 76
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