Newcastle, Earl of Wiltshire beheaded at, 34 Nicolas, Sir Harris, rejects some of Tudor stories, 181; denounces some of them, 228, 230 Nobility not destroyed by wars of the Roses, 37, 105; life in the country, 106, 108. _See_ Peerage Nokes, John, 5 Norfolk, Duke of (Mowbray), 10, 11; at Towton, 32, 35; death of heiress, 125 Norfolk, Duke of (Howard), at Richard's coronation bearing the crown, 109, 127, 143; cousin to the king, 110; present to, from the royal wardrobe, 111; Earl Marshal, 144; Admiral, 144; commissioner for peace with Scotland, 145; hurried to the king's help, 151, 154; his camp, 152; slain at Bosworth, 155 Norfolk coast, ships of King Edward off, 45 Northampton, Battle of, 7, 56; Richard and Buckingham at, 90 Northumberland, Earl of, at the battle of Wakefield, 14; at Towton for Henry, 24; led the centre, 31, 32; slain, 33; buried at York, 34; his son restored, 36, 134; at Richard's coronation, bore the pointless sword of mercy, 127; 109, 143; Commissioner for Peace with Scotland, 145; at Bosworth but held back, 151, 154; retribution, 154 _n._; presided at the trial of Lord Rivers, 99, 217 Norwegian traders at Stourbridge fair, 112 Norwich sent troop to Edward, 71; Recorder of, _see_ Heydon Norwich, Bishop of (Dr. Goldwell), at Richard's coronation, 144, 146 Nostell Priory, 13 Nottingham, 47, 130, 136; memorial to King Richard III. at, 158 Nottingham Castle, 47, 148; King Richard commenced his march from, 151 Nottingham, Earl of, 109, 125, 143 Official documents in Richard's favour, 179; value of evidence, 292 Ogle, Lord, in the marches during Richard's coronation, 109, 143; hurrying to join the king at Bosworth, 151 Ogle, Sir Robert, 58 Oldham, Dr., Bishop of Sodor and Man, 147 Ormonde, Earl of, 24 (_see_ Wiltshire); pardoned, 36; in Portugal, 66; pardoned at Tewkesbury, 77 Ormonde, Sir Thomas, created K.B., 147 Oxford University, 116; King Richard at, 128, 129 Oxford, John Vere Earl of, under attainder, 109, 144; at Barnet, 47, 49, 50; came with Henry Tudor, 148; at Bosworth, 154, 155; origin of the star in the arms of, 50 _n._ Parker, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77 Parker, Sir William, the king's standard bearer at Bosworth, 156, 157 Parliament, Act making the Duke of York heir apparent, 9; deposed Henry VI. for violating his word, 21, 22; met in spite of the _supersedeas_, 98, 100; proofs of the illegitimacy submitted, 101; petitions Richard to assume the crown, 102; great power of the Speaker, 104; Richard's Parliament met, Acts passed, 134; Acts first published in English, 134; distinction between public and private Acts first made, 134; Lord Campbell's opinion, 134. _See_ Titulus Regius Parr, Dr., inscription over King Richard's well, 158; remarks on likeness of Richard to Lorenzo the Magnificent, 40 _n._, 124 Parr, Sir Thomas, with the Duke of York at Wakefield, 10; grandfather of Queen Katherine Parr, 15 Parr, Sir William, slain at Wakefield, 15; head stuck on the gate at York, 17