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
Richmond, earldom, granted to the Duke of Gloucester, 38, 140; Henry
Tudor had no right to the title, 109, 133 _n._, 144
Richmond Castle, 107
Rivers, Earl, flight with Edward IV., 42, 44; landed at Pole, 46;
Constable of the Tower, 78; in charge of his nephew at Ludlow, 88;
arrested, 90; tried and executed, 99, 216, 217; made Richard III.
supervisor of his will, 99, 160; his literary attainments, 115; his son
a minor, 109
Robsart, Sir Terry, knighted after Tewkesbury, 77
Rochester, Bishop of, Dr. Audley, at Richard's coronation, 144, 146
Rockingham Forest, 1
Rogers, Thomas, keeper of the ships, 135, 144
Rogers, Mr. Thorold, on the character of Edward IV., 37; on the Wars of
the Roses, 104; opinion of churchmen, 118; disbelief in the murder of
Henry VI., 198
Roos, Lord, with Henry and Margaret at York, 24, 27; beheaded at
Hexham, 59
Roos, Sir Henry, pardoned after Tewkesbury, 77
Roos, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury, 76
Rose of Raby, _see_ York, Duchess of
Roses, Wars of the, their causes, 6, 104; the nobility not annihilated,
37, 105; not a war of the people, 104
Rotherham, Archbishop, 88, 100
Roucliffe, Brian, Baron of the Exchequer, 145
Rouen, children of the Duke of York born at, 3, 6
Rous, John, an unblushing time server, 173, 174; on Richard's birth,
186; reason of his silence about Tewkesbury, 191; Henry VI., 195;
Countess of Warwick, 201; trial of Rivers, 217 _n._; death of Queen
Anne, 228; adoption of Warwick as heir, alleged supersession by
Lincoln, 138; death of the princes, 244
Rumours of the deaths of the princes alleged to have existed, 239;
Croyland Monk, 240; no evidence, 241; Morton in the Isle of Ely, 242;
spread by Henry VII., 256
Russell, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, his speech on investiture of the Duke
of Burgundy with the Garter, 113; an upright prelate, 118; King
Richard's Chancellor, 144; at the coronation, 144; commissioner for
peace with Scotland, 145
Rutland, Earl of, _see_ Edmund
Saints' days, letters always dated on, 119
St. Albans, battles of, 17, 56, 57
St. Albans, Book of, 108
St. Asaph, Bishop of, B. Redman, 129, 146; commissioner for peace with
Scotland, 145
St. David's, Bishop, 109. _See_ Langton
St. Denis, at York, Earl of Northumberland buried at, 34
St. Germain, Walter, loyal to the last, 252
St. John, Prior of, _see_ Langstrother
St. Leger, Sir Thomas, traitor, 131; beheaded, 132
St. Liz, Simon de, founder of Fotheringhay, 1
St. Lo, Sir John, knighted at Tewkesbury, 77
St. Martin's Day, stock killed and salted on, 121
St. Martin's le Grand sanctuary, Anne Nevill in, 81
St. Miheil, 60
St. Pol, Duke of Burgundy's Court, 43, 60
Salisbury, Buckingham beheaded at, 132
Salisbury, Bishop of, 100; traitor, 132, 146; at Richard's coronation,
144. _See_ Woodville
Salisbury, Earl of, with the Duke of York at Sandal, 10, 13; at
Wakefield, 14; taken prisoner and put to death, 16, 21; head exposed at
York, 17; funeral at Bisham, 34; town house at Cold Harbour, 110
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