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
King Edward IV. died at Westminster on April 9, 1483, and was buried at
Windsor. He had gone through a marriage ceremony with Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Richard Woodville of Grafton, and widow of Sir John
Grey of Groby, on May 1, 1464. Besides the priest and his assistant,
the only witnesses were Lady Grey's mother and two unnamed gentlewomen.
Edward IV. had three sons and seven daughters by Lady Grey, of whom two
sons and five daughters survived him.[10] He also had one son and one
daughter {87} by Elizabeth Lucy.[11] The Duke of Clarence had left a
son Edward and a daughter[12] by Isabella, daughter of the Earl of
Warwick.
[1] Lord Scrope was faithful to the end. His sister Agnes was married
to Sir Richard Ratcliffe, one of the most loyal of Richard's friends.
[2] James Metcalfe of Nappa, near Aysgarth, served at the battle of
Agincourt. He had two sons, Miles and Thomas. Immediately after his
accession Richard III. appointed Miles Metcalfe one of the Judges of
the County Palatine of Lancaster, and Thomas Metcalfe Chancellor of the
Duchy (_York Records_, p. 58 _n_).
[3] According to Rous he was seven and a half in 1483, when he was made
Prince of Wales. But the date in the text is more probable. See
Sandford, p. 410.
[4] _York Records_, p. 125 _n._
[5] _Plumpton Correspondence_.
[6] See the _History of the Collegiate Church of Middleham_, by the
Rev. Wm. Atthill (Camden Society, 1847). The licence for erecting the
church into a college was granted to the Duke of Gloucester on February
21, 1478, and he issued the Statutes on July 18, 1478. Miss Halsted,
the laborious and conscientious biographer of Richard III., had a
romantic attachment for Middleham, as the scene of the ill-fated young
King's happy married life. She eventually married the Rector, and was
buried in Middleham Church.
[7] _Rot. Parl._ 17 Ed. iv. p. 2, m. 16.
[8] _Rot. Parl._ vi. 204.
[9] Gairdner, p. 48, quoting Brewer's _Letters and Papers of Henry
VIII._, vol. i. nos. 4518-5090, and vol. iv. no. 133.
[10] Elizabeth, born at Westminster on February 11, 1465. (Sandford
says 1466, but Nicolas gives good reason for 1465 being the year.)
Cicely. The date of her birth is not recorded; but she came next to
Elizabeth. Henry Tudor married her to his old uncle, Lord Welles, some
time before December 1487. On his death in 1499, she married one Kyme
of Lincolnshire. She died in about 1503.
Edward was born in sanctuary on November 14, 1470. On July 26, 1471,
he was created Prince of Wales, and on June 20, 1475, Duke of Cornwall
and Earl of Chester. He was also created Earl of March and Pembroke.
Richard was born at Shrewsbury in 1473, and was created Duke of York on
May 28, 1474, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Warren and Nottingham on Feb.
7, 1477. On January 15, 1478, he was married to Anne, daughter and
heiress of John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, she being then aged six. She
died soon afterwards.
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