Authors: Sarah Gristwood
increased independence, 296–8, 301–2
and Lancastrian opposition, 104
love of money, 326, 333–4
marriage (de la Pole), 36, 41, 80
marriage (Stafford), 58, 134–5, 335
marriage (Stanley), 134–6, 333, 335
marriage (Tudor), 41–3, 54
and Prince Arthur, 256–7
and Prince Henry, 324–6
and Princes in the Tower, 202–4, 208
relations with Elizabeth of York, 265–7, 269–73, 312
religiosity, 42, 163, 269, 286, 317–18, 333
and Richard III’s accession, 198–9
status as
feme sole
, 250, 296
her tomb, 335–6
and Tudor claim, 203–4, 206–7, 212, 220–1, 230–1, 233, 236–8, 243
vows of chastity, 297, 321–2
and Warwick rebellion, 107, 114
and Yorkist opposition, 78–9
Beaujeu, Anne of, 221, 234
Beaulieu Abbey, 133
Beaumont, Viscount, 100n
Bedford, George, Duke of, 167
Bedford, Jacquetta, Duchess of,
see
Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford
Beja, Duke of, 231
Beltane, 86
Berkhamsted, 106, 145–6, 158–9, 195, 236, 285
Bermondsey Abbey, 259, 262, 270, 275
Berwick, 77, 94
Bible stories, 170, 281
Black Jack, 94
Blackheath, 15, 38, 40, 288
Blanchardin and Eglantine
, 203
Blanche of Lancaster, 26
Blaybourne (archer), 30
Bletsoe, 26, 41
Blore Heath, battle of, 60
Bluemantle Pursuivant, 126
Bocking, John, 51
Boethius, 167, 227
Bohemia, 88, 97
Boleyn, Anne, 84
Bolton Hall, 128
Bona of Savoy, 88
Book of Kings, 281
Books of Hours
, 248, 256, 269, 303
Bordeaux, 44
Bosworth, battle of, 6, 235, 238–43, 247–8, 254–5, 261, 284
Bourbon, Duchess of, 96
Bourchier, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 190, 194, 198
Bourne Castle, 79
Brackenbury, Robert, 202
Brampton, Sir Edward, 230–1, 289
Bray, Reginald, 204, 221, 234, 243, 251, 271, 288, 321
Brecon Castle, 205
Brezé, Pierre de, 14, 93–4
Bridget of York, 168, 214, 279, 286, 309, 312
Bristol, 119, 273
Brittany, 95, 136, 172, 187, 199, 205–6, 211, 220, 262, 279–80
Bruges, 92, 102, 167
Buck, George, 133, 202, 205, 208
his letter, 224–7, 231, 268
Buckingham, Anne Neville, Duchess of, 58, 62, 69, 90
Buckingham, Katherine Woodville, Duchess of, 100, 127, 198, 212, 251, 264–5
Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of, 58, 65, 78
Buckingham, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of, 100, 127, 248, 251
and Princes in the Tower, 207–8, 210
his rebellion, 205–7
and Richard III’s accession, 180, 183–4, 186–9, 191–2, 195, 196, 198–9
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of, 320–1
Burgundy, 70, 95, 137, 146–9, 151, 164, 166, 172, 261–2, 326
Burneby, Thomas, 34
Bury St Edmunds, 33
Butler, Eleanor, 155–6, 187, 213
Cade, Jack, 37–8
Caen, 38
Caerleon, Lewis, 204
Caister Castle, 128
Calais, 44, 59, 61, 65, 93, 95, 106, 109, 117, 300–1
caltrops, 69
Cambrai, Bishop of, 294
Cambridge University, 322–4
see also
Queens’ College, Cambridge
Camulio, Prospero di, 69, 71, 73
Canterbury Cathedral, 34, 125, 166, 169
Carmarthen, 54, 79
catatonic schizophrenia, 45
Catesby, 220, 232
Caxton, William, 82, 161, 167, 170, 203, 257, 269
Cecily of York, 107, 136, 169–71, 214, 228, 256, 264–5, 279, 291–3, 304, 312
Welles marriage, 251, 293
Cerne Abbey, 118
Chamberlayne, Margaret, 13
Channel Islands, 93
Chapel Royal choir, 142
Charles, Duke of Burgundy, 31, 94, 101–3, 114, 137, 146–8
his death, 147–8, 151, 162
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 328, 329n
Charles VII, King of France, 12, 22, 33, 77
Charles VIII, King of France, 138, 143, 148, 165–6, 171, 199, 221, 234, 236
Chastellain, Georges, 21, 94–5, 201
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 22, 167
Cherbourg, 38
Cheynegates, 256, 259
child mortality, 308
childbirth and lying-in, 55–6
chivalric traditions, 14, 19–20, 101, 128, 304, 324
Christ’s College, Cambridge, 323–4
Christine de Pizan, 16, 18–20, 23, 46, 55, 61, 170, 179
churching, 45, 55, 97, 257
Clarence, Isabel Neville, Duchess of, 106, 109, 116–17, 132, 150–2
Clarence, George, Duke of and Anne Neville marriage, 131–3
appearance, 106
attainder, 152, 218–19
his death, 6, 153–7, 162, 165, 209
disregard for law, 151–2
early life, 35, 70, 79, 81
and Edward IV’s paternity, 106, 156–8, 193
and Elizabeth Woodville marriage, 89–91, 99, 155–6, 192
marriage, 105–7
and Mary of Burgundy, 105–6, 150–1
his rebellion, 105, 107–9, 111, 114–18, 121
Clarence, Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of, 25
Claver, Alice, 196
Clere, Elizabeth, 34
cloth of gold, 142–3
Cock, river, 72
Cock John
, 11
Coldharbour, 250, 288, 303, 329
College of St Martin-le-Grand, 132
Collyweston, 296–7, 301, 313, 322
comets, 129
Commynes, Philippe de, 117, 119–20, 137, 154, 156, 173, 192, 229
Cook, Sir Thomas, 103, 117
Corfe Castle, 288
Cornazzano, Antonio, 84
Cornelius (shoemaker), 103
Courtenay, Lady Katherine, 3–4, 310
Courtenay, William, 302
courtly love, 21, 46
Coventry, 52, 60, 62, 130
Cromwell, Oliver, 169
Crowland chronicle, 27, 72, 101, 115–16, 121, 132, 150, 152, 157, 168
and Princes in the Tower, 202, 206, 210
and Richard III’s reign, 183, 185, 191, 223–5, 230, 232
and Titulus Regius, 213–14
and Tudor accession, 237–9, 242, 252, 260
Croydon, 307, 325
crusades, 171
daisies, 81
Dampierre, Château de, 174
Darcy, Elizabeth, 269
Dartford, 312
Dauphin, the, see Charles VIII, King of France
de Ayala (Spanish envoy), 294
De Infantia Salvatoris
, 160
De Puebla (Spanish ambassador), 266, 268
Deal, 287
Dean, Agnes, 310
Deepden Woods, 94
Derby, Thomas Stanley, Earl of, 4, 60, 199, 205, 208, 211–12, 222, 284, 335
his death, 321
and Henry VII’s accession, 234–8, 240, 250, 254
marriage, 134–6, 333, 335
and wife’s independence, 297, 301–2
devotio moderna
, 160
Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophers
, 170
Ditton, Mistress, 265
Dominic, Master, 97
Dorset, Cecily, Marchioness of, 256, 279
Dorset, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of, 120, 173, 181, 184–5, 205–6, 231, 236–7, 256, 279
Dorset, Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of, 4, 302
Dover, 37, 164, 301
Dublin, 35
Dudley, Edmund, 326, 330
Dumfries, 66
Dunstable, 70
Dürer, Albrecht, 62
Durham Cathedral, 144
Edgecote, 107
Edith of the Swan Neck, 242
Edward the Confessor, 44–5
Edward II, King, 17, 33
Edward III, King, 25, 101, 126, 128
Edward IV, King
accession, 71–2
appearance, 30, 84
Burgundy negotiations, 137, 148–9, 164–5, 171–2
and Clarence’s execution, 6, 152–7, 209
his death, 173–4, 179–81, 209
disregard for law, 153
and Duke of York’s reburial, 142–3
and Edward V’s upbringing, 130
French expedition, 136–8
and Henry VII’s accession, 206
and Lancastrian opposition, 94, 104
marriage, 83–92, 155–6, 179, 192, 212–13
minority, 61–3, 68, 70–1
mistresses, 131, 155–6, 173, 192
paternity, 29–31, 106, 157–8, 192–3
his reign, 78–82, 97–8, 140, 249
and Richard III’s marriage, 132
royal household, 126, 137
seals of office, 186, 194
and Warwick rebellion, 107–12, 114, 116–20, 122
his will, 136–7, 186
and Woodville family, 100–1
Edward V, King, 114–16, 118, 125, 129, 136, 171, 269
imprisonment and death, 6, 185, 191, 201, 206–10, 215–16
and Richard III’s accession, 174, 180, 182–8, 190–2, 198–200
Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales, 44–6, 51, 73, 110–11, 115, 119
his death 120, 122, 132–3, 139, 209
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, 134, 200, 218–19
Elizabeth I, Queen, 46, 61, 69,
142n, 331, 333, 338
Elizabeth of York
and Anne Neville, 224
appearance, 253, 266, 320
childbirth, 256–7, 259–60, 275–6, 279, 310–11
her coronation, 263–5
cultural influence, 269
her death, 311
early life, 97, 108, 111, 113, 127, 133, 153, 168
education and reading, 168–70
estates, 167
finances, 273–4, 280, 308–10
and Fotheringhay, 142n
her funeral, 1–6, 311–12
and Henry VII’s accession, 149–50
and Katherine Gordon, 289–92
marriage, 24, 172, 204, 206, 209, 212, 222, 235, 249–50, 252–5, 268, 306–7
and Prince Arthur’s wedding and death, 303–4, 306–7
proposed match with Dauphin, 138, 143, 148, 165–6, 171, 199
as queen, 266–8, 270–2, 280, 283–4, 288–9, 293, 300–1, 307–8