Read Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors Online
Authors: Chris Skidmore
Tags: #England/Great Britain, #Nonfiction, #Tudors, #History, #Military & Fighting, #History, #15th Century
The papal dispensation for Henry’s marriage is printed in
Materials
, vol. I, pp. 392–8. For the battle of Stoke, see M. Bennett,
The Battle of Stoke
(1987) while the fate of Francis, Viscount Lovell is investigated in D. Baldwin, ‘What happened to Lord Lovell?’,
The Ricardian
VII, no. 89 (1985), pp. 56–65. For Northumberland’s death,
Paston Letters
, vol. VI, pp. 127–8,
Materials
, vol. II, p. 447,
Great Chronicle
, p. 242, and comment by John Skelton,
The Complete English Poems
, pp.31–2. For tavern gossip at York, York House Books VII fo. 39r. For Sir Marmaduke Constable’s final years, see Dockray, ‘Sir Marmaduke Constable’, pp. 221–2. The importance of St Armel has been highlighted by M. Jones in
Bosworth: Psychology of a Battle
(2004) and by J.D. Austin in
Merevale Church and Abbey: The Stained Glass, Monuments and History of the Church of Our Lady and Merevale Abbey
(1998) and
Merevale and Atherstone: 1485: Recent Bosworth Discoveries
(2004). The Dadlington warrant is from TNA C82/367/15 with the letter of confraternity also printed in O.D. Harris, ‘The Bosworth commemoration at Dadlington’,
The Ricardian
VII (1985), pp. 115–31. Henry VII’s will is printed in
The Will of Henry VII
, ed. T. Astle (London, 1775). Commynes’ comment is from
Memoirs
, p. 397.
Chapter 14: Bosworth Rediscovered
The fierce debate over the location of the battle site was first stoked by C. Richmond, ‘The Battle of Bosworth’,
History Today
XXXV, no. 8 (August 1985), only to be challenged by D. Williams in
The Ricardian
VII, no. 90 (September 1985). There have been a legion of articles on the subject of the exact location of the battle; however, Peter Foss’s work remains the most important and detailed reassessment of the battle site, proved mostly correct by the new archaeological discoveries, which are described in G. Foard, ‘Discovering Bosworth’,
British Archaeology
(May–June 2010) and G. Foard, ‘Have we discovered where Richard died?’,
BBC History Magazine
, vol. 11, no. 3 (March 2010). On landmarks such as the windmill, see Westminster Abbey Muniments 14463 and TNA Chancery Proceedings Series II Bundle 56/101. The Dadlington Court Records are in Leicestershire Record Office, 2D71. On the name of ‘Sandeford’ see T. Thornton, ‘The Battle of Sandeford: Henry Tudor’s understanding of the meaning of Bosworth Field’,
Historical Research
78 (2005), pp. 436–42.
Edward VI
Death and the Virgin
Bosworth
This book would not have been possible without the generous and kind assistance of many people, to whom I am extremely grateful. At Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Alan Samson commissioned the book, and Bea Hemming has seen the work through all stages of the editing process. For all their help, both by way of encouragement and in providing assistance in the research and writing of the book, I am also indebted to Jonathan Pegg, Peter Foss, Sean Cunningham, James Ross, Hannes Kleineke, Jessica Lutkin, Tracey Sowerby, Paul Cavill, Louis Daillencourt, Richard Knox, Peter Hammond, Steve Gunn, Carolyn Hammond, Geoffrey Wheeler, Wendy Moorhen, David Baldwin, Lara Eakins, Livia Visser Fuchs, Rosemary Horrox, Michael Jones, Cliff Davies, Erkin Gozutok and Robert Woosnam and the Royal Armouries for sharing their expertise on Richard’s wounds. Lydia Wilson has also provided constant support, ever since giving me my first tour of the battlefield sites. I apologise if I have omitted anyone who deserves mention in my thanks, and naturally all errors and mistakes are my own.
In writing
Bosworth
I have been struck by how many people felt able to share with me their expertise and dedication. In particular, Lesley Boatwright devoted hours to transcribing and translating the Latin manuscript of Polydore Vergil’s
Anglia Historia
, which I have made use of in my descriptions of Henry Tudor’s march through Wales and the battle itself. An excellent scholar of the battle, sadly Lesley died suddenly in late 2012. Though she never had the chance to read this book, it is to her memory that I have chosen to dedicate this work.
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