Blood Sisters (51 page)

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