Blood Sisters (52 page)

relations with Margaret Beaufort, 265–7, 269–73

religiosity, 161, 269

and Richard III, 224–9, 231–6, 253

her tomb, 336

and Tudor claim, 213–14, 219–20, 249–50

Elizabeth Tudor, 279, 287

Elphin, Bishop of, 72, 79

Eltham, 90, 126, 167–8, 186, 273, 280, 295, 327

Empson, Richard, 326, 330

English Chronicle
, 60

Erasmus, 295, 335

Essex, Earl of, 91

Exeter, Anne of York,

Duchess of, 80, 98, 116–17, 127, 146

Exeter, Henry Holland, Duke of, 80, 146

Exeter Cathedral, 59

Exhill, 99

exorcism, 45

Fabian, Robert, 46, 86, 97, 118, 120, 201

Falcon
, 164

Falconbridge, Bastard of, 119

Farnham, 259–60, 288

Fastolf, Sir John, 128

feme sole
, 250, 296

Ferdinand of Aragon, 52n, 266–7, 294, 324–5, 327

Fisher, John, 42, 56, 81, 251, 316–19, 322–3, 326, 331–3, 335

Flodden, battle of, 327n

Florence, 165

Flour, William, 15

Fotheringhay, 32, 106, 140, 142–5, 149, 169, 285, 322

Francis, Duke of Brittany, 136, 172, 220, 262

Francisco, Master, 13

French language, 81–2, 170, 293, 328

Fuensalida (Spanish envoy), 328

Gascoigne, Dr Thomas, 22

Geoffrey of Vinsauf, 87

George VI, King, 195n

Germany, 88, 95

Ghent, 30, 200

gillyflowers, 88

Gloucester, Anne, Duchess of, see Neville, Anne

Gloucester, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of, 108n

Gloucester, Humfrey, Duke of, 15, 22–3, 26, 33, 37, 39, 80, 82, 108n, 180

Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, see Richard III, King

Gloucester, 201, 205

Golden Legend
,
The
(
Legenda Aurea
), 160, 167, 286

Gordon, Lady Katherine, 287, 289–92, 312

Grafton, 83, 86

Gravesend, 164, 311

Gray, Katherine, 265

Great Chronicle of London
, 71–2, 86, 94, 103, 131, 154, 233

Great Lynford, 167

Great Wardrobe accounts, 196, 273

Gregory’s Chronicle
, 62, 64, 66, 69, 72, 94

Grey, Jane, 338

Grey, John, 70, 78, 180

Grey, Richard, 183–4, 188–90, 195, 232

Grufydd, Elis, 57

Gruuthuyse, Lord, 126–9

Guildford, Jane, 310

Hadington Castle, 314

Hall, Edward, 66–7, 83–4, 86, 110, 120, 139, 173, 229, 282, 290

Hallysworth, Doctor, 311

Hampton Court, 310

Harlech, 64

Harold, King, 242

Hastings, Lord, 120, 173, 180–3, 185, 188, 199, 201, 296

Hatfield House, 29, 301

Haute, Richard, 138

Hawkins, John, 103

Haynin, Jean de, 81

headdresses, 143

Hearne’s ‘Fragment’, 84

Helton, John, 51

Henry IV, King, 25, 27–8, 108n

Henry V, King, 12, 17, 25, 28, 35

Henry VI, King

and Cade’s rebellion, 38

captivity, 64–6, 96, 117

cession of French territories, 12, 22–3, 33, 35

childlessness, 34–5, 39, 41–2

his death, 120, 122, 209

defeat and deposition, 64–6, 71–3, 78, 94–6

finances, 39

and Henry VII’s accession, 252

incapacity, 45–6, 48–51, 175, 180

marriage, 11–12, 14, 31

minority, 17, 21, 25, 47, 174, 180, 182

personality, 17–18, 40

Readeption, 113–15, 121–2

and Suffolk’s banishment, 36–7

wounded at St Albans, 49–50

Henry VII, King

accession, 247–51

appearance, 253

and battle of Bosworth, 237, 240–3

birth, 55–8

and Buckingham rebellion, 205–6, 211

claim to throne, 203–4, 206–7, 209, 212, 219–21

and Elizabeth of York’s death, 312, 319–21

exile in Brittany, 122, 136, 187, 199, 205, 211

expedition against France, 279–80

and French support, 220–1, 234, 236–7

household ordinances, 270

illness and death, 326–30

and Katherine Gordon, 290–1

and Lancastrian opposition, 104, 108, 114, 122, 174

marriage, 24, 172, 204, 206, 209, 212, 222, 225, 228–9, 249, 252–5, 268, 306–7

miserliness, 273–5, 321, 326

and Prince Arthur’s wedding and death, 303–4, 306–7

and Prince Henry’s upbringing, 312, 324, 328

and Princes in the Tower, 202, 208–9

his reign and pretenders, 255, 258–63, 277–84, 287–99

religiosity, 329

his tomb, 336

wardship, 79, 104

and Yorkist line, 209, 247, 267–8, 273, 284–5, 291

Henry VIII, King, 147, 272, 318, 326, 329n, 333

accession, 330–1

appearance, 30, 84, 331

and chivalric traditions, 14, 324

marriage, 320, 324, 331

minority, 276, 284, 292, 295, 302, 304, 324–8

and mother’s death, 312

strict upbringing, 312, 324, 328

and Tudor succession, 321

and Yorkist line, 209, 331

Herbert, Edward, 330

Herbert, Sir William, 79, 104

Hereford, 65, 130

Herman, Bawder, 121

Higdon, Ranulf, 167

Hilton, Walter, 160, 319

Historical notes of a London citizen
, 209–10

Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV
, The, 113, 116, 119

Hitchin, 43–4

Holinshed, Raphael, 67, 139, 172

Hooh, Hans van, 311

Hookham, Mary Ann, 174

Hospital of St John, 232

Humber, river, 116

Hume, David, 24

Hundred Years War, 12, 16, 44

Hungary, 12

Hunsdon, 283

Inns of Court, 296

Ireland, 35–6, 38, 61, 68, 260, 280–1, 287, 289

Isabel, Infanta, 230

Isabella of Castile, 50, 52n, 89, 266–7, 271, 281, 283, 293–4, 320, 324

Isabella of France, 17, 37, 47

Isabelle of Lorraine, 17

Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 69–70, 85, 97, 101, 103, 115, 133

her death, 126

and Elizabeth Woodville’s coronation, 90–1, 265

and Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage, 87–8

witchcraft accusations, 107–8, 213

James III, King of Scotland, 66

James IV, King of Scotland, 287–8, 294, 305, 313–14

James V, King of Scotland, 327n

Jerusalem, 12

Jesus College, Cambridge, 323

Joan of Arc, 17, 29, 50, 69

Joan of Navarre, 108n

Joana of Portugal, 230

John of Gaunt, 25–6, 28, 30, 128, 151, 230–1, 236

Juana of Castile, 300, 325–8

Katherine of Aragon, 50, 170, 266–7, 271–2, 282, 320, 325, 328

marriage (Prince Arthur), 266, 293, 298, 302–4

marriage (Prince Henry), 320, 324, 331

Katherine of Valois, 41, 47, 259

Katherine of York, 167, 214, 279, 284, 302, 309, 311

Kempis, Thomas à, 160, 333

Kendal, 302

Kenilworth, 52, 128, 260

Kent, 37, 113, 167

Kerver, Wechon, 311

Kincaid, Arthur, 226–7

Knights of the Bath, 90, 264

Knights of the Garter, 41, 169, 272

Knowsley, 212, 297

Lathom, 212, 238, 285, 297

Latin, 169–70, 294

Leicester, 37, 238, 242

Leland, John, 263–4, 305, 336

Lessy, Richard, 285

Liber Niger
, 126

Liber Regalis
, 196, 198, 251

Life of Our Lady
,
The
, 167

Lincluden Abbey, 66

Lincoln, John de la Pole, Earl of, 153, 180, 256, 260, 264, 298, 315

Lincoln, 201

Little Device
, 196

Livre de Coeur de l’Amour Epris
, 20

London Bridge, 90, 165

Louis XI, King of France, 77, 93, 96, 102, 104, 109–10, 115, 151, 174, 283

his death, 221

designs on Burgundy, 147–9

English negotiations, 137–8, 148, 165–6, 171

Machiavelli and, 110

Louis XIV, King of France, 329n

Love, Nicholas, 159–60

‘Loveday’, 58

Lovell, Lord, 220

Lucy, Elizabeth, 156

Ludford Bridge, rout of, 61

Ludlow, 32, 40, 61, 129–30, 182–3, 200, 284, 305–6, 324

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 110

Maine, 12, 22–3, 35

Malines, 163, 262

Malory, Thomas, 19, 86, 167, 228n, 257

Mancini, Dominic, 30, 84, 88–9, 129, 154–6, 173–4, 201

and Richard III’s accession, 182, 184, 186, 190, 193, 197

Manner and Guiding of the Earl of Warwick
,
The
, 110

March, Edward, Earl of,
see
Edward IV, King

Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy appearance, 81

and Clarence marriage, 150–1

her death, 315

early life, 32, 80–2, 90

and Edward IV, 137, 148–9

English negotiations, 162–7

and Henry VII’s accession, 247, 261–2

love of books, 81–2, 167

marriage, 102–3

and Mary of Burgundy’s death, 171, 199–200

and Perkin Warbeck affair, 277, 280–3, 285, 287–9, 291, 295, 298–9

political role, 146–9

religiosity, 82, 160–1, 163–4, 319

and Richard III’s accession, 199–200

sexual accusations, 102, 283

and Warwick rebellion, 112, 114, 116–17

Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, 293

Margaret, Queen of Scots, 56, 275–6, 294–5, 300, 305, 313–14, 327n, 338

Margaret of York, 126

Marguerite of Anjou

and Anne Neville marriage, 110–11, 115

appearance, 14, 87–8