Index Rulers and their consorts and children are under their first names. Royal peers are under their title, non-royal members of the peerage and the episcopate are under their family names.

Aleyn, Dr John, 82. Benet, John, chronicle, 82. Alverton, , 34n. Bennett, H.S., his The Pastons and Their André, Bernard, Historia Regis Henrici England, 79. Septimi, 68. Berkeley estate 1281–1417, 105–06. Andrewes, John, 77, 84 Bewdley, Worcs., 23; bridge, 27–29; chapel Annaghdown, bishop, see Barrett, of St Anne with Yorkist armorial glass Thomas. in windows, 28–29; ferry, 28; incorpora- Anon., The True Tragedy of Richard III, tion, 28; manor, lords of, 27, 28, and see Stationers’ Register 1594, 62. York, Richard, duke of, Edward IV and Arderne, John, bridgeman of Henley-on- Richard III; parish church see Thames, 26. Ribbesford St Leonard; receiver, 27,and Arundel, John, incumbent of All Saints see Croft, Richard; steward, 27n, and Huntspill (1416–54), 33–34. see Hampton, John; Tickenhill, 28; toll- Ashton, Somerset, 35n. house and gaol, 28; warden of bridge, Athelney abbey, Somerset, 32. 27, 28, and see Rode, Walter. Atherstone, Leics., 48, 55. Bird, George, controller of customs of Audley, Edmund, bishop of Rochester, 26. Newcastle, 23 and n. Aveland wapentake, Kesteven, Lincs., Bishopsthorpe, Yorks., 21n. 29–30. Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–75), De Axe, River, Somerset, 35. mulieribus claris, 63; editions and trans- lations in Europe 1528–96, 63. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 72. Boece, Hector, Historia gentis Scotorum, Banaster, Henry, of Upton, Leics., 48. 60. Banaster, John, of Bosworth, 48. Bona of Savoy, proposed wife for Edward Banaster, Thomas (d. 1550), son of John, IV, 64, 68. wives and family, 48. Bonville, Cecily (d. 1529), wife of Thomas Bancroft, Richard, archbishop of Grey, marquess Dorset (d. 1501), 33. Canterbury, 71. Border defence on Scottish marches, 23. Baptest, Mr, of household of Elizabeth I, Boswell?, William, 85. 61. Bosworth, Leics., 48; battle of: Ambion Baretti, Giuseppe, The Italian Library, 71. Hill, 51, 54, 55; archaeology, 52–55; Barnstaple bridge, 21, 22. artefacts, 40, 48, 52–4; artillery (use of), Barrett, Thomas, parson of Brean, bishop pieces, shot, and weapons, 41, 48 and n, of Annaghdown, 34 and n, 35. 52–54; Ashby Canal 1804, pre-canal Basle, Switzerland, 11; Historical Museum, map 1793, 37, 38 and n, 43; Battlefields Fig. 2. Trust Survey 2005–09, 37, 44n, 45, 52; Beaufort, John, duke of Somerset, father Bodleian Library, Ashmole MS 1448 of Margaret, countess of Richmond, 65. (account of battle), 41–42; the ‘brown Beaufort, Lady Margaret, countess of heath’, 38, 41–42, 46, 51, 55; burials, 49; Richmond, 59, 63, 64, 65; husband, see Burton (William, 1575–1645), family, Stanley, Thomas. lands and his Description, 47–48, 55; Belinus, son of Tonwenna, 63, 68. Calais Chronicle, 46; Carpet Lane, 38; Bempstone hundred, Somerset, 35. Commynes’, Memoires, 53n; Crown

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Bosworth (cont.): Brennus, victor of battle of Allia against Hill, 37, 38, 49; demesne terrier of Rome, 63, 67, 68; see his mother Leicester abbey, 37–42, 43, 49; Fabyan’s Tonwenna. Chronicle, annotated copy, 46; ‘Fennes Bridgend, Lincs., 29–31; causeway of Hole’, 40, 56; Fenn Lane Farm, 53, 54; 16–30 bridges, 29–31; Gilbertine priory Fenn Lanes, 40, 43, 44, 51, 53, 54, 56; of St Saviour, 29–31; licences to ask for Fen Meadows, 39, 40, 44, 49; field alms, 29, 30. names, 37–42; the ‘Fomers’, 41, 44, 56; bridges, 21–25; endowments, 22. Foxcover Farm, 42; geology and soil, Bridgnorth, Salop., 27. 39–40, 42–52; Hinkley-Lyre agreement, Bristol Channel, 32, 35. 42, 44n; Holinshed’s Chronicle, 50n, 55; Britnell, Richard, essays in his honour, the ‘hollow’, 38, 40, 49, 51, 54; location 110–12. of battle, 37–57; map, 51; Molinet, Brown, John, goldsmith of London, 6. Chroniques, 53n, 56; Nichols’ History of Brown(e), William, stapler of Stamford, Hinckley, 49; Ordnance Survey 1835, 38, Lincs., 25, 123–24; his daughter, 25. 39, 41; participants in battle, 48; peat, Brue River, Somerset, 32, 33. pits, bog, wetland, 38–40, 42–52, 55–57; Bruges, church of Our Lady, 1. railway 1870s, 38, 43; the ‘Redemore’, Buckingham’s rebellion, 33; floods, 27. 42–46, 51, 55, 57; ‘Sandeford’, 56; sce- Burgundy, Anglo-Burgundian alliances, 4, nario of battle, 42, 51, 55–57; Sence 5; Anthony, the Great Bastard of, 2; River and tributaries, 40–41, 44, 46, 51; Charles the Bold, duke of, 1–19, 66;his slaughter, 57; Vergil, Polydore, 56, 57; wedding to Margaret of York, 1, 2;his York House Books, 42; and see painter, see Coustain, Pierre; his gold- Dadlington, Fenny Drayton, Higham- smith, see Loyset, Gerard; his jewels on-the-Hill, Stoke Golding, Sutton lost at the battle of Grandson, Fig. 2, 11, Cheney, Upton. 13; coat of arms and badge, 14–16;his Boteler, Ralph, lord Sudeley, 1. death, 16; garters and Garter member- Bourchier, Elizabeth (born Dynham), wife ship, Figs 1 and 2, 1–19; Garter of Fulk, lord Fitzwarin, married (2) stallplate, Fig. 3; Mary, duchess of, John Sapcote, 33, 34. 21–22; Philip the Good, duke of, 15. Bourchier, Fulk, lord Fitzwarin (d. 1479), Burnham, Somerset, lord of Huish in, 32. 33. Burton, William, of Lindley (1575–1645), Bourchier, Henry, earl of Essex, 1. Description of Leicestershire, and family, Bourchier, John, incumbent of All Saints 47–48, 55. Hunstpill (1454–67), 34. Butler, earls of Ormond, 31, 33, 35. Bourchier, John, lord Berners, 1. Butler, James, 5th earl of Ormond, 1st Bourchier, John, lord Fitzwarin (d. 1539), earl of Wiltshire, treasurer of England, 33. 80. Bourchier, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, 34. Caister, castle, 76, 77, 78, 80, 85. Bourchier, William, Lord Fitzwarin Calais, flooding as defence, 21; lieutenant, (d. 1469), 34. see Dynham Lord; Calais Chronicle, 46. Brackley, Friar John, Franciscan, 75–86. Cambridge, 30, 65; Emmanuel College, Brandon, Cambs., causeway, 22. 69, 71; university, 76. Bray, Reynold, servant of Margaret Canterbury, 80. Beaufort, 65. Carent, Nicholas, incumbent of All Saints Brean in Brentmarsh, Somerset, floods, 31, Hunstpill (1454–67), 34. 34–35; parson, see Barrett, Thomas. Carpenter, John, bishop of Worcester, 27.

140 Index causeways, 22; hermits or keepers, 22;and Earith, Hunts., causeway, 22. see bridges. East Anglia, 75–76. Caversham, Oxon, 26. Edgecote, battle (1469), 5. Cawood, Yorks., 21n. Edith, daughter of Earl Godwin, queen of Chaucer, Alice, dowager duchess of Edward the Confessor, 63. Suffolk, 81, 83. Edmund, earl of Rutland (d. 1460), 65. Chembrigia, daughter of Gurguntius, 72. Edward III, 30. Chokke, Sir Richard, justice of common Edward IV, king of England, 21, 25, 28, 29, pleas, 35n. 31, 33, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68 (secret mar- Clarence, George, duke of, 1, 5, 33, 63, 64, riage), 69 (children); two sons, 64;and 65, 66; prophecy of G, 64, 69–70. the order of the Garter, 1–19; his addi- Clotilde, queen of France, 61. tions to the statutes of the Garter, Colchester, 84. 17–19; and the order of the Golden Colvin, Sir Howard, 49–50. Fleece, 1–19; acknowledged king, 84;as Colwych, Robert, tailor of London, 7. earl of March, 78, 80, 81, 83; Towton Commynes, Philippe de, Memoires, 53n. Battlefield chapel, 52. Cordelia, youngest daughter of King Lear, Edward the Confessor, 63. 67, 68. Edward V, 25, 64, 66; as prince of Wales, Cornwall, landing of Warbeck, 68. 28, 69. Cosyn, Robert, mercer of London, clerk Edward VI, 59, 71. of the Great Wardrobe, 7. Edward, prince of Wales, son of Henry Coustain, Pierre, painter of Charles, duke VI, 64, 65, 80. of Burgundy, 14. Elam, John, of Henley-on-Thames, 23, 24. Coventry, parliament (1459), 75, 79, 81, 82. Elizabeth I, 59, 60–61, 62, 63, 64, 72;New Cox, Professor Barrie, 37. Year’s gifts to queen, 60–61; the Queen’s Créquy, Jean, lord of, 3. Men, 62; her mother, 64. Crewkerne, Somerset, 33 and n. Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII, 59, Croft, Richard, receiver of manor of 63, 64, 65, 69. Bewdley, 27, 29. Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV, Croft, Sir James, 59–60. 28, 59, 63, 64, 68–70; secret marriage, crusade, 4. 68; devotion to the Virgin, 17. Elmes John, senior, of Henley-on- Dadlington, Leics., 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, Thames, 25, 26n. 46, 48, 51; chantry, 50, 52; church and Elmes, John, husband of daughter of burials, 49–50, 52; court rolls, 39n, 40n, William Brown of Stamford, 25. 42, 43n; ‘Fennes Hole’, 40, 56; manor Ely, bishop of, 22. of, 48; tithe map 1843, 39. Eton, W., 78. Daniel, John, 86. Exchequer, Issue Rolls, 6; Tellers’ Rolls, 6, Daniel, Thomas, 77. 7. Davis, Norman, 75. Donington, Lincs., 30. Fabyan, Robert, The New Cronycles of Dorchester, 25. England (1516), 68; Chronicle, annotated Douglas, James, earl Douglas, 1. copy, 46. Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester, 60. Fastolf, Sir John, his death and will, Dunwich, Franciscan friary, 84. 75–86. Durfort, Gaillard de, lord of Duras, 1. Felbrigg, 82. Dynham, John, lord, lieutenant of Calais, Felmingham, Master Clement, 22, 32; his steward, see Sapcote, John. Augustinian friar, 76, 77, 78, 84, 86.

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Fenne, Hugh atte, supervisor of Sir John Gobet, Gilles, Toison d’or King of Arms, Fastolf’s will, 75. 3. Fenny Drayton, Leics., 41, 42, 51, 55. Goddard, Dr [...], 83. Fens, the, Lincs, 29–31. Godwin the Rich of Lincoln, 30. Ferdinand, king of Naples, 10. Goldyng, Thomas, bridgeman of Henley- Ferrex and Porrex, their mother, 72;and on-Thames, 24. see Sackville, Thomas. Gordon, Alexander, earl of Huntley, father Filongley, Henry, nephew by marriage to of Katherine, 63, 66. Sir John Fastolf, 80. Gordon, Katherine, daughter of earl of Fisher, Richard, secretary to Richard Huntley, wife of Perkin Warbeck, 59, Neville, earl of Warwick, 77. 64, 66, 68. FitzAlan, Henry, 12th earl of Arundel, 60, Gorhambury, lord keeper’s gallery, 71–72. 71. Grandson, battle (1476), 11, 13. Fitzjames, John of Redlinch, Somerset, 31. Gresham, James, 84. Fitzwalter, John, lord, 78. Grey, Edward, viscount Lisle, 29; husband Fleece, Golden, order of, 1, 2; chapters, 1, of Elizabeth Talbot, baroness Lisle in 2, 4; collar, 2, 3, 4; oath, 4; statutes, 2, 4; own right, 29. secretary, see Steenberg, Martin; Toison Grey, Thomas, marquess Dorset, 33. d’or / Golden Fleece King of Arms, see Gunthorpe, John, dean of Wells, keeper of Gobet, Gilles. privy seal, 34. floods, 21–35; defence against enemies, 21. Gurney, [...], 76. Florence, Italy, 59, 71. Gwentolena, wife of Lotrynus, 68. Fortescue, Sir John, 82. Gyldone, Godfrey, of Henley-on-Thames, Foscarini, Doge Marco, 71. 23, 24. Foss, Peter J., The Field of Redemore, 40, 41, 42, 47 and n, 51, 52, 55. Haddington Castle on Scots Border, 60. France, 2. Hall, Edward, Union of the Two Noble and France, 64, 65; king, see Louis XI. Illustre Families (1548), 67, 68. Frederick III, emperor, 6, 11–12. Hampton, John, steward of Bewdley, 27n. friars, orders of, 75–76, 77, 79, 84. Harcourt, Sir Robert, 1; fought at Fugger, Jacob, 11. Bosworth, 48; his steward, see Banaster, John. Gairdner, James, 75. Hardyng, John, Chronicle (1543), 67, 70. Gamage, John, parish priest of Henley- Harris, Oliver, 50. on-Thames, 26 and n. Hastings, Edward, son of William, Lord Garter, order of, 1–19; achievements Hastings, 26. (banner, sword, stall plate), 13–16; Hatton, Sir Christopher, 60. insignia (garter, mantle), Fig. 2, 6, 7, 8, Hayes, John, Richard III’s receiver in west 9; motto, 9, 11, 12; patron saints, 8, 17– parties, 31 and n, 33, 35. 19; statutes, 2, 3, 17–19. Helen, daughter of King Coel, mother of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Constantine, 67, 68. Britanniae, 63, 67; abridgment by Henley-on-Thames, Oxon., 23–27; assem- Ludovico Pontico Virunio (1585), 67. bly books, 23; bridge, 23–27; bridge Ghent, 4, 6. chapel of St Anne, 25; bridgemen, 23, Gibbes, David, parson of St Leonard 24, and see Arderne, Robert, Goldyng, Ribbesford, 29; his parents, 29. Thomas, Richmond, John, Wryghte, , 32. John; Clappers way, 23, 24 and n; Gloucester, bridge and causeway, 23. church of St Mary and bells, 25, 26;

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court and steward, 26; curate, 26,and Huntingdon, Hunts., 30. see Vasor, Peter; grain trade, 25; grants, Huntspill Delahayes, manor of, Somerset, 24, 25; guild, 25; guildhall, 25; manor, 33; lady of, see Bonville, Cecily, wife of lady of, 26, 27 and see Hungerford and Thomas Grey, marquess Dorset. Botreaux, Mary, Lady; quays, 25; Huntspill Marys, manor of, Somerset, 32, pardon 1496, 24, 25; parish priest, 26, 33, 35; holder of advowson, see Talbot, and see Gamage, John; town clerk, 25; Elizabeth, baroness Lisle. warden, 24, 26 and n, and see Elmes, Huntspill, Somerset, 33; manor of, lord see John, Russell, John, Wagge, Nicholas, Bourchier, Fulk, Lord Fitzwarin; parish Willes, John; wool trade, 25. of All Saints, 33; incumbents, see Henry IV, 30. Arundel, John, Bourchier, John, Henry VI, king of England, 17, 27, 59, 64, Carent, Nicholas. 65, 80, 81, 82. Henry VII (and as earl of Richmond), 10, Inquisitions Post Mortem, fifteenth 17, 25, 37, 41, 51, 55, 57, 59, 64, 65, 66, 72. century, 90–93. Henry VIII, 59, 68; his wives, 64. Ireland, 34; Spanish-Italian invasion of Herbert, William, earl of Pembroke, 29. County Kerry, 60; Herdwick, John, of Lindley (c. 1537)and family, 48. James IV, king of Scotland, 66. Hereford, earldom, 78. Joy, John, of Henley-on-Thames, 24n. Hervy, John, squire, 34. Jurgurtha, King, and Numidians, defeated Hesdin, France, castle, 2. by Romans, 57. Heydon, John, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86. Jutha (or Judith), daughter of Emperor Higham-on-the-Hill, Leics, 38, 41, 42, 51; Otho II, 61. Higham Rough, 47; and see Burton, William, of Lindley. Kemnat, Matthias von, chronicler, 11. Highbridge, Somerset, across River Brue, Kidwelly, Morgan, Richard III’s attorney, 31–35; sluice, 32; survey 32. 31 and n. Holinshed, Raphael, Chronicles of England Kingston upon Thames, bridge, 22. (1577), 50n, 55, 62, 67. Knevett, Thomas, of household of Holland, Lincs, Holland Bridge, cause- Elizabeth I, 61. way, see Bridgend. Kyrry, Dr [...], 83. Honywood, Michael, Cathedral, 71. Lancaster, duchy of, 31. Horbling, Lincs., 29; church of St Lannoy, Guillebert de, lord of Willerval, Andrew, 31; patron see Russell, John, 2. bishop of Lincoln. Legge, Thomas, Richardus Tertius,per- Howard, Charles, 2nd baron Howard of formed 1579, 62. Effingham, 60, 62. Legh, Alexander, councillor of Richard Howes, Thomas, rector of Blofield, 76, 78, III, 23 and n. 84. Leicester, abbey of St Mary Pratis, Hoyle, Jon, map of battle of Bosworth, 51. demesne terrier, 37–42; Records Office, Huizinga, Johan, Dutch historian, 13. 42. Hungerford, Botreaux and Moleyns, Leland, John, itinerary, 28. Mary, baroness, (d. 1533), 26 and n, 27; Lille, France, Archives départementales du great grandmother Margaret Lady Nord, 17–19. Botreaux, 26; use of same motto as Lincoln, 30; and see Godwin the Rich of Richard III, 26n. Lincoln; bishop, see Russell, John.

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Lincolnshire Fens, 23, 29–31. Morton, Dr John, 82. Lindley, Leics., see Upton. Mowbray, John, duke of Norfolk, 80. London, 84; bridge, 22; Burgundian Mowth, Friar John, confessor of John ambassadors at, 5; friars, 79; grain trade, Paston, 85. 25; mayor and people of, in 1469, 5; Muchelney abbey, Somerset, 32. goldsmith, see Brown, John; Ludgate, Myrroure for Magistrates (1559), 57, 70. 79; mercer, see Cosyn, Robert; tailor, see Colwych, Robert; Newgate, 83; Neville, Anne, queen of Richard III, 59, St Paul’s, 76, 79, 82, 84;Tower,64, 83 63, 65. Louis XI, king of France, 9; invasion of Neville, Cecily, duchess of York, 59, 63, 65. lands of duchess of Burgundy, 21. Neville, Isabel, wife of George, duke of Lovel, Francis, Lord, 27. Clarence, 59, 63, 65, 66. Loyet, Gerard, goldsmith of Charles, Neville, John, bishop of Exeter, chancellor Duke of Burgundy, 9. of England, 81, 82. Ludford, battle (1459), 78. Neville, Richard, earl of Salisbury, 78, 80, Lumley, lady, book commissioned for her 81; death 83. by Sir Nicholas Bacon 1577, 72. Neville, Richard, earl of Warwick (d. Luton, Guild of the Holy Trinity, 1471), 1, 5, 64, 65, 66, 68, 77, 80, 81, 82, accounts 1526–1547, 116–17. 83, 86; Garter stall, 16. Lyhert, Walter, bishop of Norwich, 77, 83, New Carthage, 66. 86. Newcastle, charter, bridge and walls, 23. Lyre abbey, Leics., 42; Hinckley-Lyre Newman, Colin, servant of Sir John agreement, 42 and n. Fastolf, 76, 78, 80. MacFarlane, K.B., 75. Newstead-on-Ancholme, priory, of manuscripts: London, British Library, Gilbertine order, 31. Cotton Galba E iii, 37–42, 43; Royal 14 Nichols, John, History and Antiquities of A xix, 61; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hinckley (1782), 49. Ashmole 1128, ‘the French Register’, 17; Northampton, battle (1460), 80. Ashmole 1448, 41; Sheffield Library, Norwich, Franciscan convent, 77; bishop Baxter Archive, 37. of, see Lyhert, Walter; cathedral priory, 112–14. Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI, Nottingham, 29. 79, 80, 83, 86. Margaret of York, wife of Charles, duke of Old, Dr Robin, 43n, 44. Burgundy, 59, 64, 66; and see Ouse River, Cambs., 22. Burgundy. Oxford, 26, 27. Maximilian I, emperor, his garter, 10. Oxfordshire, Binfield hundred, 23. merchants, alien, in England 1440–44, 96–98. Page, Dr Mark, 45. Middleham, castle, 5. parliament, Commons, 81; Lords, 81;at Middleham, John, squire, 34. Coventry (1459), 75, 79, 81, 82; short Milan, ambassador, 9. history of, 89–90. Minster Lovel, Oxon., 27. Parrett River, Somerset, 32. Misterton, Somerset, 33 and n. Parry, Blanche, of household of Elizabeth Molinet, Chroniques, 53n, 56. I, 61. Montedorisio, Inigo d’Avalos, count of, Parry, Tim (1960–2006), 49n, 50n, 57. his garter, 10. Paston letters, 75–86. More, Sir Thomas, Life of Richard III, 67. Paston, Clement, 83.

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Paston, John, 75–86. Rochester, bishop, 26, and see Audley, Paston, Margaret, 76, 80–81, 84. Edmund; bridge, 22. Paston, William, 75–86. Rode, Walter, warden of Bewdley Bridge, Payne, John, squire, 34. 27. Pepys, Samuel, book collector, 71. Rotherfield Greys, Oxon., 27. Perceforest, Arthurian romance, 98–100. Rous, John, Historia regum Angliae, 68. Playter, Thomas, 85. Rowden, Leics., 47–48. Pole, John de la, 2nd duke of Suffolk, 81, Rowena, daughter of Hengist, 67. 83. Russell, Dr John, bishop of Lincoln, 31; Pole, William de la, 1st duke of Suffolk, his Propositio, 8. 86. Russell, John, warden of Henley-on- pope, Sixtus IV, 17. Thames, 26 and n. Prophecy of G, 64, 69–70. Rutland, Edmund, earl of, brother of Edward IV, 81, 83. Radcliffe, John, 79. Ratcliffe, Sir Richard, 33 and n. Sackville, Thomas, earl of Dorset, Reading, Berks., 26. Gorboduc by Thomas Norton and Redemore, battle, see Bosworth, battle of. Sackville, 72 and n. Redlinch, Somerset, 31. St Albans, 2nd battle (1461), 83. Ribbesford, St Leonard, Worcs., 29, 35; St Elizabeth, 17. parson see Gibbes David; manor, lady St George, 8, 17–19. of, see Talbot, Elizabeth, viscountess St Gilbert of Sempringham, 30;hisorder, Lisle; patron see Herbert, William, earl 30–31. of Pembroke, St John Hope, W., historian, 16. Richard II, 30. St Mary the Virgin, her feasts, 17–19. Richard III, as duke of Gloucester, 1, 59, St Paul, 82. 63, 64, 65, 70; as king, 65, 66; attorney, Salisbury, bridge, 22. see Kidwelly, Morgan; Bewdley, grant Sancroft, William, archbishop of to, 27, 29; biography, 95–96;boar Canterbury, 69, 71 and n. badge, 40; Bosworth, battle of, 37–57; Sapcote, John, royal official, 2nd husband Brean, orders concerning floods, 34–35; of Elizabeth lady Fitzwarin, 33, 34. Bridgend, licence to collect alms, 29, 31; Scipio Africanus, Roman general, 66. bridges, 21–35; chancellor, see Russell, Scotland, biographies of ladies and John; clerk of the market, 24; corona- queens, 59–73; defence of border, 60; tion, 33; floods, 21–35; Henley-on- historians, see Boece, Hector; kings, see Thames, gift to, 24, 25; Highbridge, James IV. survey and maintenance, 31–32; keeper Scrooby, Notts., 21n. of privy seal, see Gunthorpe, John; Scrope, John, lord Scrope of Bolton, 1. Newcastle charter, bridge and walls, 23 sea, and medieval England, 100–02. and n; press releases 2009–10, 47n; Sempringham priory, Lincs, 30; its cell, progress after coronation, 24, 26; see Bridgend. serjeants at law, see Tremayle, Thomas; Seneca, Roman philosopher, 64. sixteenth-century plays about Severn, River, 27. Richard III, 62; Towton Battlefield Sewers, commissioners of (ditches and Chapel, 52. walls), 21. Richmond, John, bridgeman of Henley- Seymour, Edward, earl of Hertford, 59. on-Thames, 24. Shaa, Ralph, preacher of sermon in favour ‘Redesdale, Robin of’, 5. of Richard III’s accession, 65.

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Shakespeare, William, history plays, 62, Thames, River, 21, 22, 23–27. 67, 72; Henry VI, pts 1–3, 67, 68; Thorpe, [...], 83. Richard III, 62, 67, 70. Thorpe, Thomas, 82. Shenton, Leics., 41, 44, 46, 48, 51, 52; Toison d’or, see Fleece, Golden. Robert Cushee’s map 1727, 45. Tonwenna, mother of Brennus and Sibson chapelry, see Upton, Leics. Belinus, 63, 67, 68. Sixhills priory of Gilbertine order, Lincs., Towton, battle (1461), 84; burials, 52; 31; prior see Wakefield, Richard. Battlefield Chapel, 52; Towton Hall, 52. Soham St Andrew, Cambs., causeway, 22. Tremayle, Thomas, serjeant at law, 31 and Somerset Levels, 23, 32. n. Spanish Armada, 60, 61, 62; A discourse Trent River, 22. concerning the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Trier, meeting of Frederick III and Englande by Petruccio Ubaldini 1590, Charles, duke of Burgundy, at, 6, 11–12. 62. Trimnell, William, map and survey of Stafford, Henry, duke of Buckingham Stoke Golding etc 1637, 37 and n, 41n. (d. 1483), 65. Tuddenham, Sir Thomas, 77, 79, 83, 84, Stamford, Lincs., 30; merchant of, see 85, 86. Brown, William; title deeds, 124–25. Tyne River, 23. Stanley, Thomas, lord Stanley, 65. Stapleton, Sir Miles, 82. Ubaldini, Petruccio, life and other works, Steenberg, Martin, secretary of the order 59–60, 71;hisLe vite delle donne illustri, of the Golden Fleece, 3. 59–73; full list of 75 biographies, 73; Stillington, Robert, bishop of Bath and New Year’s gifts to Elizabeth I, 60–61; Wells, 34, 35. sources, 67–70; views of the past in his Stoke Golding, Leics., 37–39, 41, 42–46, lifetime, 61–62; interest in work after 47, 48, 51, 52, 55; Harrington estate, 37; death, 70–72; works in Cotton and Station Road, 41n; tithe award 1845, King’s Libraries, 72. 37–38; Trimnell survey, 1637, 37 and n, Upton, Leics., 42, 44, 46–52, 55; Banaster 41n. family, 48; Farnham’s Medieval Village Stow, John, The Chronicles of England Notes, 47; Netherhall manor, 48; from Brute ... 1580, 68; A Summarie of Wollaston estate records, 47. Englyshe Chronicles (1565), 68. Upton, Thomas, clerk of the kitchen, 78. Stowe, Thomas, Urbino, Federigo da Montefeltro, duke of, (1484–85), 33. his garter, 10. Stuntney, Cambs., causeway, 22. Suanhuita, queen of Sweden, 61. Vale, Malcolm, essays in his honour, 87– Susannah, book of Daniel, 81. 89. Sutton Cheney, Leics., 48, 51, 54, 55. Vasor, Peter, curate of Henley-on-Thames, Swarkestone, Derbys., 22. 26 and n. Swiss, their victory at Grandson and the Vaughan, Thomas, master of the king’s ‘Burgundian booty’, Fig. 2, 10–12, 15. jewels to Edward IV, 2, 6. Vegetius, De re militari, 55, 119–21; version Talbot, Elizabeth, baroness Lisle, in own by Christine de Pisan, Faytes of Arms, right, wife of Edward Grey, viscount 56, 57. Lisle, 29, 35. Venda (or Wanda), queen of Poland, 61. Testament, Old, 76; Daniel, 81; Venice, 71. Ecclesiasticus, 82; Ezra, 81; Jeremiah Vere, John de, 13th earl of Oxford, 56. 8:8, 82. Vergeant, Master [...], friar, 79, 83.

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Vergil, Polydore, Anglica Historia (1534), Westminster, 80; abbey muniments, 56, 57. 121–23; bridge, 83; palace, 1, 3; sanctuary, 64. Wagge, Nicholas, warden of Henley-on- Willes, John, warden of Henley-on- Thames, 26n. Thames, 24. Wainflete, William, 78. Williams, D.T., 43. Wake family, 53. Windham, John, 82, 83. Wakefield, battle (1460), 84. Windsor, Berks., 26; castle, 1; Albert Wakefield, Richard, prior of Sixhills, 31. Memorial Chapel, 16; St George’s Wales, council of, 28. Chapel, Fig. 3, 13–16. walls and ditches, commissioners of, 21 Woodstock, Oxon., 27. Walpole, Horace, 72; Anecdotes of Woodville, Anthony, earl Rivers, 1. Painting, 71. Worcester, William, secretary to Sir John Walsingham, 79, 80, 85; prior, 83; shrine Fastolf, 75, 78, 80, 85, 86; itinerary, 28. of the Virgin, 79. Worcester, Worcs., 27–28, bishop of, 27 Walsingham, Sir Francis, 60. and see Carpenter, John; bridge, 22, 27; war, in the Middle Ages, 93–94; war and Holy Trinity Guild, 22; walls, 27. reading, 117–19; Vegetius, De re militari, Worstead, priest and curate, 76. 119–21. Wryghte, John, bridgeman of Henley-on- Warbeck, Perkin, 59, 64, 66, 68. Thames, 26. Wardrobe, Great, accounts temp. Henry VII and Henry VIII, 114–16; clerk of, Yelverton, Judge William, 76, 77, 79, 80, see Cosyn, Robert. 82, 84, 85; his wife, 85. Warwick, castle, 5. York, bridge, 22. Waxham, 80. York, Elizabeth of, duchess of Suffolk, 81. weather, harvests and murrains 1480s, 23n. York, Richard, duke of (d. 1460), 27, 77, Wells, archdeacon, see Stowe, Thomas; 81; death, 83; lord of the manor of bishop, see Stillington, Robert; cathe- Bewdley, 27, 28; exile in Ireland, 81. dral dean and chapter, 32; dean, see York, Richard, duke of York, son of Carent, Nicholas, Gunthorpe, John; Edward IV, 66, 69. suffragan bishop, see Barrett, Thomas; Wenlock, John, lord Wenlock, 1. Zarina, queen of the Sacae, 61. Wentworth, Philip, 84. Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, 61.

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