The Crippled Angel (40 page)

L
YNLEY, LADY ALICIA
: one of
MARY
’s ladies.

M
ICHAEL, SAINT
: an archangel of heaven.

M
ONTAGU, JOHN
: Earl of Salisbury.

M
OWBRAY, THOMAS
: Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Norfolk and a boyhood friend of
RICHARD
’s.

M
ARCEL, ETIENNE
: a rich and influential Parisian cloth merchant and Provost of the Merchants of Paris, an office somewhat like that of a Lord Mayor. He died during the French uprising (known as the Jacquerie) some three years before the events of
The Crippled Angel.

M
ARIE
: a midwife, and companion to
JOAN OF ARC
.

M
ONTGIES, ALAIN
: Mayor of Rouen.

N
AVARRE
: a rich kingdom in the extreme northwest of Spain, it has been in the control of French nobles and kings for generations. Until the early fourteenth century the King of France had also held the title King of Navarre, but a complicated succession crisis witnessed the separation of the two kingdoms into separate branches of the same family. Currently it is ruled by
PHILIP
, known as Philip the Bad.

N
EVILLE, MARGARET
: wife of
THOMAS NEVILLE
. They have a daughter,
ROSALIND
, and a son,
BOHUN
.

N
EVILLE, RALPH
: Baron of Raby and Earl of Westmorland;
a powerful noble from the north of England. Uncle to
THOMAS NEVILLE
.

N
EVILLE, THOMAS
: a senior member of the powerful Neville family. Nephew to
RALPH NEVILLE
. Married to
MARGARET
with whom he has two children. Neville was once a Dominican friar.

N
ORBURY, SIR JOHN
: a member of
BOLINGBROKE
’s household.

N
ORTHUMBERLAND, EARL OF
: See
PERCY, HENRY
.

N
OYES, SIR GILLES DE
: a French nobleman.

P
ERCY, HENRY
: the Earl of
NORTHUMBERLAND
and the most powerful nobleman in England behind
LANCASTER
. Northumberland has long been rivals with the Lancastrian faction which includes
RALPH NEVILLE
and
THOMAS NEVILLE
.

P
ERCY, HENRY (HOTSPUR)
: son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland, and a powerful nobleman in his own right.

P
ERCY, THOMAS
: Earl of Worcester, brother to the Earl of Northumberland and uncle to Hotspur.

P
HILIP THE BAD
: King of Navarre and Count of Evreux, cousin to King John and a powerful figure in French politics. As well as ruling Navarre, Philip holds extensive lands in the west of France.

P
HILIPPA
: a now-dead Queen of England, wife to the deceased
EDWARD III
, and mother of
LANCASTER
. She died some years previous to the events of
The Crucible.

P
OITIERS
: a town in central France, and site of one of the Black Prince’s greatest victories during the
HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR
.

P
OLE, MICHAEL DE LA
: Earl of Suffolk, commander in
BOLINGBROKE’S
army.

R
ABY
: see
NEVILLE, RALPH
.

R
HEIMS
: cathedral city approx. 200 km to the north-east of Paris. Also spelt Reims.

R
ICHARD II
: King of England, son of the
BLACK PRINCE
(deceased) and
JOAN OF KENT
. Deposed and murdered at
BOLINGBROKE’S
hand.

R
OSALIND
: daughter of
THOMAS NEVILLE
and
MARGARET NEVILLE
.

R
OUEN
: a city on the River Seine, part way between
HARFLEUR
and Paris.

S
AVOY PALACE
: the Duke of
LANCASTER’S
residence on the Strand just outside London’s western walls. It was burned down during the peasant rebellion.

S
CARLE, JOHN
:
BOLINGBROKE
’s Chancellor.

S
HERIFF HUTTON: RALPH NEVILLE’S
main castle and residence some ten miles northeast of York.

S
MITHFIELD
(or Smoothfield): a large open space or field in London’s northern suburbs, just beyond Aldersgate. For many centuries it has been the site of games, tournaments, and trading, craft and pleasure fairs. East Smithfield is a similarly large field to the east of London.

S
QUIRE
: in the late fourteenth century the social status and meaning of squire is much different to the earlier chivalric perception of a squire as a “knight-in-training”. The late fourteenth century squire is just as likely to be referred to as a valet or even a sergeant. He was generally of noble blood, but he might not be a “knight-in-training” as such.

S
TRAND, THE
: an important street running from London along the northern bank of the Thames down to Westminster, lined with palaces of the nobles.

S
TURRY, SIR RICHARD
: a councillor of
BOLINGBROKE’S
.

S
UFFOLK, EARL OF
: see
POLE, MICHAEL DE LA
.

S
WYNFORD, LADY KATHERINE
: dowager Duchess of Lancaster, widow of
JOHN OF GAUNT
, Duke of Lancaster. By John of Gaunt she has two children,
HENRY
and
JOAN BEAUFORT
.

T
HORSEBY, RICHARD
: the Prior General of England, administering all Dominicans and their friaries in the realm of England.

T
ONSURE
: a round, shaved patch on the crown of a cleric’s head.

T
UDOR, LORD OWEN
: a member of
BOLINGBROKE
’s household.

T
USSER, THOMAS
: steward to
THOMAS NEVILLE
.

U
MFRAVILLE, SIR GILBERT
: one of
BOLINGBROKE’S
commanders at
HARFLEUR
.

U
RBAN VI
: the man elected by the College of Cardinals to the papal throne after the death of Gregory XI in 1378.

V
ERE, ROBERT DE
: deceased Earl of Oxford, and close friend of
RICHARD’S
.

W
ARWICK, EARL OF
: see
BEAUCHAMP, THOMAS
.

W
ESTMINSTER
: in medieval England Westminster was an important municipality in its own right, and separate from London, although both were inextricably linked. Most of medieval Westminster was destroyed by fire in the early nineteenth century, but it consisted of a large palace complex boasting three halls (only one of which still stands) as well the abbey.

W
HITTINGTON, RICHARD (DICK)
: former mercer and alderman of Broad Street ward, now Lord Mayor of London.

W
ILLIAMSON, JACK
: apprentice engineer to
MASTER GILES
.

W
INDSOR
: royal castle to the west of London.

W
OODSTOCK, THOMAS OF
: the now deceased Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Gloucester, seventh and youngest son of
EDWARD III
of England; Constable of England.

W
ORDE, WYNKYN DE
: the last of the Dominican friars who worked the Archangels’ will on earth.

W
YCLIFFE, JOHN
: an eccentric English cleric and master of Balliol College, Oxford.