The Life and Times of Richard III (19 page)

Surrey, Earl of,
see
Howard, Thomas

Talbot, Sir Gilbert, 183, 194

Talbot, John, 21

Tiptoft, John, Earl of Worcester, 212

Tudor, Henry, Earl of Richmond, 124, 130, 132–3, 136, 138–40, 146–8, 151, 158–9, 163, 165–7, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 182–7, 191, 194–5, 198, 201–2, 211–2, 214–5

Tudor, Jasper, Lancastrian Earl of Pembroke, 31, 63, 133, 182

Tyrell, Sir James, 142–3, 146, 162, 173, 177

Tyrell, Sir Thomas, 143

Urswick, Christopher, 166

Vaughan, Sir Roger, 139

Vaughan, Sir Thomas, 109, 111, 123, 139

Vergil, Polydore, 130, 136, 146, 186–7, 194, 201–2

Von Poppelau, Nicolas, 204, 211

Wales, 29, 59, 71, 110, 112, 129, 139, 177, 182–3, 186

Warkworth, John, 73, 76–7

Warwick, Earl of,
see
Neville, Richard, Beauchamp, Richard,
and
Edward (Clarence’s son)

Waynflete, William, Bishop of Winchester, 129

Welles, Lord, 59

Welles, Sir Robert, 59

Williams, Richard, 177

Wiltshire, Earl of, 31

Woodville, Sir Edward, 102, 110–1, 182

Woodville, John, 54

Woodville, Lionel, Bishop of Salisbury, 102, 131, 139

Woodville, Sir Richard, 131, 139

York, 29, 32, 58, 94, 106, 111, 124, 130, 138, 167, 176, 185, 207–8, 211

York, Duchess of,
see
Cicely Neville

York, Duke of,
see
Richard (Richard III’s father)
and
Richard (Edward IV’s son)

Young, Thomas, 19

Zouche, Lord, 190

Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the source of perennial fascination. Comparatively little is known of his early life, his appearance, his interests, for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers, Edward ‘this sun of York’, and the feckless Clarence.

Cheetham cuts through the legend and the propoganda to try to retrace the life of Richard, the forgotten years before he assumed the throne, and thus to place in focus those final hectic years before the last of the Plantagenets died on Bosworth Field. Did he really believe his brother and nephews were illegitimate? Why did he seize the throne? What happened to the princes in the tower?

First published in 1992, and acknowledged as the inspiration behind Philippa Gregory’s portrayal of Richard in her bestselling THE WHITE QUEEN, this new edition brings the story of England’s most infamous monarch fully up to date.

A
NTHONY
C
HEETHAM
has worked in the publishing industry for more than forty years.

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