F.

Falconberg, William Neville, Lord, afterwards Earl of Kent,41,44,48,84,100,110.

Falstaff, Sir John, an imaginary character,229(note).

Fastolf, Sir John, a distinguished commander in the wars with the French,228.

Ferrers of Chartley, Walter Devereux, Lord, slain at Bosworth,166.

Ferrybridge, engagement at,86,114.

Fielding, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Firearms, general use of, by the English, in the fifteenth century,213to244.

Firearms used by cavalry in the French army in 1495,218(note).

Fitzgerald, or Geraldine, or Kildare, Lord, slain at Stoke,187.

Fitzhenry, Sir Thomas, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Fitzhugh, Henry Lord,105.

Fitzwalter, Lord, slain at Ferrybridge,86,114.

Fiskerton, near Stoke,179,188.

Flore, John, standard-bearer of the Duke of Somerset, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,148.

Fortescue, Sir John, Chief Justice,107.

Foster, Chief Justice,148.

Fowler,219,220.

Gastons, near Tewkesbury,149,154.

Gausel, Sir Nicholas,8.

Gausel, Sir Robert,8.

Gerardine, or Fitzgerald, or Kildare, Lord, slain at Stoke,187.

Glendowr, Owen,3,5,7.

Gloucester, Richard Duke of, afterwards King Richard III.,110,139,141,158,324,325; slain at Bosworth,169.

Gower, John, sword-bearer of Prince Edward, slain at Tewkesbury,148.

Grey, Lord Richard, beheaded at Pontefract,41(note),105(note).

Grey of Ruthin, Edmund Lord, afterwards Earl of Kent,45.

Grey of Rugemont, Thomas Lord,105.

Grey, Richard Lord Powis,29(note).

Grey Friars, Monastery at Northampton,47.

Grimsby, Sir William, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,146.

Gunpowder, early use of in war,215(note).

Guns, occasional use of by the English in sieges, in the 14th century,213to216.

Guns, general use of by the English, in war, in the 15th century,213to244.

Gupshill, near Tewkesbury,149,150,152.

Hall, Sir David, slain at Wakefield,58.

Hallidown Hill, battle of,3.

Hamden, Sir Edmund, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Hammes, Sir Edmund,106.

Hand culverin, or hand cannon, or hand gun,214to244.

Handeley, Humphrey, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,147.

Handford Hall, Cheshire,267.

Hanson, Captain, put to death after the battle of Wakefield,65(note).

Hardingstone, near Northampton,44,50.

Harrill, Sir William,106.

Harrington, William Bonvile, Lord, slain at Wakefield,58,83(note),194(note),200.

Harrington, Sir Thomas,27,29(note),33.

Harrow, John, put to death after the battle of Wakefield,65(note).

Hartry, Sir Nicholas, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Harquebus, arquebuse, hacquebut, hackbut, or hagbut,214,215.

Hastings, Edward Lord,186.

Hastings, William Lord,110,139; put to death in the Tower of London,110.

Hastings, Sir Hugh, slain at Wakefield,58.

Havarde, Sir Edmund,147.

Hawkstone, Roman station near,37(note).

Hawthorn Hall, near Wilmslow,257,258.

Hemp Mill Brook, at Blore Heath,26,34.

Henry IV.,4,7,8.

Henry V.,171.

Henry VI.,21,82,198.

Henry Prince of Wales, son of Henry IV.,7.

Hereford, imprisonment of the Bishop of,43(note).

Heron, Sir John, of the Ford,60,103; slain at Towton,106.

Hotspur (Henry Percy),1,2,7; slain at the battle of Shrewsbury,7.

Hungerford, Robert Lord, also called Lord Molyns,105(note),118.

Hungerford, Sir Walter,161(note).

Inscription at Barnet,211.

— Blore Heath,35.

— Bosworth,174.

— Evesham,204.

— Mortimer’s Cross,80.

— Tewkesbury,144.

— Wybonbury,147.

Isabel, wife of George Duke of Clarence,139,143,199,200.

Isabel, wife of Henry Earl of Ewe, afterwards Earl of Essex,193,198.

Ive, Roger, principal or master of the College at Battlefield,17.

Jaquette of Luxembourg, daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Earl of St. Paul,41(note),105(note).

Joan, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, second wife of Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland,24,199.

Joan Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and wife of William Earl of Arundel,24(note),200.

Joan, wife of Edward the Black Prince,198.

Kent, Edmund Grey, Earl of, previously Lord Grey of Ruthin,45.

Kent, William Neville, Earl of, previously Lord Falconberg,41,44,84,100,110.

Kettleman’s Bridge, near Towton,89(note).

Kildare, or Gerardine, or Fitzgerald, Lord, slain at Stoke,187.

King Edward IV., descent of,67,68,199.

King Edward V., descent of,199.

King Henry VI., descent of,22,82,198.

King Henry VII., descent of,158,201.

King Richard III., descent of,139,158,199.

Kiriel, Sir Thomas, put to death after the second battle of St. Alban’s,83.

Lancaster, House of, heraldic devices and badges of,22.

Lancaster, House of,22.

Latimer, Richard Neville, Lord,186.

Legh, Sir John,26.

Leicester, Simon de Montford, Earl of, slain at Evesham,203,204.

Lermouth, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Lewkener, Sir John, slain at Tewkesbury,142.

Lincoln, John de la Pole, Earl of,177,178,191,199; slain at Stoke,187.

Lions, lionesses, and leopards, kept in the Tower of London in the reign of Edward IV.,283.

Little Warford, Cheshire,247.

Longstrother, John, Prior of St. John of Jerusalem,132; executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,146.

Lovel, Francis Viscount,166,178; slain at or not heard of after the battle of Stoke,187,317,318.

Lucy, Sir William, slain at Northampton,46.

Mackerel, Doctor,107,148.

March, Earl of, afterwards King Edward IV.,67,83,84,119,199.

March, Edmund Earl of,3(note),198.

Marchers, the Lords,78.

Marches of Wales, Court of,78,79.

Margaret, Queen of Henry VI.—See“Queen Margaret.”

Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, widow of Charles Duke of Burgundy,23,177,199.

Margaret’s Camp, near Tewkesbury,149.

Massey, Sir John,8.

Menagerie, Royal, in the Tower of London,283.

Milwater, John, slain at Barnet,208.

Molyneux, Sir Richard, slain at Blore Heath,26.

Molyns, or Molins, Lord, also called Robert Lord Hungerford,106(note).

Molyn, Sir Roger,106.

Montague, John Neville, Marquis of, previously Lord Montague, then for a short time Earl of Northumberland,27,110,118(note); slain at Barnet,208.

Montjoy, Walter Blount, Lord,111.

Mortar,219.

Mortimer, Sir Hugh, slain at Shrewsbury,8.

Mortimer, Sir Hugh, slain at Wakefield,58.

Mortimer, Sir John, slain at Wakefield,58.

Mortimer’s Cross, battle of,67.

Morton, John, Cardinal, and Archbishop of Canterbury,107.

Narbohew, Sir Henry,106.

Nen, or Nene, river, near Northampton,43,46,50.

Neville, George Bishop of Exeter, afterwards Archbishop of York,41,83.

Neville, John Lord, slain at Towton,104,193.

Neville, William Lord Falconberg, afterwards Earl of Kent,41,44,84,100,110.

Neville, Sir Henry, put to death after the battle of Banbury,193,199.

Neville, Sir John, afterwards Lord Montague, afterwards Earl of Northumberland, afterwards Marquis Montague,27,110,118(note); slain at Barnet,208.

Neville, Sir Thomas, slain at Wakefield,27,58,200.

Newborough, Sir William, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,146.

Nor Acres, at Towton,96,97.

Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of,164,165; slain at Bosworth,165.

Norfolk, John Mowbray, Duke of,82(note),84,102.

Northampton, battle of,39.

Northumberland, Henry Percy, first Earl of,1,3; beheaded at York,2(note).

Northumberland, Henry Percy, second Earl of, slain at the first battle of St. Alban’s,2(note).

Northumberland, Henry Percy, third Earl of,99; slain at Towton,103.

Northumberland, Henry Percy, fourth Earl of,164,165.

Northumberland, John Neville Earl of (for a short period), afterwards Marquis Montague,27,110,118(note); slain at Barnet,208.

Offenham Ferry, near Evesham,203.

Ordnance, Clerk of the,223,225.

Ordnance, Master of the, in the reign of Henry V., Edward IV., and Richard III.,219,223,241.

Ordnance, occasional use of, by the English, in sieges, in the fourteenth century,218to216.

Ordnance commonly used by the English in war in the 15th century,217to244.

Ormonde, Sir John,106.

Owen Glendowr,3,5,7.

Oxford, John de Vere, Earl of,165,166(note),180,186,194.

Pedigrees,198,199,200,201,282.

Parhelion, or mock sun, seen at the battle of Mortimer’s Cross,72.

Parr, Sir Thomas,29(note).

Parr, Thomas, slain at the battle of Barnet,208.

Pembroke, Jasper Tudor, Earl of, afterwards Duke of Bedford,69,133,166,180,186; extraordinary and abrupt changes of fortune of,69(note).

Percy, Henry, called Hotspur,1,2,7,198.

Percy, Sir Richard, slain at Towton,106.

Pickering, Sir James,29(note).

Pigot, Sir Ralph,106.

Pole, John de la, Earl of Lincoln,177,178,191,199; slain at Stoke,187.

Pole, John de la, Duke of Suffolk, married a sister of Edward IV.,177(note),191,199.

Powis, Richard Grey, Lord,29(note).

Queen Anne, wife of Richard III.,139(note),158,196,199,200.

Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV.,41(note),105(note),199.

Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII.,158,199,201.

Queen Margaret, wife of Henry VI.,25,42,53,82,132,146,198,201.

Queen Eleanor’s Cross,48,51.

Ratcliffe, Sir Richard, slain at Bosworth,166.

René, Duke of Anjou,42(note),147.

Richard III.,139,158,199; slain at Bosworth,169,196.

Richmond, Henry Tudor, Earl of, afterwards Henry VII.,71(note),158.

Richmond, Margaret Countess of,324.

Rivers, Anthony Wodevile, Earl, previously Lord Scales,40(note),105; beheaded at Pontefract,41(note),105(note).

Rivers, Richard Wodevile, Earl,40(note),105(note).

Roe deer, formerly wild in England,288,297.

Roos, Thomas Lord,56,104.

Rose (quæreRoos), Sir Henry, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,146,148.

Rostherne, parish of, in Cheshire,247.

Rouse (quæreRowys), Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury,142,148.

Rugemont, Thomas Lord Grey of,105.

Ruthin, Edmund Lord Grey of, afterwards Earl of Kent,45(note).

Rutland, Edmund Earl of, murdered after the battle of Wakefield,59,193,199.

Sabbath days, three battles fought on,127(note).

Salisbury, Richard Neville, Earl of,24; put to death after the battle of Wakefield,58,59.

Salisbury, Thomas de Montacute, Earl of,24(note),39(note),228.

Salisbury, Bishop of, pacific exertions of, before the battle of Northampton,44.

Sandal Castle,54,58,63.

Savage, Sir John,167.

Saxton,86,87; church and parish,122.

Saye, James Fienes, Lord, put to death by Jack Cade,209(note).

Saye, William Fienes, Lord, fought at Northampton, and slain at Barnet,42(note),209.

Scales, Anthony Wodevile, Lord, afterwards Earl Rivers,40(note),105; beheaded at Pontefract,41(note),105(note).

Scales, Thomas Lord,40,42(note); murdered in 1460,40(note).

Serpentine,219.

Seymour, Sir Thomas, slain at the battle of Tewkesbury,142,148.

Shirley, Sir Hugh,8.

Shrewsbury, battle of,1.

Shrewsbury, John Talbot, first Earl of, slain at Castillon,46(note),103(note 6).

Shrewsbury, John Talbot, second Earl of, slain at Northampton,46,103(note).

Shrewsbury, George Talbot, fourth Earl of,180.

Simnel, Lambert, the impostor,178,187.

Simnel, Thomas, a joiner at Oxford,178.

Simons, Richard,178,187.

Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of, slain at the battle of St. Alban’s,43(note),54(note).


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