by Dan Jones
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Index
The index headings mirror the text as far as possible. Noblemen are indexed by title and listed in chronological order; there is a cross-reference if the text uses their family name instead. Titled females and children are indexed by their given name; if their surname or title is sometimes used, there is a second entry or a cross-reference.
acts of attainder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
in absentia 1, 2
their effects 1, 2
acts of resumption 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Agincourt, battle of (1415) 1
Aiscough, William bishop of Salisbury 1, 2, 3
Alice de la Pole (née Chaucer) countess of Salisbury, then Suffolk 1, 2, 3
alliances 1
André, Bernard 1, 2
Anjou see Margaret (of Anjou); René duke of Anjou
Anne Boleyn 1, 2
Anne of Brittany 1
Anne of Burgundy 1
Anne Holland 1, 2
Anne Mowbray duchess of York (b. 1471) 1
Anne Neville duchess of Buckingham 1
Anne (Neville), Queen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
first married to Prince Edward 1, 2, 3
marriage to Gloucester 1, 2
Anne Plantagenet (b. 1439) duchess of Exeter 1, 2
Anne Plantagenet (b. 1475) 1
Anne regent of France 1
annulment of marriage 1, 2
archers 1, 2, 3, 4
guarding the Thames 1
Armagnac, Bernard count of 1
Armagnacs 1, 2
and Burgundians 1, 2
see also Orléans
armies see soldiers
arms and armour 1
Arras, congress of (1435) 1, 2
Arras, 4th treaty of (1482) 1
Arthur prince of Wales 1
marriage to Katherine of Aragon 1
Arundel, William FitzAlan earl of 1, 2, 3
astrology 1, 2, 3
attainder see acts of attainder
Audley, James Tuchet 5th baron 1
Audley, John Tuchet 6th baron 1
badges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Beaufort 1, 2
Plantagenet 1
rose 1, 2, 3
Tudor 1, 2, 3
Tudor rose 1, 2, 3
banishment see exile
banquets see feasts (banquets)
Barking Abbey 1
Barnet, battle of (1471) 1, 2
Bastard of Burgundy, Anthony the 1
bastard of Fauconberg 1
bastard of Orléans 1
bastardy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Beaufort family 1, 2
see also Margaret Beaufort; Somerset (dukes of)
Beaufort, Henry (son of 2nd duke) 1, 2
Beaufort, Henry cardinal–bishop of Winchester 1, 2
connections 1
as diplomat 1, 2
feud with Gloucester 1, 2
Beaufort, Henry, see also Somerset, 3rd duke of
Beaumaris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n.2
Beaumont, Viscount 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bedford, John duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
regent of France 1, 2, 3
Bedford, George Neville duke of 1
Bedford, Jasper duke of see Tudor, Jasper
benevolences 1
Bettini, Sforza de 1, 2, 3
bills (pole-axes) 1
bills (posters) 1, 2, 3, 4
Black Book 1
Blackheath, Kent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Blacman, John 1, 2, 3, 4
Blore Heath, battle of (1459) 1, 2
bombards 1
Bona of Savoy 1, 2, 3
Bonville–Courtenay feud 1, 2, 3, 4
Bonville, William 1st baron 1, 2
book trade 1
Bordeaux 1, 2, 3
Bosworth, battle of (1485) 1
Bourchier family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bourchier, Henry see Essex, earl of
Bourchier, Sir Thomas 1
Bourchier, Thomas cardinal archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2, 3, 4
boy–kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bray, Sir Reginald 1, 2
Bridge of Bodies 1
Bridget Plantagenet (b. 1480) 1, 2
Brittany 1, 2
Brittany, duke of 1
see also Francis II
Brut Chronicle 1, 2, 3
Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford 1st duke of (d. 1460) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and York 1, 2, 3, 4
Buckingham, Henry Stafford 2nd duke of (d. 1483) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Buckingham, Edward Stafford 3rd duke of (d. 1521) 1
Burdet, Thomas 1, 2
Burgundians 1, 2, 3
and Armagnacs 1, 2
Burgundy 1, 2, 3, 4
Anne of Burgundy 1
dukes of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
see also Charles the Bold; John the Fearless; Maximilian; Philip III the Good; Philip IV the Fair
Butler, James see Wiltshire, earl of
Butler (née Talbot), Eleanor 1
Cade, Jack 1
as John Mortimer 1, 2
Calais 1, 2, 3
cannon 1, 2, 3, 4
Castile 1, 2
Catherine de Valois, queen consort 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
connections 1, 2, 3
as dowager queen 1
and Henry VI in infancy 1, 2, 3
and Owen Tudor 1, 2
Catherine Plantagenet (b. 1479) 1, 2
Catherine Woodville 1, 2
cavalry 1, 2, 3, 4
defences against 1, 2, 3
Caxton, William 1, 2
Cecily (née Neville) Plantagenet, duchess of York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cecily Plantagenet (b. 1469) 1, 2
Charles VI, king of France (r. 1380–1422) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Charles VII, king of France (r. 1422–61) 1, 2, 3
as dauphin 1, 2, 3, 4
Charles VIII, king of France (r. 1483–98) 1, 2, 3, 4
Charles the Bold duke of Burgundy (r. 1467–77) 1, 2, 3
