B.

Banbury, battle of, [193], [199].

Barnet, battle of, [205].

Barrow, Henry, slain at Tewkesbury, [148].

Basilisk, [220].

Battlefield, and Battlefield Church, [7] to [19].

Battlewell House and Battlewell Gate, near Evesham, [203].

Bear, formerly wild in England, [287].

Beauchamp, of Powick, William Lord, [185].

Beauchamp, Sir Richard, governor of the city and castle of Gloucester, [135].

Beaufort, Lord John, slain at Tewkesbury, [133], [142].

Beaumont, John Viscount, slain at Northampton, [46].

Beaumont, William Viscount, [103].

Beaver, formerly wild in England, [288].

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

Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, [118].

Blore Heath, battle of, [21].

Blount, Sir Walter, slain at Shrewsbury, [7], [8], [111] (note).

Boar, wild, formerly in England, [287], [295], [297].

Bombard, [219] to [244].

Bonvile, William Lord, put to death after the second battle of St. Alban’s, [82], [83].

Booth, Sir Robert, said to have been slain at Blore Heath, [264], [265].

Bosworth, battle of, [157].

Bourchier, Thomas, Cardinal, and Archbishop of Canterbury, [40], [83].

Bourchier, Henry Viscount (originally Earl of Ewe, and afterwards Earl of Essex), [41], [44].

Bourchier, Humphrey Lord Cromwell, slain at Barnet, [194].

Bourchier, Sir Edward, slain at Wakefield, [29] (note), [58].

Bourchier, Sir John (afterwards Lord Berners), [29] (note), [118].

Bourchier, Sir Thomas, [161] (note).

Bourchier, Sir Humphrey, slain at Barnet, [118], [209].

Bourchier, William, Earl of Ewe, [40] (note 1), [118] (note 4), [209] (note 3).

Bourgeoise, [220].

Bouverie, Edward, Esq., battle of Northampton fought upon the estate of, [50] (note).

Brackenbury, Sir Robert, slain at Bosworth, [166].

Brandon, Sir William, slain at Bosworth, [167], [168].

Brandon, Thomas, [167] (note), [186].

Brecher, two gentlemen of that name put to death by Henry VII., after the battle of Bosworth, [171].

Brereton, Cheshire family of, [269].

Brereton, Sir William, Bart., the distinguished Parliamentary commander, [270].

Bromley, Sir Robert, Bart., battle of Stoke fought upon the estate of, [185], [190].

Broughton, Sir Thomas, slain at Stoke, [178], [187].

Bows and arrows used in war in this country as late as in the Civil War of Charles I. and the Parliament, [214].

Bows and arrows, option given by an act of Parliament of Philip and Mary, to provide a bow and arrows, or a haquebut, [215].

Buckingham, Lord Henry Stafford, of, [106].

Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, first Duke of, [43]; slain at Northampton, [46].

Buckingham, Henry Stafford, second Duke of, beheaded in first year of Richard III., [48] (note), [49], [50] (note).

Buckingham, Edward Stafford, third Duke of, beheaded in 13th year of Henry VIII., [50].

Bull, Black, a standard of Edward IV. at the battle of Towton, [117].

Burgundy, Charles Duke of, slain at the battle of Nancy, [23] (note), [177], [194], [199].

Burgundy, Margaret Duchess of, [23] (note), [177], [199].

Burton, Sir John, slain at Towton, [106].

Byron, Sir John, [167].