W.

Wakefield, battle of, [53].

Wakefield Green, [58], [62], [63].

Wales, Edward Prince of, son of Richard III., [195], [199].

Wales, Edward Prince of, son of Henry VI., [47], [54] (note), [198]; murdered after the battle of Tewkesbury, [144].

Warford, Little, Cheshire, [247].

Warwick, Anne Countess of, [133], [200].

Warwick, Edward, Earl of, imprisoned and afterwards put to death by Henry VII., [172], [175], [196], [199].

Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of (the King-Maker), [24], [39], [100], [205], [207]; slain at Barnet, [208].

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

Well, King Richard’s, [159], [160], [164], [173].

Welles, Leo Lord, slain at Towton, [104].

Welles and Willoughby, Richard Lord, [104].

Wenlock, John Lord, [42], [100], [133], [140]; death of, at the battle of Tewkesbury, [142].

Wensleydale, Fore Abbey, in, remarkable grant to the monks of, [292].

Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, first Earl of, [24] (note), [199].

Wharfe, River, [88], [113].

Wichingham, Sir William, [147].

Widevile, or Wodevile, family of, [40] (note), [105] (note).

Wigmore Castle, [76], [77], [78].

Willoughby, Robert Lord, [104].

Wilmslow Church, Cheshire, [253] to [266].

Wiltshire, James Boteler, Earl of, [56], [69]; taken prisoner and beheaded, [56] (note).

Wittingham, Sir William, slain at Tewkesbury, [142].

Wolves, probable period of the extinction of, in England, [287] to [299].

Worcester, John Tibtoft, Earl of, executed in 1470, [193] (note).

Worcester, Thomas Percy, Earl of, [2]; taken prisoner and executed, [8].

Wroughton, [148].

Wyche, or De la Wyche, ancient Cheshire family of, [245].