Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A Biography

by Kenneth Hotham Vickers

• —— party, [13], [282], [287], [288], [314].

• Beaugé, battle of, [91], [97].

• Beaugency, capture of, [100], [101].

• Beauvais, [98].

• —— Vincent of, [411].

• Bec Hellouin, Abbey of, capture of, [70].

• Beccaria, Antonio di, [395], [431];
  • Gloucester’s secretary, [377];
  • translates books for Gloucester, [378];
  • appreciation of Gloucester’s literary taste, [378], [379];
  • translation of Boccaccio’s Corbaccio, [377], [378];
  • translation of discourses of St. Athanasius, [435].

• Beckington, Thomas, Bishop of Bath, [283], [284], [376], [388], [389], [418].

• Bede, the Venerable, [410], [411].

• Bedford, John, Duke of, [10], [14], [15], [16], [45], [80], [81], [85], [90], [116], [119], [193], [198], [221], [237], [259], [300], [312], [322], [327], [334], [338], [345], [346], [347], [376], [384], [397], [402 note 1333], [404], [416], [417], [418], [438];
  • Knight of the Bath, [3];
  • Knight of the Garter, [7];
  • character, [105];
  • favours alliance with Burgundy, [12];
  • Lieutenant of England, [35 note 148];
  • meets Sigismund at Rochester, [37];
  • Regent of England (1417), [44];
  • marriage proposals, [75];
  • escorts Queen Catherine to France, [102];
  • Regent of kingdom of France and of Duchy of Normandy (1422), [103];
  • appointed Protector, [114];
  • his salary, [119];
  • alliance with Gloucester, [117], [118] and [118 note 445];
  • marries Anne of Burgundy, [128];
  • mediates between Gloucester and Burgundy, [132-164];
  • summoned to appease the quarrel of Gloucester and Beaufort, [175-187];
  • swears not to infringe the rights of the Council, [190];
  • interferes to prevent expedition to Hainault, [201], [202];
  • marries Jacquetta of Luxemburg, [235];
  • his difficulties in France, [214];
  • powers demanded if he is to govern England, [240], [241];
  • quarrel with Gloucester, [242-244];
  • results of his death, [245-248].