Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research

by Sir Clements R. Markham

CHAPTER I
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD

Description of Fotheringhay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1] Possessions of the Duke of York. Marriage . . . . . . . . [2], [3] Birth of Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3] Letter of Edward and Edmund to their father . . . . . . . [4] Children of the Duke of York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6] Richard a prisoner of war aged 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7] Refuge in John Paston's chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8]

CHAPTER II

DEATH OF RICHARD'S FATHER AND BROTHER AT THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD

The Duke of York declared Heir-Apparent . . . . . . . . . [9] The Duke and his family united at Baynard's Castle . . . . [10] March to Sandal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [11] Description of Sandal Castle and its neighbourhood . . . . [12], [13] Battle of Wakefield. Death of the Duke . . . . . . . . . [14], [15] Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland . . . . . . . . . . . . . [15], [16] Cruelty and inhuman folly of the Lancastrians . . . . . . [17] Edward's victory at Mortimer's Cross . . . . . . . . . . . [18] George and Richard sent to Holland for safety . . . . . . [18], [19]

CHAPTER III

THE CROWNING VICTORY OF TOWTON

Description of Edward IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [20] Edward proclaimed King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [21], [22] March to the north. Yorkist leaders . . . . . . . . . . . [23] Lancastrian leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [24] Sir Andrew Trollope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [25] Description of the country round Towton . . . . . . . . . [26] Surprise at Ferrybridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [27] Chase and death of Clifford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [28] Yorkists march to Saxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [29], [30] Marshalling of the Lancastrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . [31] Battle of Towton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [32], [33] Flight of Henry and his partisans. Edward at York . . . . [34] Coronation of Edward IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [35] Edward's generous treatment of his foes . . . . . . . . . [36] Chapel built by Richard at Towton . . . . . . . . . . . . [37]

CHAPTER IV