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CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
PART I
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
THE CROWN LOST AND WON--BATTLE OF BARNET
Return of George and Richard from Holland . . . . . . . . 38 Their Dukedoms, Earldoms and Richard's K.G. . . . . . . . 38 Richard chief mourner at his father's obsequies . . . . . 39 Military training under Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Description of Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Treason of Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Flight of Edward and Richard to Holland. . . . . . . . . . 42, 43 Expedition fitted out at Veere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Landing at Ravenspur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Edward's brilliant campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47 Richard's negotiation with Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Battle of Barnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 52
CHAPTER V
MARGARET OF ANJOU AND HER SON EDWARD
Birth and marriage of Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54 Birth of Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Adventures in the wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 59
Home at Koeur-la-Petite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Edward's conversations with the Chief Justice . . . . . . 61, 66 Agreement with Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Description of young Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CHAPTER VI
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PAGE
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
PART I
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
THE CROWN LOST AND WON--BATTLE OF BARNET
Return of George and Richard from Holland . . . . . . . . 38 Their Dukedoms, Earldoms and Richard's K.G. . . . . . . . 38 Richard chief mourner at his father's obsequies . . . . . 39 Military training under Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Description of Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Treason of Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Flight of Edward and Richard to Holland. . . . . . . . . . 42, 43 Expedition fitted out at Veere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Landing at Ravenspur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Edward's brilliant campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47 Richard's negotiation with Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Battle of Barnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 52
CHAPTER V
MARGARET OF ANJOU AND HER SON EDWARD
Birth and marriage of Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54 Birth of Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Adventures in the wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 59
Home at Koeur-la-Petite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Edward's conversations with the Chief Justice . . . . . . 61, 66 Agreement with Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Description of young Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CHAPTER VI
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