Westminster Abbey: Edward IV’s coronation, 52–3; Elizabeth Woodville’s coronation, 130–1; christening of Prince Edward, 256; Edward IV’s re-coronation, 276, 308; ceremony for St Edward’s day (1472), 326; requiem mass for Edward IV, 454; relics, 143
Westminster Hall, 29, 43, 73, 130, 449, 489, 494
Westminster Palace, 17, 19, 30, 115, 164, 191, 206, 224, 400, 442, 547
Westminster sanctuary, 246–7, 256, 472, 478, 483–4, 487, 501, 502, 504, 505, 519, 523
Whetehill, Richard, 97
Whethamstede, John, abbot of St Albans, 50
Whitelaw, Archbishop, 535
Whittington, Sir Robert, 191
Wigmore Castle, 4
Wilde, Thomas, 139–40
Williams, Richard, 554
Windsor Castle: marriage of William Herbert and Mary Woodville, 153; Anglo-French negotiations, 170; Edward IV receives Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece, 207; Edward assembles troops at, 283; George Neville received by Edward IV, 316; visit of Louis of Gruuthuse, 324–5; building of St George’s Chapel, 373, 409; George of York buried at, 413; Mary of York buried at, 433; Edward IV buried at, 457; Henry VI reburied at, 533; Elizabeth Woodville buried at, 569
witchcraft, 218–19
Wood, John, 445
Woodstock, 499
Woodville, Anne, 120
Woodville, John, 195
Woodville, Katherine, 123, 138
Woodville, Lionel, 429, 515
Woodville, Margaret, 122
Woodville, Mary, 153
Woodville, Sir Anthony: captured by Warwick at Sandwich, 22; at battle of Towton, 46; surrenders to Edward, 50; fights against Lancastrian insurgencies, 72, 73; Elizabeth Woodville’s marriage to Edward, 116, 119; tournament with Anthoine of Burgundy, 125–6, 151, 167–8; Anglo-French negotiations, 170; on judicial commission, 176; and treason trials, 205; named in petition issued by Warwick, 212; takes rebel ships in the Channel, 234; in exile in Holland after battle of Losecote Field, 245, 254, 262; defends London at Edward’s restoration, 283, 292; entrusted with care of Edward V, 342–3, 347, 370, 451–2; and Edward’s invasion of France (1475), 360–1; reburial of Richard, duke of York at Fotheringhay, 376; jousts at wedding of Richard of Shrewsbury, 401–2; patronage of William Caxton, 423; Scottish campaign (1482), 428, 431; rivalry with William Hastings, 438–9; detained at Northampton, 465–7, 470; execution, 488
Woodville, Sir Edward, 422, 430, 434, 460, 498–9, 534, 562
Woodville, Sir John, 120, 122, 212, 217
Woodville, Sir Richard, 545
Woodville family, 119–23, 447, 452–3, 460
wool trade, 16, 22, 71, 78–9, 95, 105, 149, 156
Worcester, William, The Boke of Noblesse, 361
Worcester Cathedral, 19
Worde, Wynkyn de, 348
Wyche, Hugh, 130, 180
York, Cecily Neville, Duchess of: marriage and children, 7–8, 10; petitions Margaret of Anjou, 11; abandoned at Ludlow, 20–1; sends her younger sons abroad, 38–9; at Baynard’s Castle, 43, 228, 266; deputises for Edward IV, 45; influence on Edward IV, 60; and international trade, 95; fury at Edward’s marriage, 115; at Elizabeth Woodville’s churching, 142; at Greenwich banquet for Margaret of Burgundy, 422; backs conspiracies against the Tudors, 569
York, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of, 83
York, Richard, 3rd Duke of: claim to succession, 4, 24; career and marriage, 7–8; return from Ireland (1450), 5, 7, 8, 9; ambitions of, 9–10; imprisons Somerset in the Tower, 11; as protector of England, 12–13, 15; and first battle of St Albans, 13–15; attempts reform and resigns protectorate, 15; attends the ‘loveday’ (1458), 17; attempts reconciliation with Henry at Worcester, 19; flees to Dublin, 20; attainder of (1459), 21–2; makes claim to the crown of England, 29–30; named heir to the throne, 3, 30; killed at battle of Wakefield, 3, 31–2; reburial at Fotheringhay, 375–6; religious college at Fotheringhay, 83
Younge, Thomas, 10
Zeeland, 244
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