Queens Consort (90 page)

Trinity
,
395

Tristan de Leonis
,
197

Troyes, St Peter’s cathedral,
323

Troyes, treaty of (1420),
323—4
,
328
,
334

Tubbay John,
311

Tucé, Herbert de,
138

Tudela,
121

Tudor, Mary,
417

Tudor, Owen (son of Owen Tudor and Catherine de Valois),
332
,
333

Tudor, Owen ap Maredudd ap,
330—3
,
350
,
352

Tudors, accession of,
334

Tunis,
192—3

Turin,
178

Turks,
102
,
103

Turnham, Stephen of,
127

Turold, Lord,
18

Tusculum,
106

Tutbury,
348
; castle,
229

Tyler, Wat,
276

Tynemouth,
210
,
215—6
; Priory,
215
,
230

Tyre,
125

Tyre, William of,
103
,
104

Ulster, Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of,
261

Underwood, Malcolm,
394

Urban IV, Pope,
273

Usk, Adam of,
282
,
295
,
300
,
318

Val-es-Dunes, battle of (1047),
18

Valence, William de,
170
,
174

Valenciennes,
236
,
251
,
252
,
258

Valois, Jeanne de,
307

Valois, Louis de,
323

Vannes,
312

Varaville, battle of (1054),
28

Vaudreuil,
18

Vere, Aubrey de,
83
,
88

Vergil, Polydore,
319
,
392
,
393
,
402
,
408

Vermandois, Count of,
97
,
98
,
99

Vermendois, Petronilla, Countess of (Eleanor of Aquitaine’s sister),
96
,
98
,
99

Verses of Gildas, The
,
292—3

Vescy, Isabella de,
215

Vescy, William de,
170

Vexin,
108
,
133

Vexin, Lord of Arques,
20

Vézélay
101
,
106

Viking descent of Norman dynasty,
23

Vincennes,
326

Virgin, cult of the,
26

Visconti, Violante,
269

Vita Aedwardi Regis
,
197

Vita Beati Eadwardi Regis Anglorum
,
197

Vita Edwardi Secundi
,
216
,
227
,
229
,
232
,
235

Vita Sancti Edwardi
,
197

Vitry-sur-Marne,
98—9

Vlaardingen, battle of (1347),
266

‘Voyage of St Brendan, The’,
55
,
63
,
281

Vulognes,
366

Vyssi Brod, Master of,
281

Wake, Thomas,
319

Wakefield, battle of, (1460),
351

Waleran, Count of Meulan,
73

Waleran of Luxembourg,
277

Wales, rebellions in,
65

Wallace, William,
205

Wallingford,
211
,
237
,
238
,
239
,
327
,
375
; Castle,
314

Walsingham,
284
,
287
,
296
,
297
; shrine of,
362

Walsingham, Thomas,
267

Walter (Isabella’s minstrel),
224

Walter, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury,
135

Waltham,
62
,
148
,
261
,
327
,
329
; Abbey,
47
,
51
,
53

Walton-on-the-Naze castle,
236

Warbeck, Perkin,
414

Warenne, Earl of,
84

Wark, Northumberland,
186

Warkworth Chronicle, The
,
374

Warwick,
216
,
300
,
364
,
369
,
392

Warwick, Countess of,
370
,
374
,
380
,
382
,
391
,
398

Warwick, earls of,
204
,
216
,
296
,
297
,
319
,
389
,
393
,
398
,
405
,
407—8
,
414

Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of,
345
,
346
,
347
,
348—9
,
350
,
352
,
353
,
358—9
,
369
; as heir to
Salisbury title,
359
; and Elizabeth Woodville,
359
,
368
; and the Burgundian marriage,
361
,
362
; and the Woodvilles,
361
,
363—4
; and Edward IV,
362
,
365
; raises army in Kent,
363
,
364
; intentions for uprising,
364—5
; retreats to France,
365—6
; and marriage of Henry to Anne Neville,
368—9
; returns to England,
370
; attempts at government,
371
; and return of Edward IV,
372
,
373
; death,
373
,
414

Warwick, Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of,
286

Wash, the,
155

Waurin, Jean de,
358

Waverley, chronicler of,
181

Weir, Alison,
383
,
386

Welles, John, Viscount,
410
,
411

Wells,
373

Welsh marches, lordships of,
226—7
,
228

Welsh, the,
331

Wendover, Roger of,
147
,
153

Wenzel, King of Bohemia,
273
,
274

Werthyngpole, Lonota de,
260

West Ham, manor of,
47

Westminster,
62
,
83
,
84
,
90
,
92
,
145
,
169
,
173
,
177—8
,
180
,
182
,
187
,
214—15
,
217
,
240
,
248
,
254
,
273
,
277
,
286
,
301
,
309
,
338
,
370
,
383
,
390
; chamber and chapel,
167
; charters,
57
; Eleanor’s of Castile’s garden,
217
; Great Hall,
212
,
278
,
288
; Palace of,
184
,
297
,
351
; Queen’s pond,
196
,
217
; royal apartments,
343
; St James hospital,
48
; St Stephen’s Chapel,
416
; tournament,
360

Westminster, abbot of,
275

Westminster, Provisions of,
180

Westminster Abbey,
31
,
33
,
44
,
46
,
47
,
176
,
197
,
211
,
212
,
289
,
321
,
327
,
332
,
391
; Eleanor of Castile’s tomb,
201
,
202
; Elizabeth Woodville founds chapel in,
376
; Jerusalem chamber,
313
,
387
; Katherine’s tomb,
185
; Matilda of Scotland’s burial at,
58—9
; Matilda’s coronation,
73
; St Erasmus’ chapel,
376
,
410
; Sanctuary,
286
,
360
,
371
,
383
,
386
,
388
,
394
,
401

Westminster Chronicle, The
,
188
,
274

Westmoreland, Ralph, Earl of,
382

Weston, John de,
206

Westwood,
113

Wharfedale,
206

White Ship
,
60
,
61
,
68

Whittlewood forest,
355

wife as a ‘peace-weaver’,
22

Wight, Isle of,
411

William (Eleanor of Provence’s clothes merchant),
178

William, Duke of Normandy (son of Henry I and Matilda),
46
,
58
,
60
,
61
,
69

William, son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda,
87
,
90

William, son of Henry II and Eleanor,
111

William, son of Stephen and Matilda,
72
,
85

William, sons of Edward III and Philippa,
254
,
265
,
257
,
267

William I, King (formerly Duke of Normandy),
278
; marriage to Matilda of Flanders,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
28
,
39
; vulnerable position,
19—20
; illegitimacy,
20
; birth,
21
; appearance,
21
; as a minor,
28
; campaigns,
28—9
; claim on English crown,
30
,
31
,
44
; and Harold,
30—1
; and English expedition,
31
; and battle of Hastings,
32
; crowned King William I,
33
; harrying of the north,
35
; spiritual side,
37
; and son Robert,
38
,
39
; and bishop Odo,
39
; and death of Matilda,
39

William IX of Aquitaine,
96

William X of Aquitaine,
96

William of Bavaria,
277

William Rufus,
37
,
43—4
,
42
,
43
,
44
,
62

William the Bad, King of Sicily,
121

William the Good,
121
,
122—3

Willoughby, Sir Roger,
404

Wilton,
86
,
148
; Abbey,
41—2
,
43
,
52
,
75—6
; leprosarium,
65

Wilton, Eve of,
42
,
74

Wilton Diptych,
283
,
292
,
310—11

Wilton, Serbo of (poet),
63

Wiltshire, Earl of,
348
,
373

Winchelsea,
176
,
268
; convent,
267

Winchelsea, sea battle off (1350),
267—8

Winchester,
24
,
25
,
35
,
62
,
65
,
83
,
84
,
90
,
91
,
118
,
127
,
129
,
149—50
,
151
,
154
,
167
,
173
,
181
,
208
,
244
254
,
309
,
404
,
407
; Castle,
44
; exchequer court,
51
; New Minster,
24

Winchester, bishop of,
156
,
233
,
348

Winchester, Countess of,
180

Winchester, John de Stratford, bishop of,
233

Winchester, treaty of (1153),
110

Windsor,
61
,
62
,
127
,
173
,
184
,
187
,
191
,
217
,
245
,
254
,
267
,
269
,
277
,
285
,
296
,
298
,
299
,
326
,
329
,
333
,
346
,
375
,
392
,
409
; College of St George,
262
; St Edmund’s chapel,
267

Windsor Castle,
127
,
183
,
209
,
314
; gardens,
167
; Henry I’s Christmas court,
70
; Round Table feast and tournament (1344),
248
,
262

Wingham, Henry, bishop of London,
174—75

Winton, John de,
196

Wissant,
77
,
86

witchcraft,
316
,
318—19

Wolvesey Palace,
84

women: aristocratic, as managers of family households and estates,
27—8
; on crusade,
101
,
106
; education of,
26—7
; inheritance rights of,
80
see also
Salic Law; as landowners in England before Norman Conquest,
34
; as military leaders,
77
,
83
; scholarship and religious life of,
26

Woodstock,
57
,
62
,
111
,
152
,
167
,
168
,
217
,
254
,
255
,
256
,
267
,
268
,
297
,
311
,
316

Woodville, Anthony,
350

Woodville, Sir Edward,
388
,
395
,
407
,
408

Woodville, Elizabeth (later Queen of England),
319
,
362
; appearance,
355
,
377—78
; meets Edward IV,
355
,
358
; ancestry,
356
; marriage to Edward,
356
,
358
; and Marguerite of Anjou,
358
,
374—5
; relationship with husband,
358
,
378
,
379
; and Earl of Warwick,
359
; coronation,
359
,
360
; ‘blemished’ sexual status,
360
; children,
360
,
376
,
387
; siblings,
360—1
; visit to Norwich,
362—3
; in vulnerable position,
364
; moves to safety of Tower of London,
369
; gives birth to son Edward,
371
; and return of husband Edward,
372—3
; grants to religious houses,
375—7
; founds chapel in Westminster Abbey,
376
; churching banquet,
377
; as hostess to Lord Gruuthuyse,
377
; and husband’s infidelities,
378
; and Lord Hastings,
378
; and execution of Duke of Clarence,
378
,
379
; and death of husband,
383
; and Richard of Gloucester,
383
; and Edward V,
384
; seeks sanctuary,
386—7
,
388
; and Richard III,
387—8
; hands son Richard over to Richard III,
388—9
; marriage claimed to be invalid,
389
,
396
; on hearing news of Edward V’s investiture as Prince of Wales,
392
; and death of sons in the Tower,
393
; conspires against Richard III,
394
; in sanctuary,
395—6
; relinquishes Queen Dowager rank,
396
; restored to Queen Dowager status,
407
; surrenders her lands and boards at Bermondsey Abbey,
407
,
408—9
; and Buckingham rebellion,
411
; interest in books,
412
; as ideal consort to Edward,
416
; death and burial,
409—10
; will,
409