Index
of Contents & Internal References for
A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of the HISTORICAL CHARACTERS in the CHRONICAL
PLAYS of SHAKESPEARE
King
John, Richard II, Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV, Part II, Henry V, Henry VI, Part
I, Henry VI, Part II, Henry VI, Part III, Richard III, and Henry VIII
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NO. 2 Note on the Typescript ii
Preface iii-xi
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List of the Chief Works Consulted xii-xiv
ABERGAVENNY,
Lord 1
ADMIRAL
of France 1
ALENCON,
Duchess of 1
ALENCON,
Jean, first Duke of 1-2
ALENCON,
Duke of 3
ANDUS,
Earl of 3
ANJOU,
Duke of 3
ANNE
of Bohemia, Queen of Richard II 3-5
ARCHIBALD,
Earl of Douglas 6
ARMAGNAC,
Jean IV, Count of 6-7
ARTHUR,
Duke of Bretagne 8-10
ARTHUR,
Prince of Wales 11
ARUNDEL,
thomas [Fitalan], Archbishop of 12-13
ATHOL,
Earl of 14
AUMERIE,
Duke of 14
AUSTRIA,
Duke of 14-15
AUVERGNE,
Countess of 15
BAGOT,
Sir William 16
BANISTER
(Banaster), Humphrey 17
BAR,
Edward III, Duke of 17
BARDOLPH
(or Bardolf), Thomas, fifth Baron 18
BASSET 19
BASTARD
of Orleans 19
BAYONNE,
Bishop of 19
BEAUFORT,
Edmund, Earl of Montague, Earl and Marquis of Dorset, 22-24
second duke of Somerset
BEAUFORT,
Henry, Bishop of Winchester, Cardinal 25-28
BEAUFORT,
Henry, third Duke of Somerset 29
BEAUFORT,
John, first Duke of Somerset 30
BEAUFORT,
Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby 31-32
BEAUFORT,
Thomas, Duke of Exeter 33-34
BEAUMOND
(Beaumont), Lord 35
BAEUMONT,
Count of 36
BEDFORD,
Duke of 36
BERKELEY 36
BERKELEY,
Lord 37
BERKELEY,
Thomas, fifth Baron Berkeley 37
BERRI
(Berry), John, Duke of 37
BIGOT,
Lord 38
BLACK
PRINCE, The 39
BLANCHE
of Castile 39
BLUNT 40
BLUNT
(or Blount), Sir James 41
BLUNT,
Sir Walter 42
BOHUN,
Edward 42
BOHUN,
Edward 42
BOHUN,
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester 43
BOLEYN
(Bullen), Anne, Queen of England 44-48
BOLEYN
(Bullen), Thomas, Viscount Rochford, Earl of Wiltshire and 49
Ormunde
BOLINGBROKE,
Henry, surnamed; Duke of Hereford, afterwards, King 50-56
Henry IV
BOLINGBROKE,
Roger 57
BONA
(Bonne), The Lady 57
BOUCIQUALT
(Boucicaut), Jean, Marshal of France 58
BOURBON,
Duke of 58
BOURBON,
Lord, High Admiral of France 58
BOUCHIER,
Thomas, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury 59-60
BRABANT,
Duke of 61
BRACY,
Sir John 61
BRAKENBURY
(or Brackenbury), Sir Robert 61
BRANDON 62
BRANDON,
Sir Charles, first Duke of Suffolk 62-64
BRANDON,
Sir William 65
BRETAGNE
(Brittany) Duke of 65
BRETAGNE
(Brittany), Francois I, Duke of 65
BRETAGNE
(Brittany, Britain), Duke of 65
BERTAGNE
(Britanny), Duke of 66
BROCAS
(Brokas), Sir Leonard 66
BUCKINGHAM,
Duke of 66
BUCKINGHAM,
Duke of 66
BUCKINGHAM,
Duke of 66
BULLEN,
Anne 66
BULLEN,
Thomas 66
BULMER,
Sir William 67
BURGH,
Hubert de 68
BURGUNDY,
Charles the Bold, Duke of 68
BURGUNDY,
Duke of 68
BURGUNDY,
Duke of 68
BURGEUNDY,
Isabella, Duchess of 69
BUSHY
(or Bussy), Sir John 70
BUTLER,
James, fifth Earl of Ormunde and Earl of Wiltshire 71
BUTTS,
Sir William 71
CADE,
John (Jack) 72-73
CALABRE,
Jean, Duke of 74
CAMBRIDGE,
Earl of 75
CAMPEGGIO
(Campeius), Lorenzo, Cardinal 75-77
CAMPEIUS,
Cardinal 78
CANTERBURY,
Archbishop of 78
CANTERBURY,
Archbishop of 78
CANTERBURY,
Archbishop of 78
CAPUCIUS,
Ambassador for the Emperor Charles V 78
CAR,
John de la 78
CARDINAL
BEAUFORT 79
CARDINAL
BOURCHIER 79
CARDINAL
CAMPETIUS 79
CARDINAL
MORTON 79
CARDINAL
PANDULPH 79
CARDINAL
WOLSEY 79
CARLISIE,
Bishop of 79
CASSADO,
Gregory of 79
CASSALIS
(Casale), Sir Gregory 79
CATESBY,
Sir William 80
CATHERINE
of Aragon 81-85
CECILY,
“heiress of the Lord Bonville” 86
CHAMBERLAIN,
Lord 86
CHANCELLOR,
Lord 87
CHAPUYS,
Eustache 87-88
CHARKES,
Duke of Orleans 89
CHARLES
V, Emperor 90
CHARLES
VI, King of France 91-95
CHARLES
VII, King of France 96-99
CHAROLOIS 100
CHATILLON,
Ambassador from France 100
CHATILLON,
Jacques de, Admiral of France 100
CHICHELE,
Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury 101-103
CHIEF
JUSTICE, Lord 103
CLARENCE,
George, Duke of 104-108
CLARENCE,
Duke of 109
CLARENCE,
Duke of 109
CLARENCE,
A Young Daughter of 109
CLARENCE,
A Young Son of 109
CLIFFORD,
Henry de, fourteenth Baron Clifford, tenth Baron 109
CLIFFORD,
John de, thirteenth Baron Clifford, ninth Baron of West- 110-111
morland
CLIFFORD,
Thomas de, twelfth Daron Clifford, eight Baron of West- 111
morland
CLIFFORD,
Young 111
COBHAM,
Edward, Lord 112
COBHAM,
Eleanor, Duchess of Glocester 113-114
COBHAM,
Rainold (Reginald), Lord 115
COLEVILLE,
Sir John 116
CONSTABLE
of France 116
CONSTANCE
of Brittany 117
COURTNEY
(Courtnay), Edward, Earl of Devonshire 118
COURTNEY
(Courtnay), Peter, Bishop of Exeter 118
CRANMER,
Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury 119-122
CROMER,
Sir James [William] 123
CROMWELL,
Thomas, Earl of Essex 124-126
DAUPHIN
of France 127
DAUPHIN
of France 127
D’ALBRET,
Charles, Count, Constable of France 127
DELABRETH,
Charles 128
DENNY,
Sir Anthony 128
DERBY,
Countess of 129
DERBY,
Earl of 129
DERBY,
Earl of 129
DESPENSER,
Thomas le, Earl of Gloucester 129-130
DIGHTON,
John 130
DOLPHIN,
Sir Guichard 130
DORSET,
Lady Marquess of 131
DORSET,
Marquis of 132
DORSET,
Marquis of 132
DOUGLAS,
Archibald, fourth Earl of 132
DOUGLAS,
George, first Earl of Angus 133
DUNBAR,
George, Lord March of Scotland 133-134
EDMUND
of Langley, Duke of York 135-136
EDMUND,
Earl of Rutland 136
EDWARD
the Black Prince 136
EDWARD,
Earl of March 136
EDWARD,
Earl of Rutland and Duke of Aumerle and York 137-139
EDWARD,
Earl of Warwick 140-141
EDWARD,
son of the Duke of York 141
EDWARD,
Prince of Wales 142-144
EDWARD
III, King of England 145
EDWARD
IV, King of England 146-151
EDWARD
V, King of England 152-156
ELEANOR
(Elianor) of Aquitaine 157-158
ELEANOR,
Duchess of Gloucester 159
ELIZABETH,
Princess, later, Queen of England 159
ELIZABETH,
Queen, Wife of Edward IV 160-165
ELIZABETH,
Baroness Scales 166
ELIZABETH
of York, Queen, Wife of Henry VII 166-167
ELY,
Bishop of 168
ELY,
Bishop of 168
ELY,
Bishop of 168
ERPINGHAM,
Sir Thomas 168-169
ESSEX,
Earl of 169
ESSEX,
Earl of 169
EXETER,
Bishop of 169
EXETER,
Bishop of 169
EXETER,
Duke of 169
EXETER,
Duke of 169
EXETER,
Duke of 169
EXTON,
Sir Piers (Pierce) 170
FALSTAFF,
Sir John 171-176
FASTOLFE,
Sir John 177-178
FAUCONBERG
(Fauquembourg), Count of 179
FAUCONBERG,
Baron 179
FAULCONBRIDGE,
Lady 179
FAULCONBRIDGE,
Philip, the Bastard 180-181
FAULCONBRIDGE,
Robert 181
FAULCONBRIDGE,
Sir Robert 181
FERDINAND,
King of Aragon 182
FERRARA,
Duke of 182
FERRERS,
Walter, Lord, of Chartley 182
FIENNES,
James, Baron Saye and Sele 183
FIFE,
Earl of 184
FISHER,
John, Bishop of Rochester 184
FITZALAN,
Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey 185-186
FITZGERAID,
Gerald, ninth Earl of Kildare 186
FITZ-PETER
(or Fitz-piers), Geoffrey, Earl of Essex 187
FITZWATER,
Lord 188
FOIX,
Count of 189
FORDHAM,
John, Bishop of Ely 189
FORREST,
Miles 190
FRANCIS
I, King of France 190
GAM,
Davy 191
GARDINER,
Stephen, Bishop of Winchester 192-193
GARGRAVE,
Sir Thomas 194
GARTER
KING-AT-ARMS 195
GASCOIGNE,
Sir William 195
GAUNT,
John of, Duke of Lancaster 196-198
GAWSEY,
Sir Nicholas 199
GEOFFREY
PLANTAGENET, Duke of Brittany 199
GEORGE,
Duke of Clarence 200
GLANSDALE,
Sir William 200
GLENDOWER,
Owen 201-204
GLOUCESTER,
Duchess of 205
GLOUCESTER,
Duchess of 205
GLOUCESTER,
Duke of 205
GLOUCESTER,
Richard, Duke of 205
GLOUCESTER,
Duke of 205
GLOUCESTER,
Earl of 205
GOFFE
(Gough), Matthew 205-206
GOWER 207
GRAMMONT,
Gabriel de, Bishop of Tarbes 208
GRABDPRE,
The Lord 209
GREEN,
Sir Henry 209
GREY,
Lady Elizabeth 209
GREY,
Henry, Duke of Suffolk. Third Marquis Dorset 209
GREY,
Sir John, eighth Baron Ferrers 210
GREY,
Sir Richard 210
GREY,
Richard, Lord 211
GREY,
Sir Thomas 211
GREY,
Thomas, first Marquis of Dorset 212-213
GRIFFITH,
Gentleman Usher to Queen Catherine 213
GUILDFORD,
Sir Henry 214-215
GUILDFORD,
Sir Richard 216
GURNEY,
James 216
HAL,
Prince 217
HARCOURT 217
HASTINGS,
[Ralph?] Lord 218
HASTINGS,
William. Lord 219-221
HENRY
BOLINGBROKE 222
HENRY,
Duke of Orleans 222
HENRY
OF MONMOUTH, Prince of Wales 223-227
HENRY,
Prince, the son of King John 228
HENRY
Earl of Richmond; later, King Henry VII 229-232
HENRY
IV, King of England 233-238
HENRY
V, King of England 239-249
HENRY
VI, King of England 250-258
HENRY
VII, King of England 258
HENRY
VIII, King of England 259-265
HENTON,
Nicholas 266
HERBERT,
Sir Walter 266
HERBERT,
William Lord, Earl of Pembroke 267
HEREFORD,
Duke of 268
HEREFORD,
Earl of 268
HOLLAND,
Henry, Duke of Exeter 268-269
HOLLAND,
Joan, Duchess of York 270
HOLLAND,
John, Earl of Huntingdon and Duke of Exeter 271
HOLLAND,
John, Duke of Exeter and Earl of Huntingdon 272
HOLLAND,
Thomas, Duke of Surrey and the third Earl of Kent 273-274
HOPKINS,
Nicholas 275
HORNER,
Thomas, an Armorer 276
HOTSPUR 276
HOWARD,
John, first (Howard) Duke of Norfolk 277-278
HOWARD,
Thomas (1), Earl of Surrey and second Duke of Norfolk 279
HOWARD,
Thomas (II), Earl of Surrey, third Duke of Norfolk 280-281
HURBERT
de Burgh 282-283
HUME,
John, a Priest 284
HUMPHREY,
a Keeper 284
HUMPHREY,
Duke of Gloucester 285-289
HUNGERFORD,
Robert, Lord 290
HUNGERFORD,
Sir Walter, first Baron 290
HUNTINGDON,
Earl of 291
HUNTINGDON,
Earl of 291
IDEN,
Alexander 291
INNOCENT
III, Pope 292
ISABELLA,
Wife of Charles VI of France 293
JEAN
III (called “the Good”), Duke of Alencon 294
JEAN,
Count of Dunois and Longueville 295
JEANNE
D’ARC 296-299
JERUSALEM,
King of 300
JOAN
of Arc 300
JOHN
(JEAN), Duke of Bourbon 300
JOHN
the Fearless (Jean sand Peur), Duke of Burgundy 300-301
JOHN
(JEAN) V, Duke of Brittany 302-303
JOHN
(JEAN) VI, Duke of Brittany 303
JOHN
OF GAUNT, Duke of Lancaster 303
JOHN
OF LANCASTER, Duke of Bedford 304-306
JOHN,
King of England 307-311
JOURDAIN,
Margery, a Witch 311
KATE 312
KATE,
(the wife of Hotspur) 312
KATHERINE,
Queen 312
KATHERINE
of France 312-313
KENT,
Earl of 313
KETLEY,
Sir Richard 313
KINDARE,
Earl of 313
KNYVET
(Knevet), Charles 314
LANCASTER,
Duke of 315
LANCASTER,
Prince John of 315
LANGTON,
Stephen 315
LESTRALE,
Lord of 315
LEWIS
the Dauphin 316
LEOPOLD,
Duke of Austria 317
LIMOGES
(Lymoges), Viscount of 317
LINCOIN,
Bishop of 317
LIONEL
of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence 317
LONDON,
Bishop of 318
LONDON,
Bishop of 319
LONDON,
Maoyr of 319
LONDON,
Maoyr of 319
LONGLAND,
John, Bishop of Lincoln 319-320
LONGSWORD
(Longspee), William, Earl of Salisbury 321
LOUIS,
Dauphin of France 322
LOUIS
XI, King of France 323
LOVELL,
Francis, first Viscount 324
LOVELL,
Sir Thomas 325
LUCY,
Lady Elizabeth 326
LUCY,
Sir William 327
MAINE,
Duke of 328
MARCH,
Edward Earl of 328
MARCH,
Earl of 328
MARCH,
Earl of 328
MARCH
of Scotland, Lord 328
MARGARET,
daughter of Regnier, afterwards married to King Henry 328
MARGARET,
widow of Henry VI 328
MARGARET
of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI 328-330
MARGARET
Plantagenet 331
MARGARET,
Queen of Navarre 331-332
MARIE,
Lord of 332
MARSHAL,
Lord 332
MARSHAL,
Lord 332
MARSHAL,
William, first Earl of Pembroke 333-334
MARY,
Princess, later Queen of England 335-336
MELUN,
a French Lord 336
MENTEITH,
Earl of 336
MERK,
Thomas, Bishop of Carlisle 337-338
MICHAEL,
Sir, a friend to the Archbishop of York 338
MONTACUTE
(Montague), Lord 339
MONTACUTE
(Montague), John de, Third Earl of Salisbury 339-340
MONTACUTE
(Montagu), Thomas de, fourth Earl of Salisbury 341-342
MONTAGU,
Marquis of 343
MONTFORT,
John De, Duke of Bretagne 343
MONTGOMERY,
Sir John 343
MORDAKE,
Earl of Fife 344-345
MORE,
Sir Thomas 346-348
MORTIMER,
Anne 349
MORTIMER,
Edmund, third Earl of March 349
MORTIMER,
Sir Edmund 350-352
MORTIMER,
Edmund, fifth Earl of March 353-354
MORTIMER,
Eleanor 355
MORTIMER,
Lady Elizabeth 355
MORTIMER,
Sir Hugh 356
MORTIMER,
Sir John 356
MORTIMER,
Sir John 356
MORTIMER,
Lady 357
MORTIMER,
Roger de, fourth Earl of March 357
MORTON 357
MORTON,
John, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury 358-359
MOUNTJOU,
A French Herald 360
MOWBRAY,
Lord 361
MOWBRAY,
Thomas (I) twelfth Baron Mowbray and first Duke of 362-364
Norfolk
MOWBRAY,
Thomas (II), Earl Marshal 365-366
MOWBARY,
Thomas, Earl of 367
NAPIES,
King of 368
NAVARRE,
Margaret, Queen of 368
NEVILLE,
Anne, Queen, wife of Richard III 368-369
NEVILLE,
Celcily, wife of Richard Duke of York 370-371
NEVILLE,
George, third Baron of Bergavenny (Abergavenny) 372
NEVILLE,
George, Bishop of Exeter, Archbishop of York 373
NEVILLE,
Isabella 374
NEVILLE,
John, Marquis of Montagu (Montacute) 375-376
NEVILLE,
Ralph, sixth Baron Neville of Raby, first Earl of Westmore- 377-379
Land
NEVILLE,
Ralph, second Earl of Westmoreland 379
NEVILLE,
Richard, first (Neville) Earl of Salisbury 380-381
NEVILLE,
Richard, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury 382-386
NEVILLE,
William, Baron Fauconberg 387-389
NORBERY
(Northbury), Sir John 390
NORFOLK,
Duchess of 390-391
NORFOLK,
Duke of 392
NORFOLK,
Duke of 392
NORFOLK,
Duke of 392
NORFOLK,
Duke of 392
NORTHAMPTON,
Earl of 392
NORTHUMPERLAND,
Lady 392
NORTHUMBERLAND,
Earl of 393
NORTHUMBERLAND,
Earl of 393
NORTHUMBERLAND,
Earl of 393
NORTHUMBERLAND,
Earl of 393
ORIEANS,
Bastard of 394
ORIEANS,
Duke of 394
ORIEANS,
Duke of 394
OXFORD,
---- 394
OXFORD,
Earl of 394
OXFORD,
Earl of 394
PACE,
Dr. Richard 395
PANDULPH,
Cardinal, Papal Legate 396-398
PEACOCK,
Sir Stephen 399
PECK,
Gilbert 399-400
PEMBROKE,
Earl of 401
PEMBROKE,
Earl of 401
PEMBROKE,
Earl of 401
PEMBROKE,
Marchioness of 401
PENKER,
Friar John 401-402
PERCY,
Sir Henry (Hotspur) 403-407
PERCY,
Henry, first Earl of Northumberland 408-411
PERCY,
Sir Henry, third Earl of Northumberland 411
PERCY,
Henry, fourth Earl of Northumberland 412
PERCY,
Sir Henry, sixth Earl of Northumberland 413
PERCY,
Sir Thomas, Earl of Worcester 414-415
PERCY,
Lady (the wife of Hotspur) 416
PETER
of Pomfret, a Prophet 416
PHILIP
II, King of France (Philip Augustus) 417-418
PHILIP
the Good, Dike of Burgundy 419
PHILIPPA
of Clarence 420
PIERCE
of Exton, Sir 420
PLANTAGENET,
Arthur 420
PLANTAGENET,
Edward 420
PLANTAGENET,
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany 420
PLANTAGENET,
Margaret 420
PLANTAGENET 429
PLANTAGENET,
Sir Richard 429
POLE,
Henry, Baron Montacute (Montague) 429
POLE,
Margaret, Duchess of Salisbury 430-431
POLE,
Michael de la, third Earl of Suffolk 431
POLE,
William de la, fourth Earl and first Duke of Suffolk 432-435
POMRET,
Peter of 435
PONTON
de Saintrailles 435
PUCELLE,
Joan La 435
QUEEN
to King Richard II 436
QUOINT
(Coines or Coint), Francis 436
RAINOLD
Lord Cobham 437
RAMBURES,
The Lord 437
RAMSTON,
Sir John 437
RATCLIFFE
(Radcliffe), Sir Richard 438
REGNIER
(Rene) I, Duke of Anjou 439-440
RICE
(Rhys) ap Thomas 440
RICHARD,
afterwards Duke of Gloucester 441
RICHARD,
Duke of York 441
RICHARD
Earl of Cambridge 442-443
RICHARD,
son to the Duke of York 443
RICHARD
Plantagenet 444
RICHARD
I (Coeur-de-Lion) 444
RICHARD
II, King of England 445-453
RICHARD
III, King of England 454-461
RICHMOND,
Countess of 462
RICHMOND,
Earl of 462
RICHMOND,
Henry, Earl of 462
RIVERS,
Earl (lord), brother to Lady Grey 462
ROUCHESTER,
Bishop of 462
ROCHFORD,
Viscount 462
ROSS,
Lord 462
ROTHERHAM,
Thomas, Archbishop of York 463-464
ROUSSI
(Roussy), Count of 465
RUTLAND,
Edmund, Earl of 465
RUTLAND,
Earl of 465
St.
ASAPH, Bishop of 466
SAINTRAILLES
(Xaintrailles), Jean Poton (or Ponton), Lord of 466
SALISBURY,
Duchess of 467
SALISBURY,
Earl of 467
SALISBURY,
Earl of 467
SALISBURY,
Earl of 467
SALISBURY,
Earl of 467
SANDS
(Sandys), Sir William, Baron Sandys of “the Vine” 468
SAYE
(Saye), Lord 469
SCALES,
Elizabeth, Baroness 469
SCALES,
the Heir and Daughter of Lord 469
SCALES,
Lord 469
SCALES,
Thomas de, seventh Baron Scales 469-470
SCROOP,
Lord 471
SCROOP,
Sir Stephen 471
SCROOP,
Sir Henry le, third Baron Scrope of Masham 472
SCROOE,
Richard le, Archbishop of York 473-474
SCROPE,
William le, Earl of Wiltshire 475-476
SEELY,
Sir Bennet 476
SEYMOUR,
Lord 476
SHAW,
Doctor John 477-478
SHAW, Edmund, Mayor of London