The Wars of the Roses

Who was Who in the Wars of the Roses

The following are brief biographies of those men and women who were caught up in the conflict. The list is arranged alphabetically in order of surnames. Members of the royal families of York and Lancaster are listed under the name of Plantagenet.

The Society is very grateful to the Yorkshire Branch, and in particular to Pauline Harrison Pogmore who compiled the list of biographies, for allowing them to be published on this website.  They were published on behalf of the branch by Rosalba Press in July 2005 by whom the copyright is held. 

The bibliography at the end of the listing is that compiled by the author.

MARGARET of Anjou Queen of England (1429-1482)	ARGENTINE John, Doctor
BEAUCHAMP, Anne Countess of Warwick (1426-1490)	BEAUCHAMP, Eleanor Duchess of Somerset (1407-1466)
BEAUFORT, Edmund 2nd Duke of Somerset, K.G. (1405-1455)	BEAUFORT, Edmund 4th Duke of Somerset (1439-1471)
BEAUFORT, Henry 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436-1464)	BEAUFORT, Joan Countess of Westmorland (1376-1440)
BEAUFORT, John Lord (1422-1471)	BEAUFORT, Margaret Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509)
BONVILLE, William Lord Bonville of Chawton. K.G. (1393-1461)	BOURCHIER, Henry Earl of Essex. K.G. (1403-1483)
BOURCHIER, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury (1404-1486)	BRACKENBURY, Robert kt. K.B. (k. 1485)
BRAMPTON, Edward [Duarte Brandao], kt.	BRANDON, William kt.  (k.1485)
BROOKE, John Lord Cobham (d. 1515)	BUCKINGHAM, Dukes of see STAFFORD
BURGH, Thomas Lord Burgh. K.G (d. 1496)	BUTLER, Eleanor Lady (d. 1468)
BUTLER, James Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Ormond. K.G (1420-1461)	CATESBY, William kt. (ex. 1485)
CHAUCER, Alice Duchess of Suffolk (1404-1475)	CHENEY, John kt. K.B. (d. 1499)
CLIFFORD, John Lord (1435-1461)	CLIFFORD, Robert kt. (d. 1509)
CLIFFORD, Roger kt. (ex. 1485)	CLIFFORD, Thomas Lord Clifford (k. 1455)
CONSTABLE, Marmaduke kt. (d. 1518)	CONYERS, John kt. (k. 1469)
CONYERS, Richard kt. (d. 1503)	COURTNEY, Thomas Earl of Devon (ex. 1461)
CROFT, Richard kt. (d. 1509)	DACRE, Ranulph Lord Dacre of Gilsland (k. 1461)
DEVEREUX, Walter Lord Ferrers (k. 1485)	DORSET, Marquis of See GREY, Thomas
FAUCONBERG, Lord see NEVILLE, William	FITZALAN, Thomas Earl of Arundel. K.G. (d. 1524)
FITZALAN, WilliamEarl of Arundel. K.G. (d. 1487)	FITZHUGH, Henry Lord Fitzhugh
GREY, John kt. (k. 1461)	GREY, Richard Lord (1456-1483)
GREY, Thomas Marquis of Dorset. K.G. (1455-1501)	HALL, David kt. (d. 1460)
HARRINGTON, James kt. (d. 1497?)	HARRINGTON, John kt. (d. 1460)
HARRINGTON, Robert kt. (d. 1487)	HARRINGTON, Thomas kt. (d. 1460)
HASTINGS, William Lord Hastings. K.G.(1431-1483)	HERBERT, Richard kt. (ex. 1469)
HERBERT, Walter	HERBERT, William of Raglan, 1st Earl of Pembroke (ex. 1469)
HERBERT, William Lord Dunster, 2nd Earl of Pembroke	HOLLAND, Henry4th Duke of Exeter (1430-1475)
HORNE, Robert kt. (k. 1461)	HOWARD, John Lord Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. K.G. (k. 1485)
HOWARD, Thomas Earl of Surrey, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. K.G. (1443-1524)	HUNGERFORD, Robert Lord Hungerford, Lord Moleyns (ex. 1464)
HUNGERFORD, Walter kt. (d. 1516)	KENDAL, John kt. (k. 1485)
LANGSTROTHER, John kt. (ex. 1471)	LOVELL, Francis Viscount Lovell
LUXEMBOURG, Jacquetta of Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers (1416-1472)	MANNERS, Robert Lord Roos
MARKENFIELD, Thomas kt. (d. 1497)	METCALFE, James kt. (d 1510)
METCALFE, Miles (1428-148)	METCALFE, Thomas (1424-1504)
MONTAGU, Alice Countess of Salisbury (1406-1463)	MORTIMER, Anne Countess of Cambridge (1390-1411)
MORTIMER, Edmund Earl of March (1391-1425)	MORTON, John Bishop of Ely, Archbishop of Canterbury (1420-1500)
MOWBRAY, John 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415-1461)	MOWBRAY, John 4th Duke of Norfolk (1444-1476)
NEVILLE, Anne Duchess of Buckingham (d.1480)	NEVILLE, Anne Princess of Wales, Queen Consort (1456-1485)
NEVILLE, Cecily Duchess of York. (1415-1495)	NEVILLE, Edward Lord Abergavenny (d.1476)
NEVILLE, Eleanor Countess of Northumberland (d. 1472)	NEVILLE, George Lord Latimer (d. 1469)
NEVILLE, George Archbishop of York (d. 1479)	NEVILLE, Henry (k.1469)
NEVILLE, John Lord Montagu, Earl of Northumberland, Marquis Montagu. K.G. (k. 1471)	NEVILLE, Katherine Duchess of Norfolk (d.1483)
NEVILLE, Ralph Earl of Westmorland. K.G. (d.1425)	NEVILLE, Richard Earl of Salisbury, K.G. (1400-1460)
NEVILLE, Richard Earl of Warwick and Salisbury. K.G. (1428-1471)	NEVILLE, Thomas kt. (k. 1460)
NEVILLE, WilliamLord Fauconberg, Earl of Kent. K.G. (1401-1463)	NORFOLK, Dukes of see HOWARD and MOWBRAY
NORTHUMBERLAND, Earls of see NEVILLE, John; PERCY, Henry	OGLE, Robert Lord Ogle
OXFORD, Earl of see VERE, de	PARR, William kt. (d. 1484)
PEMBROKE, Earls of see HERBERT, William; TUDOR, Jasper	PERCY, Henry 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393-1455)
PERCY, Henry 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461)	PERCY, Henry 4th Earl of Northumberland. K.G. (1449-1489)
PERCY, Robert kt. K.B. (k.1485)	PLANTAGENET, Anne Duchess of Exeter (1439-1476)
PLANTAGENET, Cecily Princess, Lady Welles (1469-1507)	PLANTAGENET, Edmund Earl of Rutland (1443-1460)
PLANTAGENET, Edward Earl of March, Duke of York, Edward IV, K.G. K.B. (1442-1483)	PLANTAGENET, Edward Prince of Wales (1453-1471)
PLANTAGENET, Edward Prince of Wales, Edward V. (1470-148	PLANTAGENET, Edward Earl of Salisbury, Prince of Wales (1473-1484)
PLANTAGENET, Edward Earl of Warwick (1474-1499)	PLANTAGENET, Elizabeth Duchess of Suffolk (1444-1503)
PLANTAGENET, Elizabeth Queen Consort (1466-1503)	PLANTAGENET, George Duke of Clarence, K.G. K.B. (1449-1478)
PLANTAGENET, Henry Henry VI (1421-1471)	PLANTAGENET, Isabel Countess of Essex (1409-1484)
PLANTAGENET, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy (1446-1503)	PLANTAGENET, Margaret Countess of Salisbury (1473-1541)
PLANTAGENET, Richard Earl of Cambridge (1375-141	PLANTAGENET, Richard Duke of York, K.G. (1411-1460)
PLANTAGENET, Richard Duke of Gloucester, Richard III,  K.G. K.B. (1452-1485)	POLE, John de la Duke of Suffolk, K.G. (1442-1491)
POLE, John de la Earl of Lincoln (1462-1487)	POLE, William de la Duke of Suffolk, K.G. (k.1450)
RATCLIFFE, Richard kt. (k. 1485)	RIVERS, Earls see WOODVILLE, Anthony and Richard
ROOS, Thomas Lord Roos (ex. 1464)	ROTHERHAM, [Scott] Thomas Archbishop of York (1500)
RUSSELL, John Bishop of Lincoln (1494)	SALISBURY, Earl of see NEVILLE, Richard
SAVAGE, John kt. (d. 1495)	SAVILE, John kt. (d.1482)
SAVILE, John kt. (d.1482)	SAVILE, John kt. (d.1504)
SCROPE, John Lord Scrope of Bolton, K.G. (1435-1498)	SCROPE, Thomas Lord Scrope of Masham (d. 1493)
SHORE, Elizabeth [Jane]	SOMERSET,  Dukes of see BEAUFORT, Edmund and Henry
STAFFORD, Henry Duke of Buckingham. K.G. (1455-1483)	STAFFORD, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham. K.G. (d.1460)
STAFFORD, Humphrey Earl of Devon (ex.1469)	STANLEY, George Lord Strange. K.G. (d.1521)
STANLEY, Thomas Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby. K.G. (d.1504)	STANLEY, William kt. (ex.1495)
ST LEGER, Thomas kt. (ex.1483)	STILLINGTON, Robert Bishop of Bath and Wells (1420-1491)
STRANGEWAYS, James kt. (d.1480)	STRANGEWAYS, James kt.(d.1521)
STRANGEWAYS, Richard kt. (d.1488)	SUFFOLK, Dukes of see POLE, de la, John and William
SUFFOLK, Duchess of see CHAUCER, Alice	SUTTON, John Lord Dudley (d.1487)
TALBOT, George Earl of Shrewsbury. K.G. (d.1538)	TALBOT, John Earl of Shrewsbury. K.G. (d.1460)
THIRLWELL, Percival kt. (d.1485)	THOMAS, Rhys ap kt. (d.1521)
TIPTOFT, JohnEarl of Worcester. K.G. (ex.1470)	TOUCHET, John Lord Audley (d.1490)
TROLLOPE, Andrew kt. (d.1461)	TUDOR, Edmund Earl of Richmond (1428-1456)
TUDOR, Henry Henry VII. K.G. K.B. (1457-1509)	TUDOR, Jasper Earl of Pembroke (1431-1495)
TUDOR, Owen kt. (1400-1461)	TYRELL, James kt. (ex. 1502)
VAUGHAN, Thomas kt. (ex. 1483)	VERE, John de Earl of Oxford. K.G. (d.1512)
VERNON, Henry kt. (d.1515)	WARWICK, Earl of see NEVILLE, Richard
WELLES, John Viscount Welles. K.G. (d.1498)	WELLES, Lionel Lord Welles (1405-1461)
WELLES, Richard Lord Welles (ex.1470)	WELLES, Robert kt. (ex.1470)
WENLOCK, John Lord, K.G. (k.1471)	WOODVILLE, AnthonyEarl Rivers, K.G. (1440-1483)
WOODVILLE, Elizabeth Queen Consort (1437-1492)	WOODVILLE, Katherine Duchess of Buckingham (1458-1513)
WOODVILLE, Richard Earl Rivers, K. G. (1405-1469)

List of Books and Papers Consulted

Edward IV and the French Expedition by Francis Pierrepont Barnard. 1925, repr. 1975

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, King’s Mother: the roles of an English noblewoman, 1415-95 by Joanna Chamberlayne. Unpublished University of York MA dissertation, 1995

Mémoires by Philippe de Commines. Trans. Michael Jones, 1972

Edward IV, a Source Book by Keith Dockray. Stroud 1999

Richard III, a Source Book by Keith Dockray. Stroud 1997

Three Chronicles of the reign of Edward IV edited by Keith Dockray. Gloucester 1988

Royal tombs of medieval England by Mark Duffy. Stroud 2003

Life and Times of Edward IV by Gila Falkus. BCA ed. 1981

Royal bastards of medieval England by Chris Given-Wilson and Alice Curtis. 1984

Memorials of the Wars of the Roses by WE Hampton. Gloucester 1979

Horn (a history of the family) by Geoffrey Horn. Spennymoor 2001

False, Fleeting, Perjur’d Clarence by Michael Hicks. Gloucester 1992

Who’s Who of Medieval History edited by Michael Hicks. 1991

Duke Richard of York: 1411-1470 by PA Johnson. 1998

The King’s Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby by Michael K Jones and Malcolm G Underwood. Cambridge 1991

The Lordly Ones by Geoffrey Richardson. Shipley 1999

The Popinjays by Geoffrey Richardson. Shipley 2000

A Pride of Bastards by Geoffrey Richardson. Shipley 2002

The Rous Rolls by John Rous, edited by Charles Ross. Gloucester 1980

The Herberts of Raglan by DH Thomas. Unpublished University of Wales MA thesis. Cardiff 1968

The Hastings Hours edited DH Turner

The Clifford household in the Wars of the Roses by Adrian Waite. Appleby 2002

Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, 1466-1503 by Christine Weightman

Britain’s Royal Families by Alison Weir. 1969

Who’s Who in British History edited by Juliet Gardiner. 2000

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 and previous editions.

Metcalfe Society’s History of the Clan. 2nd edition. Stockport 2002

Nicholas’ Peerage of England. 1857

Heraldic banners of the Wars of the Roses: three volumes, covering Anglesey-Hampshire, Herefordshire-Rutland and Shropshire-Yorkshire. Freezywater Publications, Lincoln

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