Twenty Ricardian Answers

1. Bow Bridge (source: Michael Bennett, The Battle of Bosworth)

2. Lord Richard Fitzhugh, nephew to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker), cousin to King Henry VI, brother-in-law to Francis Lovell and a past supporter of Richard III (source as above)

3. William Brandon (source as above)

4. Hastings - King Edward - Gloucester (source: P.W. Hammond, The Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury)

5. Dublin, Ireland (source: P.M. Kendall, Richard the Third)

6. The successful recapture of the King's castles at Carmarthen and Cardigan in South Wales from Welsh rebels at the age of 17 in 1469 (source: Kendall, as above)

7. The Rose of Raby

8. The trial of William Colyngbourne for treason. He wrote "The Cat, the Rat…" (P.M. Kendall)

9. He became Warden of the Royal Forests beyond the Trent (Kendall)

10. Twelve (12)

1439 Anne

1441 Henry (died in infancy)

1442 Edward

1442-52 3 sons (died young)

1443 Edmund

1444 Elizabeth

1446 Margaret

1449 George

1452 Richard

1455 Ursula (Charles Ross: Edward IV)

11. Thomas of Woodstock (son of Edward III) Used by Harry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, trying to show his royal descent at Richard's coronation.

12. Edward IV., described by Mancini.

13. Jeanne, second daughter of Louis XI (Ross: Edward IV)

14. The ceremony was held at Fotheringhay, at the family church, dedicated to All Hallows (All Saints)

15. Ankarette Twynho. (Ross: Edward IV)

16. A former servant of Cecily Neville, and the author of "The Cat, the Rat…" he had been sending messages to Tudor (Cheetham)

17. He had just turned 17 - 17 October 1469 (Ross: Edward IV)

18. The physician to Edward V and his younger brother Richard.

19. At the battle of Mortimer's Cross, Edward IV was outnumbered by the Lancastrians, and a meterological phenonmenon known now as "parhelion" occurred. This caused "three" suns to appear over the field and Edward decided this was a sign from Heaven, which bolstered his morale.

20. The Battle of Stoke, 1487

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