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The Logge Register of PCC Wills, 1479-1486
Volumes I and II

Editor: Lesley Boatwright, Moira Habberjam and Peter Hammond
Publisher: The Richard III Society
ISBN: 978-0-904893-18-2 (2 volume set)

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The Richard III Society, Lesley Boatwright, Moira Habberjam and 
Peter Hammond

These 379 wills and testaments afford a newly-available corpus of material for the study of various aspects of late-fifteenth-century life.

 

The Encomium of Richard III

Author: Williams Cornwallis the Younger
Editor: AN Kincaid
Publisher: Turner & Devereux for the Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1977 – London
ISBN: N/A
Pages: 65 (paperback)

Variorum edition of an early paradoxical defence of Richard, with an introduction by JA Ramsden and AN Kincaid.

 

 

The Itinerary of King Richard III: 1483-1485

Author: Rhoda Edwards
Publisher: Alan Sutton for the Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1983 - London
ISBN: 090489305X
Pages: 44 (paperback)

Day by day account of Richard’s whereabouts from April 1483 to August 1485, as recorded in contemporary documents.

 

 

British Library Harleian Manuscript 433: Vols 1 to 4

Vol 1: Register of Grants for the Reigns of Edward V and Richard III
Vol 2: Second Register of Richard III
Vol 3: Second Register of Edward V and Miscellanous Material
Vol 4: Indexes

Author/Editor: Rosemary Horrox / Peter W Hammond (editors)
Publisher: Alan Sutton for the Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1979, 1980, 1982 & 1983 – Gloucester
ISBN: Vol 1: 0904893049
Vol 2: 0904893057
Vol 3: 0904893065
Vol 4: 0904893073
Pages: Vol 1: 289
Vol 2: 230
Vol 3: 260
Vol 4: 258

The Signet Office records, i.e. transcripts of Richard’s grants, letters, etc in original spelling but with translations of the Latin.

Vol 1: Detailed introduction to the manuscript and transcripts of folios 1 to 105
Vol 2: Transcripts of folios 106 – 220
Vol 3: Transcripts of folios 221 – 340
Vol 4: Indexes by name and subject.

 

 

Richard III: Crown and People - A Selection of Articles from 
The Ricardian
, March 1975 to December 1981

Author: J Petre (editor)
Publisher: Alan Sutton for the Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1985 - Gloucester
ISBN: 0904893111
Pages: 446

The most interesting and useful articles selected from The Ricardian 1975-1981. Articles cover Richard and his family; Richard and the nobility; friends and foes; sward and standard; king and country, government and society in the fifteenth century.

 

 

Good King Richard? 
An Account of Richard III and his Reputation: 1483 - 1983

Author: Jeremy Potter
Publisher: Constable for the Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1983 (hardback) / 1994 (paperback)
- London
ISBN: 0094646309
Pages: 287 (hardback)

Detailed study of the source material for Richard’s reign and reputation and how it has been used by later historians and other writers. Jeremy Potter was Chairman of the Society when this book was published.

Review:

‘On the whole the book provides an acceptable survey of recent thinking on the reign as well as charting past controversies….. the … work ranges more widely beyond the mainstream participants [in the Great Debate about Richard III], with a consequent increase in entertainment value.’

Rosemary Horrox
The Ricardian, December 1983 

 

 

The Reburial of Richard Duke of York, 21-30 July 1476

Authors: Anne F Sutton & Livia Visser-Fuchs
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1996 – London
ISBN: 0904893146
Pages: 54 (paperback)

Detailed description of the organisation and ceremonial of bringing the duke’s body from Pontefract to Fotheringhay, with transcripts of contemporary accounts, with editing and translating. Illustrated in colour and monochrome.

 

The Royal Funerals at Windsor

Author: Anne F Sutton & Livia Visser Fuchs
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 2005 – London
ISBN: 0904893154
Pages: 138 (paperback)

Monograph describing the Yorkist funerals held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor with an introduction to late Medieval funerals. Illustrated in colour and monochrome.

Review:

‘… this is an excellently-researched, well-written, and well-illustrated book, full of interest and information. It is very much to be recommended.’

John Ashdown-Hill
The Bulletin, Summer 2005

 

 

 

Tant d’Emprises – So Many Undertakings: 
Essays in honour of Anne Sutton

Author: Livia Visser-Fuchs (editor)
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 2003 - Upminster
ISBN: 090489305X
Pages: 431 (paperback)

Special edition of The Ricardian journal in honour of its editor for many years. More than 40 articles and over 450 pages from the leading experts on the late fifteenth century.

 

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