Richard III

Bibliography including a selection of published primary sources

Listed alphabetically by author’s name

History of King Richard the Third of England by Jacob Abbott. Harper & Brothers, 1904

Documents relating to the Foundation and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Middleham in the Count of York… edited by William Atthill. Camden Society, 1847

The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard the Third by George Buck, edited by A.N. Kincaid.  Alan Sutton, 1979

Richard III: The Maligned King by Annette Carson. The History Press, 2008

The Life and Times of Richard III by Anthony Cheetham Anthony. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1972

The Encomium of Richard III by Sir William Cornwallis (the younger) edited  A.N. Kincaid Turner & Devereux, 1977

Richard III: A Royal Enigma by Sean Cunningham. National Archives, 2003

Richard III: Myth and Reality by Keith Dockray. Headstart History Publishing, 1992

Richard III (A Reader in History) by Keith Dockray.  Sutton Publishing, 1987

Richard III (A Source Book) by Keith Dockray. Sutton Publishing, 1997

The Trial of Richard III by R. Drewett, and Mark Redhead. Sutton Publishing, 1984

The Itinerary of King Richard III: 1483-1485 by Rhoda Edwards. Richard III Society, 1983

Richard III and the North of England edited by Barbara English. University of Hull Press/Lamparda Press, 1985

Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes by Bertram Fields Bertram. Sutton Publishing, 2006

History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third by James Gairdner. Cambridge University Press, 1898; Cedric Chivers Ltd, 1972

Richard III and Buckingham’s Rebellion by Louise Gill. Sutton Publishing, 1999

Richard III: A Medieval Kingship edited by John Gillingham. Collins & Brown, 1994

Richard III by R.A. Griffiths. Yale University Press, 1999

Richard III as Duke of Gloucester and King of England by Caroline Halstead. 2 vols.  1844. Reprinted by  Alan Sutton, 1977

Richard III:  Loyalty, Lordship & Law edited by P.W. Hammond. Richard III & Yorkist History Trust with Paul Watkins, 2000

The Coronation of Richard III: the Extant Documents edited by P.W. Hammond and Anne F. Sutton. Alan Suttton/St Martin's Press, 1983

Richard III: The Road to Bosworth by P.W. Hammond and Anne F. Sutton. Constable, 1985

Richard III and his Early Historians by Alison Hanham.  Oxford University Press, 1995

Richard III by Michael Hicks. Tempus Publishing, 2003

Richard III: The Man Behind the Myth by Michael Hicks. Collins & Brown, 1992

Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses by Michael Hicks. Hambledown & London, 1991

Richard III: A Study of Service by Rosemary Horrox, Rosemary.  Cambridge University Press, 1991

British Library Harleian Manuscript 433 edited by P.W. Hammond and Rosemary Horrox. 4 vols. Richard III Society, 1979, 1980, 1982 & 1983

The Religious Life of Richard III: Piety and Prayer in the North of England by Jonathan Hughes.  Sutton Publishing, 1997

The Princes in the Tower by Elizabeth Jenkins. Book Club Associates 1978

Memoirs of King Richard the Third and some of his Contemporaries by John Heneage Jesse. 2 vols. Francis P Harper, 1894

Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendal. George Allen & Unwin, 1955 – 1968; Book Club Associates, 1973

Richard III: The Great Debate by Paul Murray Kendall and Gillian Kendall. WW Norton & Co, 2002

The Betrayal of Richard III by V.B. Lamb. Sutton Publishing, 1990

The Unpopular King: the Life and Times of Richard  III by Alfred D. Legge. Ward & Downey, 1885

The Usurpation of Richard III by Dominic Mancini, edited and translated by C.A.J. Armstrong. Alan Sutton, 1984

King Richard  III: A Chronicle by Philip Lindsay. Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd., 1933

On Some Bones in Westminster Abbey: a Defence of King Richard III by Philip Lindsay.  Cedric Chivers Ltd., 1969

King Richard III: his Life and Character reviewed in the Light of Recent Research by Clements Markham. Smith, Elder & Co, 1968

Richard III: the Making of Legend by Roxane C Murph. The Scarecrow Press Inc, 1977

The History of Richard III by Sir Thomas More. Hesperus Press, 2004; Yale University Press, 1976

Grants, etc. from the Crown during the Reign of Edward the Fifth, from the original docket-book MS Harl  433 and two speeches for opening Parliament John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Chancellor edited by John Gough Nichols. Camden Society, 1844

Richard III by Sir Michael John Parker, Sir Michael John. Pitkin Guides, 1994

Richard III: Crown & People edited by James Petrie.  Sutton Publishing, 1985

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by A.J. Pollard. Alan Sutton, 1993

The North of England in the Age of Richard III edited by A.J. Pollard. Sutton Publishing, 1996

The Worlds of Richard III by A.J. Pollard. Sutton Publishing, 2001

Good King Richard? An Assessment of Richard III by Jeremy Potter. Constable, 1983

The Crowland Chronicle Continuations 1459-1486 edited by Nicholas Pronay, Nicholas and John Cox. Richard III and the Yorkist History Trust, 1986

The Deceivers: the Solution to the Murder of the Princes in the Tower by Geoffrey Richardson. Baildon Books, 1997

Richard III by Charles Ross. Methuen Publishing, 1981; University of California Press, 1992; Yale University Press, London, 1999

The Year of Three Kings by Giles St Aubyn. Collins 1983

The Three Richards: Richard I, Richard II and Richard III by Nigel Saul. Hambledon and London, 2005

Richard III: England’s Black Legend by Desmond Seward. Country Life Books, 1983; Penguin Books, 1997

The Crown and the Tower: the Legend of Richard III edited by William Snyder. Richard III Society (American Branch), 1981

Richard Plantagenet and the County of Yorkshire 1472-1485 by Andrew C. Stanliand. Typescript BA(Hons) Dissertation: Leeds University, 1978

The Hours of Richard III by Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser- Fuchs. Sutton Publishing, 1996

Richard III’s Books, Ideal & Reality in the Life of a Medieval Prince by Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser- Fuchs. Sutton Publishing, 1997

Richard III (Catalogue of the NPG Exhibition in 1973) by Pamela Tudor-Craig. Boydell, 1997

Three Books of Polydore Vergil’s English History comprising the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III  from  an  early  translation… by Polydore Vergil, Polydore. edited  Sir Henry Ellis. Camden Society, 1844; Facsimile Reprint, 1968

Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III (1768) by Walpole, Horace. EP Publishing Ltd. /Rowman & Littlefield, 1974; Alan Sutton 1987 with introduction and notes  P.W. Hammond)

Rewriting History: the Portrayal of Richard III by Geraldine Walters. Typescript BA Thesis: Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher. Education, 2000

The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir. Pimlico, 1993

The Mystery of the Princes: An Investigation into a Supposed Murder by Audrey Williamson. Alan Sutton, 1981

Joan of Arc and Richard III by Charles T. Wood. Oxford 1988

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