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, William
Earl 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, Henry
4th 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, William
Lord 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, John
Earl 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, Anthony
Earl 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

© Rosalba Press 2005

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