Part Four
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Royal Family:
Henry Tudor – King Henry VII
Lady Margaret Beaufort – ‘My Lady the King’s Mother’
Elizabeth of York – Queen Elizabeth
Princess Cecily of York – the queen’s sister & 1st Chief Lady-in-Waiting
Princess Anne of York – the queen’s sister & 2nd Chief Lady-in-Waiting
Dowager Queen Elizabeth (Woodville) – the queen’s mother
Arthur, Prince of Wales – born 20th September 1486, the Tudor heir
Margaret Plantagenet/Pole – the queen’s disinherited York cousin
Edward, Earl of Warwick – Margaret Plantagenet’s younger brother
John, Earl of Lincoln – son & heir of the queen’s paternal aunt Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk
Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy – the queen’s other paternal aunt & a focus of Yorkist conspiracy
Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford – King Henry’s paternal uncle
John, Viscount Welles – the king’s maternal half-uncle
Princess Margaret Tudor – born 28th November 1489, eldest daughter of the king
Prince Henry, Duke of York (Harry) – born 28th June 1491, the king’s 2nd son
Princess Elizabeth Tudor – born 2nd July 1492, 2nd daughter of the king
Princess Mary Tudor – born 18th March 1496, 3rd daughter of the king
Prince Edmund, Duke of Somerset – born 21st February 1499, 3rd son of the king
Lady Meg Poyntz – queen’s illegitimate cousin by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (see English citizens & Deceased characters)
Royal Households:
King Henry:
PC=Privy Councillor
KG=Knight of the Garter
Sir Richard Guildford – Master of Ordnance & Armaments & PC Later KG
Nicholas Gainsford – Usher of the King’s Chamber
Lord Thomas Stanley – Earl of Derby, High Constable of England & PC Husband of the king’s mother
Sir William Stanley – Earl of Derby’s brother, 2nd Lord Chamberlain, PC & KG
John Morton – Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor & later Cardinal
John de Vere, Earl of Oxford – 1st Lord Chamberlain, PC, KG & Arthur’s Godfather
Sir Henry Wyatt – Master of the King’s Jewels & Comptroller of the Mint
Giles, Lord Daubeney – succeeded Sir William Stanley as Lord Chamberlain, PC & KG
Queen Elizabeth:
Joan Vaux – former ward of Lady Margaret, later Lady Guildford
Katherine Pennyson/Lady Vaux – Joan’s mother, known as Mother Vaux
Lady Mary Rivers – widow of the queen’s uncle Anthony, Earl Rivers & former ward of Lady Margaret Beaufort
Eleanor Verney – Lady-in-Waiting, married to Sir Ralph Verney, sister of Richard Pole
Elizabeth Jerningham – Keeper of the Queen’s Robes
Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond – Queen’s Lord Chamberlain
Lady Elizabeth Stafford – 3rd Chief Lady-in-Waiting & daughter of the Duke of Buckingham
Guildford Family:
Sir Richard Guildford of Halden, Kent – Master of Ordnance & Armaments
Sir John Guildford – Richard’s father & Comptroller of Royal Household
Richard’s children in age order:
by Anne Pympe:
Edward (Ned)
Maria
George
Philippa (Pippa)
Friedswide (Winnie) – Friedswide a popular saint in this period, also known as Winifred
Elizabeth (Lizzie)
by Joan:
Henry (Hal)
Elizabeth (Bess) Mortimer – Richard’s ward
English citizens: