CHAPTER X

REIGN OF RICHARD III

Description of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Treatment of his nephews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Coronation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-127 Claim of Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Royal Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129-130 Rebellion of Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131-132 {xv} List of traitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132-133 Parliament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Reforms. Revenue. Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Convocation. Agreement with the Queen Dowager . . . . . . 136 Death of the Prince of Wales. His tomb . . . . . . . . . 137 Edward Earl of Warwick made Heir-Apparent . . . . . . . . 138 King Richard's popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Conspiracy of Henry Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 The King assembled troops at Nottingham . . . . . . . . . 141 Proclamation against Henry Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Peerage of Richard III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Ministers of Richard III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Commissioners for Peace with Scotland . . . . . . . . . . 145 Judges and Law Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Bishops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Knights of the Garter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Knights of the Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147