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unusual facts about Edward IV



Brotherhood of Saint George

The choice of Saint George as patron saint of the order may suggest a degree of personal involvement in the Brotherhood by King Edward IV, who had a keen interest in the cult of that particular saint.

Church of St. Nicholas Within

In 1469 Edward IV gave the Earl of Worcester permission to found a chantry in honour of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary and to have masses said for the benefit of the founders and all the departed.

Colt baronets

The Colt family descended from Thomas Colt, of Essex and Suffolk, Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery in Ireland and a member of Edward IV's Privy Council.

Dominic Mancini

Although some historians think Mancini arrived in England at the end of 1482, others believe he got there just before Edward IV died (9 April 1483).

Earl of Worcester

The fourth creation came in 1457 in favour of John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tiptoft, a noted scholar and sometime favourite of Edward IV.

Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

On his return from the continent, he did well at the Royal Court, as a descendent of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, seemed to assure him and he was appointed Master of the Horse in 1760.

James Basset

When James was two years old in 1528 his father died and shortly thereafter his mother re-married to Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, half-brother of Queen Elizabeth of York, and uncle of King Henry VIII, who was appointed by the latter Lord Deputy of Calais (1533-40).

Julia Nolan

Nolan was born in the town of Galway, a member of a Gaelic merchant family who settled in the town during the reign of Henry VI and Edward IV.

Mary Woodville

Mary Woodville, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1456–1481) was a sister of Edward IV's Queen consort, Elizabeth Woodville, and of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.

Philip De Carteret, 6th of St Ouen

York and the White Rose were in the ascendancy, Edward IV was on the throne, his rival, Henry VI, was in the Tower, and his wife, Marguerite, was an exile in France.

Plenderleith

In addition to the 1306 charter erecting the barony, Crown Charters confirming the barony were issued by James II in 1464, Edward IV in 1483, James VI in 1613 and 1620, Charles I in 1635, and George II in 1755.

Quentin Poulet

However Janet Backhouse has suggested that the manuscript was originally a product of the reign of Edward IV, with the decoration left incomplete on his death, and then with illuminations added around 1500, presumably under Poulet's supervision.

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Through his son Sir Edmund Mortimer, he is an ancestor of the last Plantagenet monarchs of England from King Edward IV to Richard III.

Sheriff Hutton Castle

Upon the death of Richard Neville in 1471 at the Battle of Barnet, his lands were given to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV.

Thomas St. Leger

St. Leger faithfully served Edward IV in both a military and administrative capacity for years.

Thomas Witham

Thomas Witham (or Wytham; c. 1420 – 15 April 1489) was an English Chancellor of the Exchequer under Kings Henry VI and Edward IV.


see also

Anne of York

Anne of York, Lady Howard (1475–1511), daughter of Edward IV, King of England, and Elizabeth Woodville; wife of Thomas Howard, later 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Cecily of York

A stained glass portrait of Cecily, originally from a larger "royal window" depicting Edward IV's family, is in the north transept of Canterbury Cathedral, and another stained panel is now in Glasgow's Burrell Collection.

Elizabeth Plantagenet

Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of Edward IV and wife of Henry VII

George Grant Francis

He also assisted Lewis Weston Dillwyn in his ‘Contributions towards a History of Swansea,’ Swansea, 1840, joined the Rev. Thomas Bliss in writing ‘Some Account of Sir Hugh Johnys, Deputy Knight Marshal of England, temp. Henry VI and Edward IV, and of his Monumental Brass in St. Mary's Church, Swansea,’ Swansea, 1845, and helped Dr. Thomas Nicholas in the compilation of the ‘Annals of Counties and County Families of Wales,’ 1872, 1875.

John Cheyne

John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne (1445–1499), Master of the Horse to Edward IV of England

John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne

He was present when the Treaty of Picquigny was signed in 1475, and remained behind as a hostage of King Louis XI of France until King Edward IV had gone back to Calais and thence to England.

John de Aston

John de Aston of Parkhall and Heywood (fl. 1475), a Sheriff of Staffordshire in the reign of Edward IV of England.

Katherine Woodville

Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458–1497), English medieval noblewoman, sister of Elizabeth Woodville, the queen of Edward IV of England

Lady Eleanor Butler

Lady Eleanor Talbot (died 1468), whose married name was Butler, alleged wife of King Edward IV of England

Lady Eleanor Talbot

Michael Hicks suggests that King Edward was liable to give "benefits" in exchange for sex: "Three young widows, Eleanor Butler, Elizabeth Lucy and Elizabeth Wydeville Woodville, may have bought concrete benefits from Edward IV with their sexual favours.

Marjory

Marjory Cobbe, English midwife granted a pensio in 1469 for attending the wife of Edward IV

Readeption of Henry VI

Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu deserted Edward IV when Warwick invaded in 1470, and when Edward realised he could not stand against Warwick's army, he fled to his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Richard Woodville

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405 – 1469), English nobleman, father of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV

Robin of Redesdale

The rebels were defeated in April by John Neville, Earl of Northumberland, but further troops were raised and the rebels openly denounced the government of Edward IV, demanding that he remove his wife's family, the Woodvilles, from positions of power.

Royal Supporters of England

King Edward IV's arms contained the white lion, which had been used as supporters by the Mortimers, Earls of March.

William Hastings

William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (ca. 1431–1483), English nobleman, close friend and Lord Chamberlain to King Edward IV (1461-1483)

William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

Affairs changed dramatically on 13 June 1483 during a council meeting at the Tower of London: Richard, supported by the Duke of Buckingham, accused Hastings and other council members, of having conspired against his life with the Woodvilles, with Hastings's mistress Jane Shore (formerly also mistress to Edward IV and Dorset), acting as a go-between.