Sir John Throckmorton
Sir John Throckmorton was a retainer and administrator for the Beauchamp Earls of Warwick. He served in France, and was appointed to positions in the treasury. Throckmorton died in 1445 and is buried in Fladbury…
Sir William Talboys (Tailboys), Earl of Kyme
Sir William Tailboys was a supporter of William de la Pole and Queen Margaret. He was cited by Parliament as having profited from the Duke of Suffolk’s patronage, and later accompanied Margaret of Anjou on…
Robert Stillington, Bishop and Lord Chancellor
Robert Stillington served as Bishop of bath and Welles and held the position of Lord Chancellor for a period of time. He is best known for his association with King Edward IV’s marriage pre-contract to…
Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, was a Baron with significant landholdings in the North West of England and along the northern Welsh Marches. Along with his brother, William, Thomas Stanley is remembered perhaps most…
Sir William Stanley
STANLEY, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1495), lord chamberlain to Henry VII, was the second son of Thomas Stanley, first lord Stanley, by Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Goushill of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and his wife, Elizabeth Fitzalan,…
Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon
STAFFORD, HUMPHREY, Earl of Devon (1439–1469), born in 1439, was only son of William Stafford of Hooke, Dorset, and Southwick, Hampshire, by his wife Catherine (d. 1480), daughter of Sir John Chediock. The family came…
Richard of Conisborough, Earl of Cambridge
RICHARD, Earl of Cambridge (d. 1415), was second son of Edmund of Langley, first duke of York [see Langley, Edmund de], by Isabel of Castile. His godfather was Richard II. In early life he was…
Robin of Redesdale
ROBIN of Redesdale (fl. 1469), rebel captain, is difficult to identify. After Edward IV’s marriage with Elizabeth Woodville, the consequent political disaffection centred in the north of England. There were two risings in 1469. One…
Robert, 1st Baron Ogle
OGLE, ROBERT, first Baron Ogle (d. 1469), was son of Sir Robert Ogle of Ogle, near Morpeth in Northumberland, and great-great-grandson of the Sir Robert de Ogle [q. v.] who fought at Neville’s Cross. His…
Sir John Say
SAY, Sir JOHN (d. 1478), speaker of the House of Commons, is doubtfully said to have been the son of John Heron (d. 1468), son of Sir John Heron (d. 1420), nephew and heir of…