The Lady of the Ravens. Джоанна Хиксон

       DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      

       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: