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_PART I_

CHAPTER I

BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD

Description of Fotheringhay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Possessions of the Duke of York. Marriage . . . . . . . . 2, 3
Birth of Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Letter of Edward and Edmund to their father . . . . . . . 4
Children of the Duke of York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Richard a prisoner of war aged 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Refuge in John Paston's chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CHAPTER II

DEATH OF RICHARD'S FATHER AND BROTHER AT THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD

The Duke of York declared Heir-Apparent . . . . . . . . . 9
The Duke and his family united at Baynard's Castle . . . . 10
March to Sandal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Description of Sandal Castle and its neighbourhood . . . . 12, 13
Battle of Wakefield. Death of the Duke . . . . . . . . . 14, 15
Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16
Cruelty and inhuman folly of the Lancastrians . . . . . . 17
Edward's victory at Mortimer's Cross . . . . . . . . . . . 18
George and Richard sent to Holland for safety . . . . . . 18, 19

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