Sir John Tiptoft: 'Butcher of England' by Peter Spring

Sir John Tiptoft: 'Butcher of England' by Peter Spring

Author:Peter Spring [Spring, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, History, Military, Biography & Memoir
ISBN: 9781473890114
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00


Chapter 16

Integrating the Woodvilles – 1464 to 1465

Also, the King invited my lord and all his noble attendants to the table where he usually dined with his courtiers. And one of the King’s greatest earls sat at the King’s table, upon the king’s stool, in the place of the king; and my lord sat at the same table, only two steps below him. Then all the honors which were due to the King had to be paid to the Earl who sat in his place, and also to my lord, and it is incredible what ceremonies we observed there.1

Tetzel, in the entourage of the Lord of Rožmitál, described Edward IV’s court; the most obvious candidate for the single mighty earl, sitting in the King’s place, was the widower Worcester, both Lord Steward of the Household and Constable of the Tower.



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