The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Richard of York, Third Duke of York (22 Sept 1411 - 1460)
Third Duke of York. Richard laid claim to the English throne against Henry VI. His claim was only partially held in parliament. Parliament agreed that Henry VI would continue to be King but Richard and his sons would be the successors to the throne. Richard was forced to accept the ruling and retreated to his castle at Sandal until 30 December 1460 when he entered battle with a large Lancastrian army. Both he and one of his sons were killed in the battle. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23503?docPos=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York Relationships: Richard of York was a father of Edward IV of England (1442-1483)Linked print sources: as Agent - source of object - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
ParliamentThomas Lord FairfaxChessnut his Charging-Horse, with distant
Prospects of Armies, Gladia
tors,
&c. and in a Scroll,
Sic radiant Fideles: Upon the other Side
is the fatal Battle at
that the Metal, tho' Gold, is but as Dross compared with the Work
manship; in a Scroll is writ
non nobis. The Whole comprised in an
Inch and half Diameter, yet so exquisitely performed, that the Coun
tenances of particular Persons may be discovered. It was a Present
from the
Parliamentto the
with his
Materiam superabat opus.
broad antique Gold
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graved the Picture of the
other Saints; and upon the In-side, in the Characters of that Age,
Hour Glassof Copper, of fine
Workmanship, the Figures very ancient.
within the GarterTalbot
under an Earl's Coronet, engraved upon
Mother of Pearl.
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Christina
Queen of
cessor's,
being little more than a Quarter of an Inch, yet very distinct.
a very broad antique Gold
to have been that of
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place where he was slain, near
within it is engraved in the characters of
that age
guiney & a half.