The following is a list of people whom Richard executed or had assassinated from the time of his brother Edward IV’s death on April 9, 1483 until the eve of his death on Bosworth field on August 22, 1485.
June 13, 1483, at the Tower of London
William, Lord Hastings (best friend of Edward IV and his Chamberlain)
June 25, 1483, at Pontefract Castle
Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville)
Richard, Lord Grey (son of Queen Elizabeth Woodville)
Sir Thomas Vaughan (Chamberlain of Edward V while Prince of Wales)
Richard Haute (cousin of Queen Elizabeth Woodville)
Suffered as a consequence of the failed July 1483 Conspiracy:
John Smith, a groom of stirrup under Edward IV
Stephen Ireland, a wardrober in the Tower
Robert Rushe, sergeant of London
William Davy, pardoner of Houndslow
Assassinated in the Tower of London
Edward V
Richard, Duke of York
Suffered as a consequence of the failed October 1483 Rebellion
November 2, 1483, at Salisbury
Henry Stafford , the Duke of Buckingham
November 13, 1483; at Exeter
Thomas St. Leger (brother-in-law of Edward IV and Richard III)
Thomas Rameney, “and another” (as recorded in the Chronicles of London)
November 25, 1483
Richard Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the South
December 4, 1483, in London
George Brown, knight of the body to Edward IV
William Clifford, and four of the following yeomen of the Crown: William Knight, Richard Cruse, William Frost, Richard Potter, Richard Fisher, John Boutayne, Roger Kelsale, and William Strode
Suffered for conspiracy to aid Henry Tudor’s invasion:
October 1484
William Collynbourne
Roger Clifford
* Refer to: Louise Gill: “Richard III and Buckingham’s Rebellion”, Rosemary Horrox: “Richard III: A Study in Service”, Charles Ross: “Richard III,” Michael Hicks, “Edward V,” and “Richard III”
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