1 The Earl’s Familial Inheritance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: The de Veres in Crisis, 1450–1485
8. 1 The Earl’s Familial Inheritance 13
9. 2 The Thirteenth Earl: Sedition, the Readeption, and Imprisonment, 1462–85 48
10. Part II: The ‘Principal Personage in the Kingdom’, 1485–1513
11. 3 Estates and Wealth 89
12. 4 ‘His Principal Servant Both for War and Peace’: Political Life under Henry VII 114
13. 5 Oxford’s ‘Satrapy’ – East Anglia, 1485–1513 150
14. 6 ‘My Retainers … Come to Do Me Service’ – The Earl’s Affinity 176
15. 7 Private and Public 203
16. Conclusion 223
17. Appendix – The de Vere Affinity 228
18. Select Bibliography 241
19. Index 255