The Woodvilles: The Wars Of The Roses And England's Most Infamous Family - Plot & Excerpts
Catesby was the only major figure from Richard III’s reign to be put to death in the aftermath of the Battle of Bosworth: two others, a now obscure yeoman of the crown named William Bracher and his son, were hanged immediately after the battle. Why these three men in particular suffered is unknown; perhaps Catesby at least, as Peter Hammond suggests, had made enemies on the king’s side.1 On 25 August 1483, probably the date of his execution in Leicester, Catesby was allowed to make his will, which included this bequest: ‘that my lady of Buckingham have [£100] to help her children and that she will see my lord’s debts paid and his will executed’.2 Catesby, among others, had been granted lands by Richard III in order to settle the debts of the executed Duke of Buckingham;3 evidently he had been dilatory in this task and was now trying to set things right for the duchess, who under Richard III had been living on what for her was a small annuity. But Katherine, Duchess of Buckingham, would soon be in no need of the unfortunate Catesby’s well-intended bequest.
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