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Cecily Duchess of York, 1495
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2010
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- Wills from Doctors' Commons
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- Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1863
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page 1 note a The body of Richard Duke of York, (slain at the battle of Wakefield Dec. 31,1460,) having been first buried at Pontefract, was solemnly removed to Fotheringay in July 1466.
page 2 note a Margaret Countess of Richmond and Derby.
page 2 note b Afterwards Henry VIII.
page 2 note c albs.
page 2 note d Bridget, Cecil, Anne, and Katharine were her granddaughters, the daughters of King Edward IV.
page 3 note a Her daughter Elizabeth, widow of John de la Pole Duke of Suffolk, who died in 1491; or else the wife of the Duke mentioned in the next note, Margaret, daughter of Richard Lord Serope.
page 3 note b Her grandson Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk.
page 3 note c Her grandson Humphrey de la Pole, who was a priest.
page 3 note d There was no William de la Pole. Can William Stourton the husband of her granddaughter Katharine de la Pole be intended? From the order in which the name occurs it seems not improbable.
page 3 note e Anne de la Pole, mentioned by Dugdale as a nun of Syon. The Revelations of St. Bridget was a gift peculiarly suitable to a member of that community.
page 4 note a “Cloth of cloth” in the register.
page 4 note b Dutch?
page 5 note a Margaret daughter of Sir Robert Whitingham was the wife of Sir John Verney. Her will dated 1509 is printed in the Verney Papers, 1853, p. 39.