Table of Contents

Preface                                                                            
Prologue: The Rise of the Howards                                              
1. The Duke of Norfolk's Retainer                                              
2. The Yorkist Servant, 1461-1464                                              
3. The Yorkist Servant, 1465-1471                                                
4. The King's Councillor, 1471-1475                                    
5. The King's Councillor, 1476-1483                                    
6. The Reign of Edward V                                                        
7. The Reign of Richard III                                                      
8. Domestic Life                                                                  

9. Local Affairs                                                             

10. Shipping and Business Interests                                            
Appendix: The date of Howard's birth Index                                 

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A biography of fifteenth century peer John Howard which uses the unparalleled collection of evidence he left behind him to reveal his day to day life.

About the Author

Anne Crawford was formerly an Assistant Keeper at the Public Record Office and is now archivist to Wells Cathedral. She is the editor of Letters of the Queens of England, 1100-1547 (1994) and Letters of Medieval Women (2002).

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