Richard Guildford

Family: Richmond's party · Role: gentleman · First appears: Richard III 10

Life events

• c. 1483 · Dorset, the Courtenay brothers, and Richard Guildford raised forces and began open war against Richard III.(Richard III 10 · 📍 Yorkeshire, Deuonshire, Cornewall, Kent)
  • With: Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset Edward Courtenay Peter Courtenay Richard III
  • “Thomas marques Dorset came out of sanctuarie, where since the begining of K. Richards daies he had continued, whose life by the onelie helpe of sir Thomas Louell was preserued from all danger & perill in this troublous world, gathered togither a great band of men in Yorkeshire. Sir Edward Courtneie, and Peter his brother bishop of Excester, raised an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall. In Kent Richard Gilford and other gentlemen collected a great companie of souldiers, and openlie began warre.”

Richard III 10

• enemies with Richard III (Guildford openly began war during the conspiracy against Richard.) “Sir Edward Courtneie, and Peter his brother bishop of Excester, raised an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall. In Kent Richard Gilford and other gentlemen collected a great companie of souldiers, and openlie began warre. But king Richard, who in the meane time had gotten togither a great strength and puissance,”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.