Richard Gilford

Family: House of Lancaster · Role: esquire and conspirator · First appears: Richard III 9

Life events

c. 1483 · Reginald Bray recruited several nobles and gentlemen into the conspiracy after securing their oaths of secrecy.(Richard III 9)
- With: Reginald Bray Giles Daubney John Cheney Thomas Rame
- “This Reginald Braie within few daies brought vnto his lure (first of all taking of euerie person a solemne oth to be true and secret) sir Giles Daubneie, sir Iohn Cheinie knight, Richard Gilford, and Thomas Rame esquiers, and diuers other.”
c. 1483 · Hugh Conweie and Thomas Rame delivered the conspiracy's messages to Henry VII.(Richard III 9 · 📍 duke of Britains court)
- With: Thomas Rame Henry VII
- “that within lesse than an houre both ariued in the duke of Britains court, and spake with the earle of Richmond, which (from the death of king Edward) went at pleasure and libertie, and to him counted and manifested the cause and effect of their message and ambassage.”

allies with Reginald Bray “This Reginald Braie within few daies brought vnto his lure (first of all taking of euerie person a solemne oth to be true and secret) sir Giles Daubneie, sir Iohn Cheinie knight, Richard Gilford, and Thomas Rame esquiers”
with Thomas Rame (interaction) “Richard Gilford, least Hugh Conweie might fortune to be taken, or stopped at Plimmouth, where he intended to take his nauigation, sent out of Kent Thomas Rame with the same instructions”
enemies with Richard III “aiding and setting foorth the inuented conspiracie against king Richard. So the ladie Margaret countesse of Richmond, brought into a good hope of the preferment of hir sonne, made Reginald Braie hir most faithfull seruant, chiefe sollicitor and priuie procuror of this conspiracie; giuing him in charge secretly to inuegle and attract such persons of nobilitie to ioine with hir and take hir part”
allies with Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond “This Reginald Braie within few daies brought vnto his lure (first of all taking of euerie person a solemne oth to be true and secret) sir Giles Daubneie, sir Iohn Cheinie knight, Richard Gilford”

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