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Cecily Grey does not feature heavily in many books. But to give you a feel for the period she lived in and the lives of those she knew, the following books are recommended reads.
Baldwin, David, Elizabeth Woodville, Mother of the Princes in the Tower, Sutton Publishing, 2002.
Baldwin, David, The Kingmakers Sisters, The History Press, 2009.
Bell, Henry Nugent, The Huntingdon Peerage (Comprising aDetailed Account of the Evidence and Proceedings Connected with the Recent Restoration of the Earldom to which is Prefixed a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Illustrious House of Hastings, Including a Memoir of the Present Earl and His Family., Bald wi n, Craddock and Joy, 1820.
Bridie, M.F, The Story of Shute, Shute School Ltd, Axminster, 1955.
Crossland, Margaret, The Life and Legend of Jane Shore, The Mysterious Mistress, Sutton Publishing, 2006.
Harris, Barbara J., English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, Property and Careers, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Hicks, Michael, The Family of Richard III, Amberley Publishing, 2015.
Higginbotham, Susan, The Woodvilles, The History Press, 2013.
Hodder, Sarah J. The Queens Sisters: The Lives of the Sisters ofElizabeth Woodville, John Hunt Publishing, 2020.
Hodder, Sarah J. The York Princesses, John Hunt Publishing, 2021.
Jones, Dan, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors, Faber & Faber, 2014.
Leyser, Henrietta, Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500, W&N, 2005.
Licence, Amy, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, Amberley Publishing, 2016.
Licence, Amy, Elizabeth of York Forgotten Tudor Queen, Amberley Publishing, 2013.
Lisle, Leanda de., The Sisters Who Would Be Queen The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey, Harper Press, 2010.
Macgibbon, David, Elizabeth Woodville A Life: The Real Story of the White Queen, 2013.
Okerlund, A., Elizabeth of York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Penn, Thomas, The Brothers York: An English Tragedy, Penguin Books, 2020.
Plowden, Alison. Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen, The History Press, 2004.
Steward, Desmond, The Wars of the Roses, Robinson, 2007.
Sutton and Visser-Fuch, Royal Funerals of the House of York atWindsor, Richard III Society, 2005.
Tallis, Nicola, Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, Michael OMara, 2017.
Thomas, Melita, The House of Grey: Friends and Foes of Kings, Amberley Publishing, 2019.
Watkins, Sarah-Beth, The Tudor Brandons, Chronos Books, 2020.
Weir, Alison, Lancaster and York, Vintage, 2009.
Chapter One
. Blacman, John. Henry the Sixth, a reprint of John Blacmans memoir (with translation and notes by M.R. James). Cambridge University Press, 1919.
. Bridie, M.F. The Story of Shute. Shute School Ltd, Axminster, 1955.
. Rogers, William Henry Hamilton. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West. Project Gutenberg, 3rd June 2010.
. The Croyland Chronicle. (Note the writer incorrectly names Lord Harington as Robert).
. Ibid.
. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., Boydell and Brewer, 1993.
. Baldwin, David. The Kingmakers Sisters. The History Press, 2009.
. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., Boydell and Brewer, 1993.
. Rogers, William Henry Hamilton. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West. Project Gutenberg, 3rd June 2010.
. Thomas, Melita. The House of Grey: Friends and Foes of Kings. Amberley Publishing, 2019.
. Bridie, M.F. The Story of Shute. Shute School Ltd, Axminster, 1955.
. Orme, Nicholas. Medieval Children. Yale University Press, 2003.
Chapter Two
. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005.
. Ibid.
. Steward, Desmond. The Wars of the Roses. Robinson, 2007.
. Ibid.
. Ibid.
. Steward, Desmond. The Wars of the Roses. Robinson, 2007.
. Baldwin, David. The Kingmakers Sisters. The History Press, 2009.