Azincourt is twinned with the English village of Middleham in North Yorkshire.

The novel is told in first person by Anne herself and follows the events firsthand from the time she first met Richard at her family's estate in Middleham to the time her son is born in 1472.

In the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, it is a Church of England poor boys ' school originally taught by six elderly men, ancillary to the Bedale Poor Law, founded in 1608 by John Clapham of London, a Chancery clerk for Queen Elizabeth's William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley-whose son and heir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter held possession of neighbouring Snape, part of the larger Middleham estate which they inherited from Lord Latymer, before the Milbanks moved in from Halnaby.

Middleham itself is a pleasant village with pubs and horse-racing connections ( several stables ).

The mutilated white alabaster effigy, believed to be that of Edward of Middleham, in the church at Sheriff Hutton is not a tomb but a cenotaph ( i. e. it is empty ).

Middleham is a small market town and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

Middleham Castle is where their son Edward was born ( c. 1473 ) and were he died in April 1484.

In 1607 it is documented that Middleham was important enough to have a Royal Court, and all residents of the forest of Wensleydale fell under its jurisdiction.

Today the town is a modern centre of horse racing in the UK and is home to the Middleham Trainers ' Association.

The Middleham Jewel is a mid-15th century 68 gram gold pendant with a 10 ct. blue sapphire stone.

The town of Middleham lies between 400 and above ordinance datum, though the valley of the River Ure just below the town is only of elevation and the summit of the hill rising to the south-west of the town is.

Mark Johnston ( born October 10, 1959 ) is a racehorse trainer based in Middleham, North Yorkshire, England.

His success is at least in part due to the fantastic natural facilities available to him and other Middleham based trainers on the nearby gallops.

Bishop Middleham is a village in County Durham, in England.

It is clear that Bishop Middleham was on an important Roman period routeway ; the road known as Cades Road runs through the centre of the parish.

There is little hard evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlement in the parish, though as Middleham is an Old English name for ' middle settlement or farm ' there was certainly some kind of occupation in the area by the 9th or 10th centuries.

In 1146 Osbert, the nephew of Bishop Flambard, gave the Church of Middleham to the Prior and Convent at Durham, this is the first recorded mention of the village.

He is buried in Bishop Middleham church.

It is situated to the east of Ferryhill, and lies within the ecclesiastical parish of Bishop Middleham The earliest settlement in Mainsforth may have been on Marble ( Narble Hill ).

Following the death of Richard, Duke of York at Wakefield in December 1460, his younger sons, George, Duke of Clarence and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came into Warwick's care, and both lived at Middleham with Warwick's own family.

His son Edward, by his marriage with Miss Lyndley, seems to have been then in possession of Middleham Castle, Yorkshire.

At the end of 1443, from his principal seat at Middleham Castle in Wensleydale, Salisbury could look with some satisfaction at his position.

He was the effective leader of the Neville family forces, based at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire, in their longrunning feud with the Lancastrian Percy family of Northumberland.

The Yorkist force based at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire ( led by the Earl of Salisbury ) needed to link up with the main Yorkist army at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.

Some visitors come to Wensleydale due to its connection with Richard III, who was brought up in Middleham Castle, of which sufficient ruins remain to be well worth a visit.

Taylor was born in Bishop Middleham, the son of a gentleman farmer, and spent his youth in Witton-le-Wear with his stepmother at Witton Hall ( now Witton Tower ) in the high street.

* Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the celebrated poet stayed in Bishop Middleham with Sara Hutchinson and her brother George in 1801.

* Henry Taylor ( 1800-1886 ), born in Bishop Middleham, spent his youth in Witton-le-Wear with his stepmother at Witton Hall ( now Witton Tower ) in the high street.

Edward was born in December 1473 at Middleham Castle ( a stronghold close to York that became Richard and Anne's principal base in northern England ).

After being doled out by Count Alan Le Roux to his relative Bodin of Middleham for a short time, the new market town was founded by Scollandus ( Henry III later confirmed this charter ), a Breton officer in an hereditary position at Richmond Castle.

The present castle which dominates the town, Middleham Castle, was started in 1190.

At the time of King Richard III, Middleham was a bustling market town and important political centre.

As early as 1389 the lord of Middleham Manor received a grant from the crown to hold a weekly market in the town and a yearly fair on the feast of St. Alkelda the Virgin.

Richard was then sent to Warwick's estate at Middleham for his knightly training.

With some interruptions, Richard stayed at Middleham until early 1465, when he was 12.

He raised the churches at Middleham and Barnard Castle to collegiate status.

Richard and Anne had one son, born in 1473, Edward of Middleham, who died ( April 1484 ) not long after being created Prince of Wales.

** Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England ( d. 1484 )

* April 9 – Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales ( b. c. 1473 )

Much of her childhood was spent at Middleham Castle, one of her father's properties, where she and her elder sister, Isabella, met the younger sons of Richard, Duke of York.

They were married early the following year and left for Middleham Castle.

The wedding of Anne Neville and Richard, Duke of Gloucester ( subsequently Richard III of England ) took place on 12 July 1472, at Westminster Abbey, and they made their marital home in the familiar surroundings of Middleham Castle, Richard having been appointed Governor of the North on the king's behalf.

They had only one child, Edward, born at Middleham in around 1473.

Edward of Middleham died suddenly on 9 April 1484, at Sheriff Hutton, while his parents were absent.

After the death of King Richard's son ( Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales ) in 1484, the 10-year-old Warwick was named heir to the throne-possibly thanks to the influence of Queen Anne, his aunt, who had adopted him and his sister Margaret following their parents ' deaths.

Middleham Castle in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190.

Their brother King Edward IV was imprisoned at Middleham for a short time, having been captured by Warwick in 1469.

Following Warwick's death at Barnet in 1471 and Edward's restoration to the throne, his brother Richard married Anne Neville, Warwick's younger daughter, and made Middleham his main home.

Their son Edward was also born at Middleham and later also died there.

Richard ascended to the throne as King Richard III, but spent little or no time at Middleham in his two-year reign.

Also on the National Register are Middleham Chapel and Morgan Hill Farm.

Philpotts married in October 1804 and in 1805 became vicar of Stainton-le-Street, County Durham, where again he does not appear to have resided — he was appointed chaplain to Bishop Middleham, County Durham, in the succeeding year.

Alveva and Ranulf's son Elias held a prebend at London and was a royal clerk under Henry I. Ranulf's son Ralf was parson of Middleham and held a prebend at London too.