Lovell our Dogge: The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide

In July 1484 Tudor agent William Collingbourne - executed for treason in 1484 - tacked up a lampoon to the walls of St Paul's Cathedral:'The Catte, the Ratte and Lovell our dogge rulyth all Englande under a hogge.'That cat was Sir William Catesby, one of Richard III's principal councillors and Chancellor of the Exchequer, executed after the Battle of Bosworth. The rat was Sir Richard Ratcliffe, who fought with Richard during the Scottish campaigns.And the dog was Francis Lovell, not only an...