Warwick
Warwick names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Warwick RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF, "the king-maker," born about 1428; the eldest son of the Earl of Salisbury, and by his marriage with the heiress of the Beauchamps Beauchamps hims himself became Earl of Warwick (1449). In the Yorkist victory of St. Albans (1455), the opening action of the Wars of the Roses, he fought on the winning side, and three years later sharing in the reconciliation between the hostile parties, was appointed lord-deputy of Calais and admiral of the fleet. As such he gained a splendid success over the Spaniards, but a quarrel between his followers and the king's led to charges of his disloyalty, which he justified by taking the field at Ludlow with his cousin the Duke of York (1459). On the failure of that attempt he again with the Earls of Salisbury and March withdrew to Calais, a town devoted to his cause, and thence in the following summer recrossed to Kent, and, mastering London and capturing Henry VI. at Northampton, brought about the compromise by which Henry was to reign for life but acknowledging York for his successor. Margaret of Anjou would not thus tamely surrender the rights of her son, first routing and slaying York and and Salisbury at Wakefield advanced to St. Albans, where a second battle ended in Warwick's defeat. Warwick, however, joined the young Earl of March (now Duke of York), and striking with him boldly on London, placed him on the throne as Edward IV., then chasing the Lancastrians back to Yorkshire, almost annihilated them on the bloody field of Towton, March 29, 1461. Possessed of immense domains and princely wealth, with one brother rewarded for his crowning victory at Hexham by the earldom of Northumberland, another made Primate and Lord Chancellor, Warwick in deed seemed able now, in Shakespeare's words, "to do and undo, as him pleased best." Edward's marriage, however, to Elizabeth Woodville pleased him not, especially as he was then negotiating for the king's alliance to Bona of Savoy; neither did the marriage of Edward's sister to Charles of Burgundy, the earl's great foe. In retaliation Warwick bestowed his daughter on the Duke of Clarence, and after seizing on Edward's person, executing the queen's father and brother, and seeming to accept a pardon involved himself in the insurrection of Sir Robert Welles (1470), for making Clarence king. Its failure drove him once more to France, where, through the mediation of Louis XI., Warwick engaged to restore the crown to Henry VI., and Margaret to wed her son to Warwick's daughter Anne. His landing in Devonshire came like a thunderclap to Edward IV., who from the north, where he was busy quelling a revolt, escaped to Burgundy, leaving Warwick master of the kingdom. The triumph was brief, for when Edward returned in six months' time, Warwick found himself treated as he had treated others, and after fruitless overtures for a fresh desertion, he with his brother was routed and slain at Barnet, April 14, 1471.
Warwick wor'ik, Richard Neville
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
wor'ik, Richard Neville, Earl of (1428-1471), an English soldier and statesman. He was one of the most powerful noblemen in England. He had vast estates scattered all over the length and breadth of the land. He kept 500 mounted retainers. Six oxen were required daily to furnish his table. He was a frank, cordial man, idolized by the people, who believed that in the crowd of baser nobles he alone had the interests of England at heart. He is known in history as "The Kingmaker." He was one of the prominent figures in the Wars of the Roses. He was related to both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. At the opening of the war he took the side of York, but, having quarreled with that party, he marched on to London and placed the Lancastrian Henry VI on the throne. His biography is a series of military exploits. Sometimes victorious, sometimes defeated, he fought first on one side, then on the other, making and unmaking kings. He was defeated by Margaret of Anjou at St. Albans. He was slain finally at the battle of Barnet, April 14, 1471. Bulwer-Lytton's The Last of the Barons is a powerful story founded on the fortunes of Warwick.
Warwick a town of Rhode Island
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town of Rhode Island, which includes several villages in Kent co. It is on Narragansett and Cowesett bays, the Pawtuxet and Providence rivers, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Its industries include foundries, machine shops, thread mills, a bleachery, etc. The town, however, is chiefly residential. In 1912 it was divided, about 8 square miles being set apart and called West Warwick. Pop. (1910) 26,629; (1920) 13,- 481.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The Warwick that changed is the Rhode Island one. Collier's in 1921 called it "chiefly residential" with a population of 13,481, the drop from 26,629 reflecting the splitting off of West Warwick a few years earlier; Warwick was incorporated as a city in 1931 and now holds roughly 82,000 people, making it Rhode Island's third-largest municipality and the site of the state's main airport, T. F. Green. The thread mills and bleachery are gone, replaced by an economy of retail, services and air travel. The account of Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, stands essentially as written, though archaeological survey work at Barnet in the 2010s has suggested the 1471 battle in which he died was fought somewhat away from the spot long marked by its monument.
Written for this edition, 2026.