King Henry VI
King of England of the House of Lancaster
Edward, Prince of Wales
his son
Queen Margaret
wife to King Henry
Lewis XI
King of France
The Dukes of Somerset and Exeter
Lancastrian nobles
The Earls of Oxford, Northumberland, and Westmorland
Lancastrian nobles
Lord Clifford
a Lancastrian noble
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York
claimant to the English crown
Edward, Earl of March
his eldest son, afterwards King Edward IV
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
York's youngest son
George and Richard
York's sons, afterwards Duke of Clarence and Duke of Gloucester
The Duke of Norfolk and the Marquess of Montague
Yorkist nobles
The Earl of Warwick
the Kingmaker
The Earl of Pembroke and Lord Stafford
Yorkist nobles
Lords Hastings and Rivers
Yorkist nobles
Sir John Mortimer and Sir Hugh Mortimer
uncles to the Duke of York
Lady Grey
afterwards Queen Elizabeth
Bona of Savoy
sister to the Queen of France
Henry, Earl of Richmond
a child, afterwards King Henry VII
Sir William Stanley, Sir John Montgomery, and Sir John Somerville
English knights
A Tutor
to Rutland
The Mayor of York
a civic officer
A Lieutenant
of the Tower
A Nobleman, two Keepers, a Huntsman, and three Watchmen
attendants and officers
A Father who has killed his son and a Son who has killed his father
soldiers
Lords, attendants, soldiers, messengers, and French and English forces
in England and France