Rosemary Elizabeth Horrox,[1] FRHistS (born 21 May 1951) is an English historian, specialising in the political culture of late medieval England, patronage and society.
[2] She is a Fellow and retired Director of Studies in History at Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge.
[3] She studied at South Park High School, Lincoln and received her Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Cambridge,[4] the latter being a study of royal patronage under King Richard III of England.
[1] More recently, her interests have expanded into the relationship between local- and central government,[5] the Black Death,[6] medieval female authority, and queenship.
[10] During the 2012–15 controversy surrounding the burial place of the recently discovered bones of Richard III, she supported the claim of York to be the most fitting final resting place for the last Plantaganet king, saying that the dead king's "self-identification with the North is reflected in his plans for a chantry of 100 priests in York Minster, where he surely hoped to be buried.