Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kaore a Richard i te kawenga mo te matenga o te tane tuatahi a tana wahine, a Edward o Westminster (te tama a Henry VI), me te papa o tana papa, te Earl o Warwick (a i roto i te "Henry VI, Part 3" Kaore a Richard i whakaahuatia hei kawenga mo te matenga o Warwick). I mate a Edward o Westminster rāua ko Warwick i ngā pakanga o
Ko Tewkesbury rāua ko Barnet. Ko Richard, tekau ma waru nga tau, i uru ki nga pakanga e rua, engari kaore he tuhinga o taua wa e whakaatu ana i a ia i uru tika ki tetahi o nga mate. Kāore ngā pūtake o Shakespeare i te tohu i a Ririha ki te mate o Henare VI, tērā pea i patua i runga i te whakahau a Edward IV. Kua roa a Richard raua ko tana wahine, a Anne Neville e mohio ana ki a raua i mua i to raua marenatanga, i te mea i noho tahi raua i te nuinga o to raua tamarikitanga i roto i te whare kotahi. Ko te pouaru o Henry VI, ko Kuini Margaret, kaore i kitea i te marae i te wa e kapi ana i tenei keemu; ka noho ia hei herehere a Edward IV ka hoki ki France i te 1475. Ko te tuakana o Richard, ko Clarence (George, Duke of Clarence), i whakamatea e Edward IV mo te tinihanga i te 1478, i a Richard i te Raki o Ingarangi, i noho tonu ia tae noa ki te matenga o Edward IV e rima tau i muri mai.