The Duke of Somerset’s lodgings in Blackfriars were set upon by supporters of York and Norfolk on 1 or 2 December 1450. 1450 had proven to be a politically difficult year. It had begun with…
The publication of Philippa Langley’s The Princes in the Tower: Solving History’s Greatest Cold Case has been accompanied by renewed calls, from some quarters, for the bones held in an urn in Westminster Abbey to…
On 23 November 1450, Richard 3rd Duke of York entered London brandishing his sword. In scenes more commonly seen amid later events, the Duke made a show of force to try and attain change. The…
On 22 November 1455, the Earl of Devon asked the Mayor of Exeter, Hugh Germyn, to keep the Bonville family’s forces away from the city in the absence of his own men. Germyn replied that…
Thomas Percy Lord Egremont was born on 29 November 1422 at Leconfield. He died at the Battle of Northampton in July 1460. Thomas, Lord Egremont waa one of the key protaganists in the escalation of…
The Coventry Parliament of November 1459 is often termed ‘The Parliament of Devils’ by modern historians. The Parliament came at a time of high tension. Writs of Summons to this session of Parliament were issued…
One aspect of the Tudor regime’s establishment was the restoration of King Henry VI. Henry VI, and his family had been attained by the Yorkists. The reversal of the attainder of King Henry VI was…
Richard 3rd Duke of York was appointed protector and defender of the realm for a second time on 19 November 1455. This followed the Yorkist victory in the First Battle of St. Albans. King Henry…
On 18 November 1477 William Caxton printed Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers translation of ‘Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers’ Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopher In 1473 Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers was lent a copy…
With England at peace and little threat to his throne, Edward IV decided to resurrect the English claim to the French crown. He mooted the idea before the uprisings of 1469 but had squandered the…