Richard Duke of Gloucester appointed Lord High Admiral and Great Chamberlain, 18th May 1471 The reward for Richard Duke of Gloucester for his role in the campaign to retake the throne and secure it was…
Edward IV was eager to renew the English claim to the throne of France. He was also keen to improve English trading relations on the continent, as the treasury under his rule had been under…
The Battle of Hexham had been a Lancastrian attempt to prevent Yorkist forces marching north to escort Scottish negotiators to York. At the battle, Lords Hungerford and Roos had jointly commanded the left flank of…
The Duke of Somerset moved the Lancastrian army through Northumbria in April of 1464. It gathered troops from the garrisons in the area. It culminated in the Battle of Hexham, fought on 15 May 1464.…
On 14 May 1471 the force commanded by Thomas Neville was forced to retreat from positions close to the walls of London. Siege of London Thomas Neville, the Bastard of Fauconberg, had been harassing London…
The Earl of Warwick was commissioned to suppress disturbances in the North Riding on 13 May 1461. Following the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton many Lancastrians had fled to the north. A campaign…
Richard Duke of Gloucester had held several key positions in the north prior to this newly created position. It gave him extensive powers, largely military in nature. This was extended in 1480 through the creation…
Richard of Shrewsbury was the younger of Edward IV’s two sons. Born in August of 1473, he was created Duke of York the following year. It was common for the sons of the monarch to…
Milanese State Paper, dated 7th May 1471. A curious assessment of the unity within the Lancastrian camp at the time of the two-pronged assault on Edward IV’s reinstated regime, The outcome of the Battle of…
On 8 May 1483 the Council formally announced that Richard Duke of Gloucester would act as Lord High Protector of the realm. This would enable governance in the name of the uncrowned boy, Edward V. …