Actions against lawlessness in 1475 Crime and Punishment was an ongoing concern for monarchs and their counsellors throughout the middle ages. This was particularly the case when the country was recovering from periods of instability,…
The intended marriage of Richard duke of Gloucester to Anne Neville was far from straightforward. Anne had been married to Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and heir to the Lancastrian throne. She was also…
Edward IV’s return to England from Flanders saw the armies of the Earl of Warwick, then Margaret of Anjou, met and defeated in battle. So too was there a threat to London in the form…
On 21st May 1471 King Henry VI died in the Tower of London. The cause of his death is not known. Following the death of his son in the Battle of Tewkesbury his kingship was…
The Battle of Tewkesbury was fought on 4th May 1471. It came a little over two weeks after Edward IV‘s victory over the Earl of Warwick at Barnet. Margaret of Anjou and the Prince of…
Having set sail from Burgundy on the 11th, Edward IVs fleet disembarks at Ravenspur on this day in 1471. His fleet of 36 ships carried a small army of 1200 men, including those provided to…
The flight of Warwick and Clarence to France took place after their complicity in the rebellion that culminated in the Battle of Empingham / Losecote Field. With their intent having been discovered by the king…
Marriage of Margaret of York From the Croyland Chronicle I now come to the sixth year of the reign of the said king, when Elizaheth, the eldest daughter hy his marriage already mentioned, was bom.…
The Battle of Northampton was fought on 10 July 1460. Notable as being the only encounter of the Wars of the Roses in which a fortified camp was attacked, and the first in English history…
In 1459 tensions turned to conflict. Both the Lancastrians and Yorkists had armed themselves. Retinues were arrayed. The Lancastrians concentrated their forces in the midlands. The Yorkists had agreed to meet at Ludlow. The movement…