Plumpton Estate Management
The Plumpton letters cover a wide range of issues, from national politics and economic issues to their manors’ day-to-day administration.
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The Wars of the Roses
1455 – 1487 Wars of the Roses
Bishop Reginald Peacock and his inviting of heresy
On 4 December 1457 Bishop Reginald Peacock was removed from the Privy Council. The reason was unusual. His writings had
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Grand Procession in London. 3 December 1450.
On 3 December 1450 a grand Royal Procession took place in London including many of the leading nobles. It came
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Richard Duke of York and the earls of Rutland and Salisbury march north
On 2 December 1460, Richard 3rd Duke of York and the earls of Rutland and Salisbury marched north from London to
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Duke of Somerset’s lodgings in London attacked, December 1450
The Duke of Somerset’s lodgings in Blackfriars were set upon by supporters of York and Norfolk on 1 or 2
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