Edmund Beaufort created Duke of Somerset, 31 March 1448 Edmund Beaufort’s brother had been the Duke of Somerset. Upon his death, the title was not automatically passed to his heir, his brother Edmund Beaufort. When… 

On 22 January 1478 a tournament including jousting concluded the festivities to mark the marriage of Richard, Duke of York to Anne Mowbray. Marriage of Anne Mowbray and Prince Richard, duke of York Though the… 

Nicholas and John Clayton along with John Werneby, all yeomen, were outlawed by a manorial court in Macclesfield on 12th January 1468. They had previously been charged with trespass. Having failed to appear at a… 

Thomas Bourchier was created Cardinal on 18th September 1467 *. Bourchier had been educated at the University of Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical and administrative career. His first senior position was that of Bishop… 

On 14th September 1435 , John, duke of Bedford died. John was King Henry V’s brother and the eldest uncle of King Henry VI. When Henry V died, Bedford was nominally in charge of the… 

Birth of Isabel Neville, 5th September 1451 Isabel Neville was the eldest daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. She was co-heiress to his wealth, along with her sister Anne. Isabel became the centre of… 

On 1st September 1458 a warrant was issued calling for additional ordnance for the Royal Arsenal and fitting a new gun at Calais. Threat of invasion Such warrants were issued when there was a need… 

Caxton’s translation of “The Book of the Knight in the Towers” was completed and published on 1st June 1483. The Book of the Knight in the Towers was authored initially by Geoffrey IV de la Tour… 

In this letter from John Paston the youngest to his father, Sir John Paston, the flight of the Duke of Somerset [to Queen Margaret] in early 1464 is alluded to. It talks of the efforts…