In July of 1470, the Earl of Warwick had met with Margaret of Anjou. The meeting, arranged by the King of France, resulted in an unlikely alliance between the two former foes, the Angers Agreement.…
Having already undertaken a progress around the coastline of Kent and Suffolk, the King, after a short stay in Westminster, moved his attention elsewhere. The Welsh Marches were an area he was very familiar with. The…
On 15th August 1485 word reached Richard III that Henry Tudor had passed Shrewsbury. The implication is clear, loyalty to the crown in Wales had not been as strong as anticipated. Jasper Tudor had previously…
The siege of Harlech came to an end as the garrison surrendered on 14th August 1468. The siege began in 1461, making it the longest siege of the Wars of the Roses. Harlech was a…
On 13th August 1485, Henry Tudor’s invasion force arrived at Machynlleth. Having embarked from France on 1st August, Tudor had landed on 7th August 1485 at Mill Bay. After camping at Dale, his army had…
In July 1453 the English were defeated in the Battle of Castillon. It was the last pitched battle of the Hundred Years War. It brought to an end the brief restoration of English control in…
Agreements were made for the surrender of the Tower of London by the Lancastrians to Yorkists on 16 July 1460. This followed the return to London of the Yorkist army, with King Henry VI in…
The Earls of March and Salisbury arrived in London after the Battle of Northampton with Henry VI their captive on 14 July 1460. John Stone, in his chronicle, describes the aftermath of the Battle of…
The Burgundian siege of Calais began on 9 July 1436. It was the result of the rapidly changing diplomatic situation in France at the time. The English had been allied with Burgundy from the time…
On 4th July 1475 Edward IV and his army set sail for Calais at the start of the English invasion of France. The invasion had been proposed years earlier, prior to the readeption. Following the reclamation…