Category: Edward V

15th Century History, Edward V, Henry IV, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Local History, Military history, The Commons in the Wars of the Roses

From Lancaster to York and back again: the political evolution of the Derbyshire Blounts

Dr Simon Payling, of our Commons 1461-1504 section, explores the fortunes and shifting loyalties of one gentry family in Derbyshire during the Wars of the Roses. The troubled politics of the mid-fifteenth century are illuminated by the histories of leading gentry families just as much as they are by those of Neville, Stafford and other great aristocratic families. In one sense, lesser families offer a more … Continue reading From Lancaster to York and back again: the political evolution of the Derbyshire Blounts

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The Commons in the Wars of the Roses, 15th Century History, Edward V, Medieval

Almost a Parliament: Edward V’s assembly of 25 June 1483

The death of Edward IV on 9 April 1483 saw the accession of his son Edward V to the English throne. However, as Dr Hannes Kleineke of our Commons 1461-1504 Section explores, it was only two months later that he would be deposed… To the parliamentary historian, the assembly summoned in the late spring of 1483 in the name of the young Edward V presents … Continue reading Almost a Parliament: Edward V’s assembly of 25 June 1483

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