Comments on: An empty victory: Queen Margaret and the second battle of St. Albans 17 Feb. 1461

By: John, Lord Clifford, ‘the butcher’ and the killing of Edmund, earl of Rutland, at the battle of Wakefield, 30 December 1460 - The History of Parliament

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:53:47 +0000

[…] the circumstances of the battles in which he is known to have participated – Ludford Bridge, the second battle of St. Albans, Wakefield and Towton – leave little doubt that that reputation originated in events in the […]

By: John, Lord Clifford, ‘the butcher’ and the killing of Edmund, earl of Rutland, at the battle of Wakefield, 30 December 1460 – The History of Parliament

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:16:50 +0000

By: ‘How much ancient divisions survive’: unnatural alliances and the battle of Barnet, 14 April 1471 – The History of Parliament

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:00:19 +0000

[…] Warwick into exile in April 1470. Warwick responded by entering into an unlikely alliance with Queen Margaret, wife of the deposed Henry VI, and, in the autumn of 1470, catching Edward ill-prepared, his […]

By: The battle of Towton and the Parliament of 1461 – The History of Parliament

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 23:01:17 +0000

[…] west riding of Yorkshire and ended in victory for the Yorkist Edward IV against the forces of his recently toppled Lancastrian rival, Henry VI. Contemporary chroniclers agree that the numbers involved and the death toll were both […]

By: A New Dawn? The accession of Edward IV on 4 March 1461 – The History of Parliament

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:01:42 +0000

[…] the change of dynasty was based on the notion that by re-joining his wife and son at the battle of St. Albans on 17 February Henry VI had broken the accord sanctioned by the Lords and Commons in the previous […]