https://historyofparliament.com/2025/12/17/the-origin-of-the-wars-of-the-roses-the-marriage-of-richard-of-conisbrough-and-anne-mortimer-and-the-union-of-the-houses-of-york-and-mortimer/ Articles and research from the History of Parliament Trust Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://historyofparliament.com/2025/12/17/the-origin-of-the-wars-of-the-roses-the-marriage-of-richard-of-conisbrough-and-anne-mortimer-and-the-union-of-the-houses-of-york-and-mortimer/comment-page-1/#comment-36810 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:16:49 +0000 https://historyofparliament.com/?p=19231#comment-36810 Pugh’s material on Henry V and the events at Southampton (Conisburgh’s execution) are a must read, impossible to understand circumstances of either House otherwise. And look into the political carnage causedby the Coventry Parliament 1459, which Payling has also written about; if the Conisburgh-Mortimer marriage was a spark then the sheer lunacy perpetrated at Coventry was the point of no return (ie. civil war) for the country.

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