Invasion of England
Sals with an army of Burgundians & Englishmen & 14 ships provided by Hanseatic towns
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
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Edward IV Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Edward IV through 119 dated historical records for England.
Edward IV, historical timeline
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1471
Invasion of England
Lands with the pretense he has returned to reclaim the Duchy of York, heads for York
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1471-1483
Invasion of England
Reaches Coventry where he is able to offer Battle to the Earl of Warwick
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Invasion of England
George the Duke of Clarence deserts the Earl of Warwick & joins Edward IV
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1471-1483
Result of Surrender of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
Clarence's submission strengthens Edward IV by adding about 4,000 men to the Yorkist army.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Siege of London
Marches Yorkists on London while Warwick is in Coventry
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Surrender of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
Clarence submits to Edward & increases the Yorkist army by 4,000
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Restoration
Edward IV is restored to the throne
Role range: 1471-1483
Arrest of Henry VI
Edward & his brothers enter London & capture Henry VI
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Although he had defeated the Neville brothers, Edward had little time to rest; Margaret landed at Weymouth on the day of the battle.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
At around 4 o'clock in the morning, both armies woke. Edward had planned for an early attack, however, and quickly roused his men to engage the Lancastrians. Both sides fired their cannon and arrows before laying into each other with polearms.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Despite the defeat at Barnet, Lancastrians who fled from the battle looked to the queen to restore their house to the throne
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Edward exhibited the brothers naked corpses in St. Pauls Cathedral for three days to quell any rumours that they had survived, before allowing them to be laid to rest in the family vault at Bisham Abbey.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
He brought Henry VI along to prevent the Lancastrians from retaking their king. The bodies of the two Neville brothers were brought back to London. They did not suffer the customary fate accorded to traitors quartering and display at the city gates.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Lancastrian scouts probed Barnet, which lay 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of London, but were beaten off.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
On 13 April their main army took up positions on a ridge of high ground north of Barnet to prepare for battle the next day.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
She feigned a march to London while augmenting her army with recruits from Wales and the Welsh Marches. The Lancastrian queen was disheartened by the news of Warwicks demise, but Somerset suggested that they were better off without the earl.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
The morning fog was thick and the night movements of the two forces had displaced them laterally with each other. Neither group was facing the other; each was offset slightly to the right.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
This displacement meant that the right end of either army could outflank the other by wrapping around the opposing left end. The Lancastrians were the first to exploit this advantage; Oxfords group quickly overwhelmed Hastings.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Warwick arrayed his army in a line from east to west, on either side of the Great North Road running through Barnet. Kills the Earl of Warwick & Lord Montagu, the Lancastrians are defeated. Kills the Earl of Warwick.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
Warwicks army heavily outnumbered Edwards, although sources differ on exact numbers. Lancastrian strength ranges from 10,000 to 30,000 men, with 7,000 to 15,000 on the Yorkist side. Facing this disadvantage, Edward hurried to meet the Lancastrians with a surprise attack.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Barnet
The Yorkists win the battle for access to London
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1471-1483
Invasion of England
Although he had defeated the Neville brothers, Edward had little time to rest; Margaret landed at Weymouth on the day of the battle.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Invasion of England
Despite the defeat at Barnet, Lancastrians who fled from the battle looked to the queen to restore their house to the throne.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Invasion of England
She feigned a march to London while augmenting her army with recruits from Wales and the Welsh Marches.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Invasion of England
The Lancastrian queen was disheartened by the news of Warwicks demise, but Somerset suggested that they were better off without the earl.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Invasion of England
King Edward had learned of Margarets landing only two days after she arrived. Although he had given many of his supporters and troops leave after the victory at Barnet, he was rapidly able to muster a substantial force at Windsor, just west of London
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Arrest of George Neville
Edward IV has George Neville the Archbishop of York arrested
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1471-1483
Battle of Sodbury Hill
However, the Lancastrians made a feint towards Little Sodbury, about 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Bristol.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Sodbury Hill
King Edward reached Cirencester.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Sodbury Hill
Nearby was Sodbury Hill, an Iron Age hill fort which was an obvious strategic point for the Lancastrians to seize.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Sodbury Hill
On hearing that Margaret was at Bristol, he turned south to meet her army.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Sodbury Hill
When Yorkist scouts reached the hill, there was a sharp fight in which they suffered heavy casualties
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Siege of Gloucester
He sent urgent messages to the Governor, Sir Richard Beauchamp, ordering him to bar the gates to Margaret and man the citys defences.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Siege of Gloucester
King Edward realised that the Lancastrians were seeking to cross the River Severn into Wales.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Siege of Gloucester
The nearest crossing point they could use was at the city of Gloucester.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Siege of Gloucester
When Margaret arrived in the morning of 3 May, Beauchamp refused Margarets summons to let her army pass, and she realised that there was insufficient time to storm the city before Edward's army arrived.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Tewkesbury
By contrast, King Edward's army was composed mainly of mounted men, who nevertheless dismounted to fight on foot as most English armies did during this period.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Tewkesbury
Hearing from his "prickers" or mounted scouts of Margarets position, Edward drove his army to make another march of 6 miles (9.7 km) from Cheltenham, finally halting 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Lancastrians.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Battle of Tewkesbury
Most of their army were footmen, and unable to continue further without rest, and even the mounted troops were weary.
Role range: 1455-1485 – 1461-1470
Records, sources and methodology
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