John Wenlock Biography

Birth of John Wenlock, son of William Wynell de Wenlock, commonly called William Wenlock, knight of the shire for Bedfordshire

Takes part in the invasion of France under Henry V

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

Appointed Constable of Vernon

Appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Receives a Knighthood

Fights for the defeated Lancastrians

During the Wars of the Roses, Wenlock initially fought for the House of Lancaster in the First Battle of St Albans

Begins pounding the walls of the Tower of London

Begins to help organixe the details for the siege of the Tower of London

Fights for the Yorkists

Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais

Appointed Chief Butler of England

Heps successfully besiege the Tower of London for Edward of York, he was part of the latters triumphal entry into London and was elected a Knight of the Garter a few days after

Created Baron Wenlock

Created Baron Wenlock

Heps successfully besiege the Tower of London for Edward of York, he was part of the latters triumphal entry into London and was elected a Knight of the Garter a few days after

Fights on the side of the Yorkists who defeat the Lancasrians

Helps Lord Hastings capture Dunstanburgh Castle

He was allegedly killed by his own commander, the Duke of Somerset, who blamed Wenlocks indecisiveness for the defeat.

The Lancastrian centre was commanded by Lord Wenlock.

The Lancastrians suffered a crushing defeat, and Wenlock died on the battlefield.

Unlike the other principal Lancastrian commanders, Wenlock had deserted the Lancastrian cause after the First Battle of Saint Albans, only to revert to the Lancastrians when he was deprived of the Lieutenancy of Calais.

The Lancastrians suffered a crushing defeat, and Wenlock died on the battlefield. He was allegedly killed by his own commander, the Duke of Somerset, who blamed Wenlocks indecisiveness for the defeat