1455 in History

Appointed Captain of Calais

Appointed Captain of Calais, after victory at the 1st Battle of St Albans

Holds a Council of War after hearing the Duke of York had arrived outside St Albans

Dismissd as Captain of Calais bt Henry VI

Dismissed from power by the Queen & Edmund Beaufort the 2nd Duke of Somerset

Forced by Henry VI to release the Great Seal to Thomas Bourcier

Margaret was 12 when she married the 24-year-old Edmund Tudor

The King summons his Army

Stays overnight 8 miles from St Albans on his way to a Council of War at Leicester

Beginning of the formal appeal, known as the Rehabilitation or Nullification Trial

Yorks Army arrives at Ware in Hertfordshire

Beginning of the formal appeal, known as the Rehabilitation or Nullification Trial

Joins Lancastrians opposed to Richard 3rd Duke of York. Captured at the Battle of St Albans & later executed

Fights for the Lancastrians who are defeated in the 1st Battle of St Albans

After negotiatios fail the King raises his standard at Goslawe, St Peters St

The Duke of Buckingham negotiates with the Yorkist Plenipotentiary Mowbray Herald. Injured fighting for the Lancastrians during their defeat at St Albans

Rewarded with the Captaincy of Calais. Aids the Yorkist victory over the Lancastrians

Killed while fighting for the defeated Lancastrians

York & Warwick march on London with 3,000 menh. Richards protectorship is renewed. Despite victory York does not retain his supremacy in Government. Defeats & kills Somerset who is leading 2,000 Lancastrians. Accompanies the defeated King to St Albans Abbey for thanksgiving

Buckingham commanded the King's army of 2,500; only about 50 people died in the battle, but this included Somerset. Buckingham himself was wounded and captured with the King when the Earl of Warwick scored a remarkable success

Witnesses the Battle of St Albans

Fights for his step brother Henry VI against the Yorkists

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