1460
Arrest of Henry VI
Captures Henry IV & returns to London with him
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Captures Henry IV & returns to London with him
Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured in & executed
Captures Roxburgh castle
Appointed Commander of the Lancastrian Army by Queen Elizabeth
Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured executed
Arrives in Englan & is joined by Kentishmen tired of Lancastrian misrule
Appointed Lieutenant of the Lancastrian Army by Queen Elizabeth
Marries Margaret, daughter of King Christian of Norway
Joins up with 400 Lancastrian archers
Henry VI will retain the crown for his lifetime but then York & his heirs will succeed
Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured executed
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements
The Yorkists march into Canterbury where the officers join the Yorkists
Warwick besieges London & forces the Lancastrians to retreat to the Tower of London
Warwick besieges London & forces the Lancastrians to retreat to the Tower of London
Organizes a siege of the Tower of London with the Mayor of the City
Dies during the Siege of Roxburgh
Returns from Ireland & declares imself heir to the King
Birth of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn
Death of James II
Death of Osbert Mountford, executed
Death of Richard Duke of York, killed at the Battle of Wakefield
Richards head is placed over a York city gate with a paper crown on it
The Battle is shortened when Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent turned traitor to the King and ordered his men to lay down arms, allowing the Yorkists access to the camp. Buckingham, the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Lords Egremont and Beaumont are killed by a group of Kentishmen
Captured at the Battle of Northampton & forced to acknowledge Richard as his heir
Escapes from the Battle of Northampton & assembles a Lancastrian Army in the nth
Launches a successful assault on King Henrys earthwork camp. Defeats a Lancastrian force marching on London & re-captures Henry VI
Death of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, killed at the Battle of Northampton
Helps defeat the Yorkists when they sail from Sandal castle
Richard Duke of York is killed & succeeded by his son Edward who becomes Duke of York
Killed in battle while quelling a Northern rebellion
Coronation of James III
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