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Arrest of Henry VI

Name: Arrest of Henry VI – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Warfare / Wars of the Roses. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1460–1471Date range

3Named people

3Places

Chronological records

1460

Richard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16th10 July 1460

Northampton · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Captures Henry IV & returns to London with him

1465

Henry VI1465

Tower of London · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Imprisoned in the Tower, Louis XI of France comes to his aid, siding against Edward IV

1470

Richard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16th6 October 1470

London · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Warwick & Clarence free Henry VI

1471

Edward IV11 April 1471

London · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Edward & his brothers enter London & capture Henry VI

Henry VI1471

Tower of London · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Imprisoned for a 2nd time in the Tower of London, in the Wakefield Tower

Names involved

Edward IVHenry VIRichard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16th

Provenance

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