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Execution

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

7Records
1460–1471Date range
7Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1460

Osbert Mountford25 June 1460

Sandwich · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured executed

1461

Owen Tudor1461

Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Beheaded by the Yorkists

1464

John Beaufort Somerset, 3rd15 May 1464

Hexham · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Captured & executed at Hexham, virtually putting an end to Lancastrian resistance

Herbert Somerset, 3rd15 May 1464

Hexham · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Captured & executed at the Battle of Hexham by Lord Montagu

1469

John Woodville12 August 1469

Kenilworth · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Executed after Edward's defeat at the Battle of Edgecot

Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st12 August 1469

Kenilworth · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Pro-Warwick rebels execute Woodville, father of Elizabeth Woodville Edward IVs Queen

1471

Henry Beaufort Somerset, 2nd6 May 1471

London · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Beheaded by the Yorkists

Names involved

Henry Beaufort Somerset, 2ndHerbert Somerset, 3rdJohn Beaufort Somerset, 3rdJohn WoodvilleOsbert MountfordOwen TudorRichard Woodville Rivers, 1st

Provenance

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