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Siege of Calais

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

9Records
1459–1460Date range
7Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1459

Henry Beaufort Somerset, 2ndNovember 1459

Calais · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Some of Somersets forces are forced by bad weather to surrender to Warwick. Arrives to take Calais away from the Earl of Warwick who holds it for the Yorkists

Richard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16thNovember 1459

Calais · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Some of Somersets forces are forced by bad weather to surrender to Warwick

Andrew TrollopeNovember 1459

Guines · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Forces the surrender of Guines, a Yorkist fort outside Calais

1460

John Denham15 January 1460

Sandwich · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

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

John Wenlock15 January 1460

Sandwich · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

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

Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st15 January 1460

Sandwich · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

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

Henry Beaufort Somerset, 2ndJanuary 1460

Calais · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements

Richard Woodville Rivers, 1stJanuary 1460

Sandwich · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements

Osbert Mountford25 June 1460

Calais · Warfare / Wars of the Roses

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

Names involved

Andrew TrollopeHenry Beaufort Somerset, 2ndJohn DenhamJohn WenlockOsbert MountfordRichard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16thRichard Woodville Rivers, 1st

Provenance

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