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May 22, 2019 · For the two middle decades of that century he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings – having seized the crown for the Yorkist king Edward IV in 1461, he later restored to power the deposed Lancastrian monarch Henry VI.
- Emma Irving
Warwick established his defences just north of St Albans, digging in deep on the old Roman road of Watling Street. Learning of Warwick’s substantial defences, on the evening of 16th February Margaret veered her Lancastrian army sharply west, capturing the town of Dunstable.
The cause seems to have been a family feud, but it is significant, in the sequel, that Sir Thomas Neville was a brother of the Earl of Warwick, the Kingmaker, and that the Percies were a prominent Lancastrian family.
Feb 16, 2017 · The second Battle of St Albans was fought on 17 February 1461 and the result may have come as a bit of a surprise to the Earl of Warwick - he lost. His young cousin Edward, Earl of March shortly to be King Edward IV beat the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross only a short time…
The second battle of St. Albans (17 February 1461) was a Lancastrian victory that opened the road to London and appeared to give them a chance to take advantage of their earlier victory at Wakefield, where Richard, duke of York, had been killed.
Why were Warwick and the Lancastrian forces divided (i.e. why weren't Margaret's forces present at Barnet)? - Because she didn't trust Warwick with custody of her son, so she delayed leaving France to gather support and observe his actions.
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By his marriage to Edward IV’s daughter Elizabeth of York in 1486, Henry united the Yorkist and Lancastrian claims. Henry defeated a Yorkist rising supporting the pretender Lambert Simnel on June 16, 1487, a date which some historians prefer over the traditional 1485 for the termination of the wars.
