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3 days ago · By this time opposition in England had gathered around Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV's father. Duke Richard possessed a strong claim to the throne in his own right; he was descended from the Mortimer family, whose claim had been passed over when Henry VI's grandfather, Henry IV, had seized the crown. However, for many years York put himself ...
1 day ago · Yet Winter King leaves a slightly odd taste in my mouth. Perhaps it’s the language (compromised by Penn’s efforts to ‘jazz up’ his prose to cater for the popular history market): when Perkin Warbeck, the pretender who had claimed to be Richard, duke of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower, was executed at Tyburn in 1499, we are ...
4 days ago · York, Richard of Gloucester, and Henry VII. There was much that was new in the political situation in the north after 1471. Warwick, whom the citizens had so often courted with gifts, was dead; the Percies had been restored; and Edward IV began deliberately to make his brother Richard 'the greatest landowner as well as the most important official north of the Trent'.
3 days ago · On 12 June 1482 Richard Duke of Gloucester was made commander of the English army due to invade Scotland. On 11 June, the Treaty of Fotheringay had been signed in which the Duke of Albany, Alexander Stuart, was declared to be King of Scotland and pledged his loyalty to King Edward IV of England. This led to England agreeing to invade Scotland ...
1 day ago · [6] Under the reign of Richard III the royal house of Portugal was happy to offer her the hand of their Duke of Beja. [7] Court of Exchequer Chamber Year Book, 1 Henry VII, Plea 1 of Hilary Term. Appreciation to Professor David Seipp, Boston University for his advice and for kindly supplying the 1555 version; also to David Johnson for supplying ...
2 days ago · More men died at Towton than in any other battle on British soil. The Lancastrians looked set to push back the Yorkist forces and win the day but the arrival of the Duke of Norfolk with reinforcements turned the tables. 7. At the battle of Barnet in April 1471 a major figure on the Wars of the Roses was killed.
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3 days ago · In 1455, Henry’s government owed large sums of money to Richard, duke of York, Edward’s father. For the financial situation of 1455-6, see R. A. Griffiths, The Reign of King Henry VI (Sutton; Stroud, 1981), pp. 754-6.Back to (9) Erghome cannot have written the verses known as the Bridlington prophecies, which were in existence before 1338.
