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- The siege of the Tower of London (2-19 July 1460) saw the Lancastrian forces in London isolated in the Tower while the main Yorkist army moved north to victory at Northampton (Wars of the Roses). In 1459 the Yorkists had suffered a humiliating defeat at Ludford Bridge and their leaders had fled into exile.
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The siege of the Tower of London was an episode of the Wars of the Roses, in which adherents of the rival Plantagenet houses of Lancaster and York were pitted against each other. In June 1460, several Yorkist nobles, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against King Henry VI the year before and had fled to Calais, invaded the south east of England ...
- 2–19 July 1460
- London, England
- Yorkist victory
2nd – 19th July 1460 Siege of the Tower of London. On 2nd July 1460, the Lords of Calais began their blockade of the Tower of London. Having crossed London bridge the day before the Yorkist leaders had quickly secured many sites within the city.
The Siege of the Tower of London was an episode of the Wars of the Roses, in which adherents of the rival Plantagenet houses of Lancaster and York were pitted against each other. In June 1460, several Yorkist nobles, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against King Henry VI the year before and had...
- 2-19 July 1460
- Yorkist victory
- London, England
- 4 min
Tweet. The siege of the Tower of London (2-19 July 1460) saw the Lancastrian forces in London isolated in the Tower while the main Yorkist army moved north to victory at Northampton ( Wars of the Roses ). In 1459 the Yorkists had suffered a humiliating defeat at Ludford Bridge and their leaders had fled into exile.
He was the Duke of Exeter's right-hand man in 1460, unwavering to the Lancastrian cause when Yorkist Earls (Warwick, Salisbury, and Edward) arrived in England. Browne assisted the effort by collecting men and broke the blockade during the siege of the Tower of London (1460). Browne was convicted of treason on 20 July 1460.
- 1402
- Robert Browne
- 20 July 1460
- Eleanor FitzAlan
Siege of the Tower of London (1460) The siege of the Tower of London was an episode of the Wars of the Roses, in which adherents of the rival Plantagenet houses of Lancaster and York were pitted against each other. In June 1460, several Yorkist nobles, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against King Henry VI the year before and had fled to Calais ...
In 1460 Lancastrian loyalists took control of the Tower and a siege was launched by the Yorkists: ‘The Tower was besieged by land and by water that no vitals might come to them that were within… They that were within the Tower cast wild fire into the city, and shot in small guns and burned and hurt men and women and children in the streets.
