Reasons Lancastrians lost the throne 1461
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- Created on: 30-05-22 13:05
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- Why Lancastrians lost the throne 1461?
- Lancastrian Misgovernance
- MoA Factionalism
- Parliament of Devils: 27 Yorkists attained (7 peers)
- York moved to Ireland and essentially ruled it = Margaret made no effort to replace York, even when Earl of Wiltshire was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland in December 1459
- 67/97 invited peers attended - One of the best attended Parliament's in the time period
- 1456: Coventry powerbase (Swan badges handed out)
- Supported by Jasper Tudor + Earl of Shrewsbury
- May 1459: Letters sent out summoning military + weapons to Leicester that month
- June 1459: Great Council summoned to meet at Coventry (Those who failed to come were indicted)
- September 1459, Blore Heath: No one took up her offer of being pardoned of you week involved in Lord Audley's death
- Parliament of Devils: 27 Yorkists attained (7 peers)
- Poor Leadership
- HVI too ill to govern past 1456 (Loveday was his last independent action)
- Yorkists captured HVI at St Albans
- York made Constable of England + Warwick Captain of Calais
- MoA Factionalism
- Yorkist Strength
- New Yorkist Figurehead
- EIV; Young (18), military experience (Mortimer's Cross), and no baggage of treason claims
- Paraphernalia used as sigil - Seen at Mortimer's Cross
- Since July 1460, London gave Yorkist cause over £7500
- Earl of Warwick, Kingmaker
- Captain of Calais (Only standing army in England)
- Calais garrison loyal to Warwick as he paid them (Committed piracy to get money)
- April 1460, Battle of Newham Bridge: Garrison shot at Somerset's boat when he was meant to replace Warwick as Captain
- Battle of Towton: Warwick not present but the garrison fought on behalf of the Yorkists
- July 1460, Battle of Northampton:HVI is captured + Lord Grey of Ruthin defects to Yorkists
- Warwick told troops not to attack men with Grey's sigil
- May 1455, Battle of St Albans
- Lead troops through garden bushes in the back
- Killed Earl of Northumberland (Percy, northern rival)
- Present at Loveday
- 7 months later, he defies the government when asked too answer charges on piracy (October 1458)
- Captain of Calais (Only standing army in England)
- York's Ambition
- To be Chief Councillor 1455 - 1459 - Seen in Second Protectorate
- Defence of St Albans: Claimed Somerset concealed letters York sent to HVI which proved his loyalty
- Reduced household expenditure £24K --> £5K
- Queen limited to 10K marks
- Uplifted Yorkists
- Warwick = Captain of Calais
- Salisbury = Chancellor (Later to be Thomas Bourchier)
- Ended Courtenay-Bonville feud in south west
- Murder of Nicholas Rashford (Bonville's lawyer)
- Battle of Cyst December 1459: York intervened and placed Earl of Devon in the Tower of London
- To be King 1459 - 1460
- Parliament of Devils (November 1459
- October 1460: Claims throne
- Act of Accord (Post-Northampton)in October 1460
- To be Chief Councillor 1455 - 1459 - Seen in Second Protectorate
- New Yorkist Figurehead
- Lancastrian Misgovernance
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