Why did Edward IV and Warwick quarrel?

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Why did Edward IV and the Earl of Warwick quarrel?
- WARWICK'S DECLINING INFLUENCE
  - The introduction of the 'new men' limits Warwick's influence
    - Hastings, Herbert and the Woodvilles
  - Edward gives Herbert control of S.Wales, and Lord Hastings Chamberlein position and not Warwick
- EDWARD'S ALLIANCE WITH BURGUNDY
  - Edward indpendantly forms an alliance with Burgundy
    - Edward had formed a close relationship with Louis XI and favoured France as an ally
- PRESENCE OF CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE KING
  - Warwick was not royal blood, however Clarence was; he supported Warwick during his defection
  - Warwick feels a new King would allow him to have more influence in decisions and as chief adviser
Warwick was not made aware of Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville
- He was in the midst of securing a marriage with a french princess; would have allied France and stopped any conflict; hence he is humiliated
  - This also decreases Warwick's daughters marital options - Edward also disallows a marriage to Clarence
Henry VI is still the Lancastrian figure and posed a credible alternative or even Henry's son Edward of Lancaster

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