1478 George duke of Clarence is executed in the Tower of London, possibly drowned in his bath. He was convicted of treason against his brother, Edward IV.
Archive for February, 2012
1461 The forces of Margaret of Anjou, under the command of Henry Beaufort duke of Somerset, defeat Richard Nevill earl of Warwick and his brother John at the battle of St Albans. Warwick makes his escape, travelling west to find Edward earl of March (duke of York since his father’s death at Wakefield, 30 December [...]
1457 Birth of Mary of Burgundy to Charles duke of Burgundy and Isabelle of Bourbon. After the death of his wife Isobel Nevill in 1476, George duke of Clarence and his sister (Mary’s stepmother) Margaret duchess of Burgundy, discussed a marriage between George and Mary. Edward IV intervened and the proposed marriage didn’t go ahead. [...]
Things you find when you’re looking for something else
Posted: February 12, 2012 in Maud Stanhope, Lady Willoughby, Thomas NevillThings you find when you’re looking for something else… Letter from John Fastolf to John Paston, 5 February 1454: Worshipful Sir and cousin, I recommend me to you, and like you to weet that I have a tally with my cousin Fenn of 500 marks and more, for to be changed upon such places as [...]
1466 Birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, to Edward IV and his queen, Elizabeth Wydeville. On 18 January 1486, she married Henry VII. She was crowned in November 1487. She and Henry had seven children, four surviving to adulthood, including the future Henry VIII. 1503 Death of Elizabeth of York, wife and queen of Henry VII.
What I thought I knew about Maud Stanhope when I began this piece of work • she was pretty much the same age as her second husband, Thomas Nevill (extrapolated from Hick’s description of her, in Warwick the Kingmaker, as a ‘youthful widow’ and her possible age (mid teens) at her first wedding); • she’d [...]
1461 Battle of Mortimer’s Cross. Edward, earl of March, has learned of the deaths at the battle of Wakefield and prepares to return to London with troops raised in the Welsh marches. He met the forces of Jasper Tudor earl of Pembroke, and his father Owen at Mortimer’s Cross, some 30km north of Hereford. A [...]
