1460: Yorkist Return Flashcards
(26 cards)
When was the Yorkist raid on Sandwich? Who led it? What was captured?
15 Jan 1460
Sir John Dynham
Lancastrian ships and Richard Woodville (Earl Rivers)
When was the Sheriff of Devon appointed to build a defensive fleet? What was his name?
Feb 1460
Sir Baldwin Fulford
Who was also appointed to build a fleet? How big? For how many years?
Henry Holland (Duke of Exeter)
3,500 men
3 years
When did Warwick visit York in Ireland? How many months?
March 1460
2 Months
When were Somerset’s forces defeated by Warwick’s outside Calais? Where?
23 Apr 1460
Newnham Bridge
When did Warwick, March and 2,000 men return to England? Where did they land?
June 1460
Sandwich
When did a Lancastrian appeal for loans fail?
March 1460
When did Warwick’s forces capture the pay for Somerset’s soldiers attacking Calais?
16 Mar 1460
How much money did the Staplers of Calais loan Warwick, to return to England?
£18,000
Who did Warwick organise a truce with? For how long?
Phillip of Burgundy
3 months
What was the name of the papal legate Warwick earned the trust of?
Francesco Coppini
Where was the pro-York parliament in Ireland? Who was appointed deputy of York? Why?
Drogheda
Earl of Kildare
he hated Wiltshire, the official Lieutenant of Ireland
When was the Battle of Northampton? Who defected? Who was captured?
10 July 1460
Lord Grey
Henry VI
When were Yorkist appointments into government made? Who and what roles?
25th July 1460
George Neville (BoE) - Chancellor
Viscount Bourchier - Treasurer
1st Nov 1460
John Neville - Chamberlain
When did York land in England? When did he reach London? What did he do?
8 Sept 1460
10 Oct 1460
claim the throne
When was the Act of Accord agreed? What did it agree?
25 Oct 1460
after Henry VI’s death, York or his sons would be King
Who did York negotiate with while in Ireland? When? What was agreed?
James II
early 1460
Marriage alliance, but never happened
When was York’s Northern campaign? What was it meant to stop resistance to?
late 1460
Act of Accord
Where was March sent to during the Northern Campaign? Who was he trying to stop from meeting with Lancastrians?
Welsh Marches
Jasper Tudor
What area was still turbulent since Cade’s Rebellion? Why?
Kent
problems from Cade’s Rebellion (ie. corruption) still not dealt with
Whose ships did Lancastrians try to commandeer, alienating them?
Venetians
Whose ships did Lancastrians successfully make available for defence of England?
Genoese
Where were Warwick and March admitted to after landing at Sandwich in June 1460? Why?
Canterbury
to be blessed by Archbishop Bourchier
Where did Warwick and March go after visiting Canterbury in June 1460? With how many men?
London
10,000
