First Battle Of St Albans Flashcards
When was the first Battle of St Albans?
May 1455
What was the background to the first Battle of St Albans?
The main factors are:
1) The Great Council which met at Leicester in April 1455. (They never actually meet - formed to arbitrate issues between York and Somerset).
2) Henry VI coming out of his catatonic stupor.
3) Somerset being released from the Tower of London in January 1455.
What were the details of the first Battle of St Albans?
Yorks affinity was over 2000 men. The Lancastrian force was slightly smaller.
What was the outcome of the first Battle of St Albans?
The Yorkist success in the First Battle of St Albans meant that the Yorkists could dominate Parliament in July and York gained power in both titles such as the (Constable of England) as well as in his second protectorate.
Somerset (Edmund Beaufort) killed in battle.
About 120 people died.
