Timeline 1460

Question 1

when did Yorkist forces, led by John Dynham, raid Sandwich on England’s south coast (Woodvilles captured and brought to Calais)?

Answer 1

15 Jan 1460

Question 2

when was sheriff of devon, sir baldwin fulford, commissioned to raise a new fleet?

Answer 2

1st Februayr 1460

Question 3

when was the Lancastrian government successful at getting Genoese to make their vessels available for the defence of England against the Yorkists?

Answer 3

13th February 1460

Question 4

when was an Irish parliament summoned by Richard of York to help consolidate his position during his exile?

Answer 4

8th February - Late July 1460

Question 5

when was Henry Holland (Duke of Exeter) appointed to head a fleet and with more than 3,500 men for three years against Earl of Warwick?

Answer 5

March 1460

Question 6

when did Warwick’s forces capture the pay of Somerset’s forces?

Answer 6

March 1460

Question 7

when did the Lancastrian government’s appeal for loans to finance the defence of the seas meet with disappointing results?

Answer 7

March 1460

Question 8

when did Coppini meet with Warwick at Calais?

Answer 8

March 1460

Question 9

when did the Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville) sail to and stay in Ireland planning Yorkist invasion with Richard of York and Edmund Earl of Rutland?

Answer 9

March-April 1460

Question 10

when was Henry Beaufort (Duke of Somerset) defeated at the Battle of Newnham Bridge, near Calais.?

Answer 10

23rd April 1460

Question 11

when did the Lancastrian government declare a monopoly on the wool trade, which aligned Staplers with Calais lords?

Answer 11

May 1460

Question 12

when did the Calais lords write to Coppini at length and assure him of York’s compliance, and ask him to accompany them to England?

Answer 12

25 June 1460

Question 13

when did the Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville) and York’s son, Edward (earl of March) return to England, landing with 2,000 men at Sandwich, claiming they wanted to reform the King’s government?

Answer 13

June 1460

Question 14

when were Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville) and Edward Earl of March admitted into Canterbury and then London?

Answer 14

2nd July 1460

Question 15

when did Coppini write at length to HVI in support of the Yorkists?

Answer 15

4 July 1460

Question 16

when was The Battle of Northampton?

Answer 16

10 July 1460

Question 17

when did Yorkists and Henry VI return to London after Northampton?

Answer 17

16 July 1460

Question 18

when was a narrow Yorkist regime established in London and South East?

Answer 18

July-September 1460

Question 19

when did Warwick publicise a proclamation announcing severe penalties for murderers, thieves, and others who prejudiced reestablishment of good order?

Answer 19

21 July 1460

Question 20

when did George Neville (Bishop of Exeter and brother of Warwick) become Chancellor of England?

Answer 20

25 July 1460

Question 21

when did Viscount Bourchier become treasurer?

Answer 21

28 July 1460

Question 22

when did John Neville (younger brother of Warwick) become chamberlain?

Answer 22

28 July 1460

Question 23

when did Robert Stillington (Archdeacon of Wells) claim the privy seal?

Answer 23

28 July 1460

Question 24

when did Warwick briefly return to Calais to accept Somerset’s surrender before returning to London?

Answer 24

8 August 1460

Question 25

when were Italians, largely denounced by Lancastrian regime, pardoned?

Answer 25

25 August 1460

Question 26

when was Robert Clavenger made a yeoman of the chamber?

Answer 26

26 August 1460

Question 27

when did Richard of York land in England and make his leisurely way to London, acting as if he were king?

Answer 27

8 September 1460

Question 28

when was the first parliament called by Yorkists?

Answer 28

October 1460

Question 29

when was Nicholas Suthecotes made serjeant-at-arms?

Answer 29

9 October 1460

Question 30

when did Richard of York return to London and lay claim to the English throne at parliament?

Answer 30

10 October 1460

Question 31

when was The ‘Act of Accord’ agreed?

Answer 31

24-25 October 1460

Question 32

during what period was Richard of York effectively Protector of England for a third time whilst Margaret began gathering forces in the North?

Answer 32

October-December 1460

Question 33

when did Warwick and Salisbury receive the stewardships of the northern and southern parts of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lancashire?

Answer 33

1 December 1460

Question 34

when was Richard of York (with Edmund Earl of Rutland and Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury) killed fighting Margaret’s northern army at Wakefield.?

Answer 34

30 December 1460