1464-1469: Key Events

Question 1

When did Somerset return to his Lancastrian allegiance?

Answer 1

early 1464

Question 2

Where were the Lancs defeated in S. Wales in 1464? When? Who by?

Answer 2

Dryslwyn
4th Mar 1464
Roger Vaughan + John Donne (Hasting’s brother-in-law)

Question 3

When was the Battle of Hedgley Moor? What caused it? Who won? Who was killed?

Answer 3

25th Apr 1464
Montagu escorted Scottish diplomats from border, attacked by Somerset
Montagu (Yorkists)
Sir Ralph Percy

Question 4

When was the Battle of Hexham? Who won? Who was executed after?

Answer 4

15th May 1464
Montagu (Yorkists)
Somerset (Henry Beaufort)

Question 5

Who did Edward IV secretly marry? When? When did he have to confess?

Answer 5

Elizabeth Woodville
1st May 1464
Sept 1464

Question 6

What was the treaty with Scotland called? When was it signed? How long did it last?

Answer 6

Treaty of York
1st Jun 1464
15 years

Question 7

When did Lancastrians at Alnwick, Bamburgh & Dunstanburgh surrender again? Who to?

Answer 7

late June 1464
Warwick

Question 8

When was George Neville promoted? What to?

Answer 8

Mar 1465
Archbishop of York

Question 9

Which 2 major nobles went on a diplomatic mission? When? Where to?

Answer 9

Warwick & Hastings
May-Jul 1465
Burgundy

Question 10

When was Queen Elizabeth coronated?

Answer 10

26th May 1465

Question 11

When was Henry VI captured and taken to the Tower of London?

Answer 11

24th Jul 1465

Question 12

When was Edward’s first child born? What were they called?

Answer 12

11th Feb 1466
Elizabeth of York

Question 13

Who was appointed treasurer in 1466? When? What was he made later that year? When? What was he made the year after? When?

Answer 13

Richard Woodville
Mar 1466

Earl Rivers
24th May 1466

Constable of England
24th Aug 1467

Question 14

Who married William Herbert’s heir? When?

Answer 14

Mary Woodville (Elizabeth’s sister)
Jan 1467

Question 15

When was the tournament between England and Burgundy? Where?

Answer 15

Jun 1467
Smithfield

Question 16

Who competed on behalf of England at the Smithfield Tournament? Burgundy?

Answer 16

Anthony Woodville
Bastard of Burgundy

Question 17

When was George Neville appointed Chancellor? When was he dismissed? Why?

Answer 17

1460
1467
sought dispensation from Pope to marry Isabel & Clarence against Edward’s will

Question 18

When was the marriage treaty with Burgundy finalised? Who between?

Answer 18

Feb 1468
Margaret of York (daughter of RoY)
+
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (son of Philip the Good)

Question 19

When did the conflict with the Hanseatic League first break out? When was the second incident? What happened? What did this cause?

Answer 19

July 1468
23rd May 1469
Robert Winnington captured 110 ships
trade block between England and Germany + Baltics

Question 20

When did Edward IV raise funds to attack France?
How much? What did he do with it?

Answer 20

summer 1468
£62,000
nothing

Question 21

Which London merchant was harassed by Woodvilles? Why? When? What was his charge and outcome?

Answer 21

Thomas Cook
lent money to Margaret of Anjou
1467-68
high treason
imprisoned & fined, but found innocent

Question 22

Who was Elizabeth Woodville’s previous husband? How many children did she have with him? Where did he die?

Answer 22

Sir John Grey
2
Second Battle of St. Albans (1461), fighting for Lancs

Question 23

When Earl Rivers became treasurer in 1466, who did he replace? Which noble was he related to?

Answer 23

Lord Mountjoy
Warwick’s uncle

Question 24

Which foreign ally did Edward IV prefer? Warwick?

Answer 24

Burgundy
France

Question 25

When did Louis XI of France first consider uniting Margaret & Warwick to attack Edward IV’s England?

Answer 25

1467

Question 26

Who was embarrassed by Edward’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville? Why?

Answer 26

Warwick
- already negotiated marriage of Ed IV to Bona of Savoy, a French princess
- made him look weak to French, his personal allies