Key Dates Edward IV (1) Flashcards
When was Edward admitted to London?
26th February 1461.
When was it decided that Edward would become King by a council of nobles?
3rd March 1461.
When was it announced that Edward would be King?
4th March 1461.
When did Edward issue a proclamation of pardon to all those who submitted to him within 10 days?
6th March 1461.
When was the Battle of Ferrybridge?
28th March 1461.
When was the Battle of Towton?
29th March 1461.
When did Henry VI, Anjou and Edward Prince of Wales flee to Scotland?
Late March 1461 - after the Battle of Towton.
When was Edward’s coronation?
28th June 1461.
When was the Land Revenue Experiment began?
1461.
When was Humphrey Stafford made a baron and William Herbert made Earl of Pembroke?
1461.
When was there a French attack on the Channel Islands after negotiations between Charles VII and Anjou?
1461.
When was Edward granted a tax to go to war with Scotland.
1462.
When did Edward order Warwick to retake the Percy’s Castles of Dunstunburgh, Bamburgh and Alnwick?
1462.
When were the Percy’s Castles of Dunstunburgh, Bamburgh and Alnwick returned to them?
April 1462.
When did the Percies defect back to the Lancastrians?
October 1462.
When did Edward agree a truce with France to get them to withdraw support from the Lancastrians?
October 1463.
When did Edward agree a truce with Scotland to get them to withdraw support from the Lancastrians?
December 1463.
When did Anjou offer Berwick to the Scottish for their support?
1464.
When did Edward secretly marry Elizabeth Woodville?
1st May 1464.
When was the Battle of Hedgeley Moor?
25th April 1464.
When was the Battle of Hexham?
15th May 1464.
When did Edward reveal his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville?
14th September 1464.
When was Henry captured in Lancashire and put in the Tower of London?
July 1465.
When was Edward granted Customs Duties for life?
1465.
When was the role of Treasurer taken from Mountjoy and given to Elizabeth Woodville’s father?
1465.
When did Edward make a treaty with Burgundy?
1467.
When were Margaret and Charles the Bold married?
1468.
When did Warwick begin arranging the marriage of Isobel Neville and Clarence?
1467.
When did Warwick seek dispensation from the Pope for the marriage of Isobel Neville and Clarence?
June 1467.
When was Warwick removed as Lord Chancellor?
June 1467.
When did England make a treaty with Brittany?
1468.
When was Edward granted a tax by Parliament for war against France?
1468.
When was retaining made illegal?
1468.
When was the Robin of Redesdale rebellion?
Spring 1469.
When were Isobel Neville and Clarence married?
July 1469.
When did Warwick issue a declaration saying he would relieve England of its “evil advisers”?
12th July 1469.
When did Warwick land back in England?
16th July 1469.
When was the Battle of Edgecote Moor?
26th July 1469.
When were the beheadings of William Herbert and Earl Rivers?
12th August 1469.
When was Edward released from the Tower of London?
September 1469.
When was Edward reconciled with Warwick and Clarence?
December 1469.
When was the title of the Earl of Northumberland taken from Montague and given to Henry Percy?
March 1470.
When was the Battle of Losecoat Field?
12th March 1470.
When did Warwick and Clarence flee to France?
March 1470 (after Battle of Losecoat Field).
When was the Treaty of Angers?
July 1470.
When was the marriage of Anne Neville and Edward Prince of Wales.
July 1470.
When did Edward fear a pincer movement from Montague in the North and Warwick from the South?
September 1470.
When did Edward board a ship at King’s Lynn for Holland?
2nd October 1470.
When was the readeption of Henry VI?
3rd October 1470.
When did Henry VI declare war on Burdundy?
Late 1470.
When did Edward land at the Humber Estuary?
14th March 1471.
When was Henry VI put in the Tower of London?
March 1471.
