Local Rivalries Flashcards
Thomas Neville marriage
Maud Stanhope
24th August 1453
Maud Stanhope
Niece of Lord Cromwell
Inherited former Percy manor of Wressle Castle
Nevilles now own
Yorkists for St Albans
Nevilles
Cromwell
Bonvilles
Lancs for St Albans
Percys
Exeter
Courtenays
Henry VI and William Bonville
Appoints him Royal Steward in Cornwall 1437
Earl of Devon and Taunton Castle
Placed it under siege in 1451
Bonvilles switch to Yorkists
Grandson marries Salisbury’s daughter Oct 1455
Against Lancs in 2nd St Albans
Thomas Courtenay murders member of Bonville’s retinue
1455
John Falstof Dies
1459
Duke of Norfolk seizes Caister Castle
1461
Anthony Woodville claims Paston’s property
Jan 1466
Norfolk occupies castle for 2nd time
during 1469-71 rebellions
Earl of Oxford ejects Norfolk
Henry VI’s readeption
Norfolk seizes Caister Castle for 3rd time
After Battle of Barnet
Edward confirms Paston’s right to the castle
1476