Quotes

Question 1

“Cadist” - in relation to Richard Duke of York’s support for Jack Cade in Parliamentary debates

Answer 1

David Grummitt

• He suggests that this allowed others within parliament to sympathise with the Yorkist cause enough to encourage the passing of the Act of Accord on 25th October 1460

Question 2

John Sylvester - quoting from the English Chronicle

Answer 2

“He chose the alias Mortimer to gain favour among the people” referring to Jack Cade’s plan to gain a political voice

Question 3

“Henry VI made Somerset one of the most powerful voices in his government”

Answer 3

Michael K. Jones

• an example of this was Somerset’s influence for Henry to make Richard Duke of York Lord Lieutenant in 1449, sending him to Ireland, which looked like exile

Question 4

Rosemary Horrox

Answer 4

• Suggests that due to the unpopularity of the Woodville family and the disapproval of Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville on 1st May 1464
• Suggests that this was a driving factor why the most popular voice was Richard and how the nobility sided with him to usurp the throne from Edward’s son

Question 5

“York’s most fierst champion…Warwick and his brothers ruled while Edward reigned”

Answer 5

Micheal Hicks describing the legacy of Warwick

Question 6

Patricia Anne-Lee

Answer 6

Specifies that Queen Margaret of Anjou has a huge political voice, raising armies and leading the Lancastrians against the Yorkist from the point of Henry VI’s illness in August 1453

• eg, rallies a Scottish army to defeat Yorkist armies at the second battle of St Albans on February 1461