Timeline 1460-61

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