Timeline for 1461-1469 (UNFINISHED)

Question 1

29 March 1461

Answer 1

Battle of Towton - massive Yorkist victory and key Lancastrians fled to Scotland

Question 2

April 1461

Answer 2

Edward IV marched to Durham and back to York to assert his dominance and kingship

Question 3

June 1461

Answer 3

A Scottish Raid on Carlisle was defeated by John Neville, Lord Montagu, and a truce with Scotland was arranged to last until August 1462

Question 4

28 June 1461

Answer 4

The coronation of Edward IV in London

Question 5

July 1461

Answer 5

Warwick appointed ‘Warden of the East and West Marches’ on the Scottish boarder

Question 6

30 September 1461

Answer 6

Pembroke Castle in Wales was surrendered to the Yorkist, William Herbert

Question 7

Autumn 1461

Answer 7

Sir Ralph Percy defected to Edward Iv and was appointed (Yorkist) captain of Dunstanburgh

Question 8

October 1461

Answer 8

Jasper Tudor and Henry Holland were defeated at Caernarvon by William Herbert

Question 9

January 1462

Answer 9

Denbigh Castle surrendered to William Herbert

Question 10

May 1462

Answer 10

Carreg Cennen Castle was captured by Herbert’s brother, Richard, leaving only Harlech in Lancastrian hands in Wales

Question 11

24 June 1462

Answer 11

Treaty signed between Margaret of Anjou and Louis XI of France

Question 12

25 October 1462

Answer 12

Margaret landed near Bamburgh Castle with Pierre de Breze and 2000 Frenchmen. Sir Ralph Percy defected to her

Question 13

13 November 1462

Answer 13

Margaret took ship to Berwick - much of her force was shipwrecked

Question 14

24 December 1462

Answer 14

After a long winter siege, the castles of Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh were surrendered to Warwick. Duke of Somerset was captured

Question 15

January 1463

Answer 15

Sir Ralph Percy pardoned by Edward IV and appointed to Banburgh and Dunstanburgh

Question 16

5 January 1463

Answer 16

Alnwick castles surrendered to Warwick but its garrison under Lord Hungerford were able to escape - Warwick was criticised

Question 17

April 1463

Answer 17

Sir Ralph Percy let Lancastrians into Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh. Henry Beaufort pardoned and restored by Edward IV

Question 18

July 1463

Answer 18

Henry VI and Margaret invaded with Scottish forces and laid siege to the boarder castle of Norham

Question 19

July 1463 (2)

Answer 19

Edward obtained a grant of taxation from parliament on the promise that he would raise an army and lead it in person against the Scots - he didn’t

Question 20

Autumn 1463

Answer 20

Neville’s (Warwick and Montagu) led a northern army against Lancastrians who were forced to abandon the siege of Norham

Question 21

October 1463

Answer 21

Edward IV made a truce with Louis XI of France. He renounced all future aid to Henry Vi and his party

Question 22

December 1463

Answer 22

Edward VI made a truce with James III of Scotland. he renounced all future aid to Henry VI