Timeline of 1456 to 1459 - the period of 'Margaret's revenge'

Question 1

September 1456

Answer 1

Margaret’s chancellor, Lawrence Booth, was made keeper of the Privy Seal

Question 2

October 1456

Answer 2

Earl of Shrewsbury was replaced with Viscount Bourchier as treasurer. Bishop of Winchester became chancellor to replace Thomas Bourchier

Question 3

April 1457 (1)

Answer 3

A commission of Oyer and Terminer sat in Hereford to bring charges against 2 Yorkists in Wales - Herbert and Deveroux. Herbert was pardoned and Deveroux released from jail early

Question 4

April 1457 (2)

Answer 4

The consibleship of Carmarthen and Aberystwyth were taken from York and given to Jasper Tudor. The Lancastrian affinity began to build in Wales

Question 5

1457

Answer 5

Margaret’s cousin Marie married Thomas Courtenay (Earl of Devon’s heir)

Question 6

January 1458

Answer 6

Marriage of widowed Lancastrian heiress Margaret Beaufort to Sir Henry Stafford (second son of the Duke of Buckingham)

Question 7

24 March 1458

Answer 7

Loveday event - it was organised by the Queen and forced the Yorkists to pay compensation

Question 8

April 1458

Answer 8

Marriage of James Butler and Elanor (daughter of Edmund Beaufort)

Question 9

July 1458

Answer 9

Earl of Shrewsbury’s heir marries to Buckinghams daughter, Catharine, due to Margaret’s influence

Question 10

November 1458

Answer 10

Warwick summoned to Westminster to answer charges of piracy. Alleged assassination attempts allowed him to avoid being held accountable

Question 11

24 June 1459

Answer 11

Great Council meeting in Coventry. York, Salisbury, Warwick, George Neville, Thomas Bourchier and Henry Bourchier not invited. York raised his army

Question 12

23 September 1456

Answer 12

Salisbury was intercepted at Blore Heath in Shropshire by a royalist force from Cheshire under Lord Audley. Audley was killed

Question 13

12-13 October 1459

Answer 13

The Yorkist forces gathered at Ludford Bridge but fled England before the battle started. York and Rutland fled to Ireland

Question 14

2 November 1459

Answer 14

Salisbury, Warwick and Edward of march reached Calais

Question 15

November 1459

Answer 15

‘Parliament of Devils’ at Coventry attainted Yorkist lords for treason. Lands and titles stripped from both them and their heirs