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======Chronology of the Wars of the Roses======
See [[http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/wars-of-the-roses.gif|here]] for what is probably //the best// graphical representation of the relationship between players in the wars.
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|1450 May-July |Jack Cade's Revolt. ||
|1450 August   |Return of Richard Duke of York from Ireland. ||
|1451 spring |John and William Merfold's Uprising. ||
|1453 December |Henry VI first bout with mental illness. || 
|1454 April |Start of Richard Duke of York's first protectorate. ||
|1455 February |End of Richard Duke of York's first protectorate.||
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|1455\\ 22 May |**First Battle of St Albans** |Decisive Yorkist victory.\\ Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, killed. Richard Duke of York re-appointed Protector.|
|1456 |End of Richard Duke of York's second protectorate.||
|1459\\ 23 Sep |**Battle of Blore Heath** |Yorkist victory.| 
|1459\\ 12 Oct |**Battle of Ludford Bridge** |Lancastrian victory.\\ Richard Duke of York flees to Ireland.|
|1460\\ 15 Jan |**Battle of Sandwich** |Decisive Yorkist victory.| 
|1460\\ 10 Jul |**Battle of Northampton** |Decisive Yorkist victory.\\ Henry VI captured. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ("Kingmaker"), orders massacre of prisoners. Margaret of Anjou flees to Wales.| 
|1460\\ 10 Oct |Richard Duke of York declared heir to the throne. Margaret of Anjou raises a new army.||
|1460\\ 25 Oct |Parliament enacts The Act of Accord.||
|1460\\ 16 Dec |**Battle of Worksop** |Small Lancastrian victory.| 
|1460\\ 30 Dec |**Battle of Wakefield** |Decisive Lancastrian victory.\\ Richard Duke of York killed, and succeeded by his son Edward.|
|1461\\ 2 Feb |**Battle of Mortimer's Cross.** |Decisive Yorkist victory.|
|1461\\ 17 Feb |**Second Battle of St Albans.** |Lancastrian victory.\\  Henry VI rescued.| 
|1461\\ 4 Mar |Edward of York proclaimed king Edward IV, in London.||
|1461\\ 28 Mar |**Battle of Ferrybridge.** |Indecisive|
|1461\\ 29 Mar |**Battle of Towton.** |Decisive Yorkist victory.\\  Henry VI, his wife Margaret of Anjou, and son Edward, the Prince of Wales, flee to Scotland.| 
|1464\\ 25 Apr |**Battle of Hedgeley Moor.** |Yorkist victory.|
|1464\\ 15 May |**Battle of Hexham.** |Decisive Yorkist victory.| 
|1465\\ 24 Jun |Henry VI captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London.||
|1469\\ 26 Jul |**Battle of Edgecote Moor.** |Rebel (York) victory.|
|1470\\ 12 Mar |**Battle of Losecoat Field.** |Royal (York) Victory.|
|1470\\ 1 May |Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ("Kingmaker"), flees to France. He joined forces with Margaret of Anjou and returns to England.||
|1470\\ 13 Oct |Henry VI restored to the throne.||
|1471\\ 14 Mar |Edward IV flees to France and returns with a small army.||
|1471\\ 14 Apr |**Battle of Barnet.** |Yorkist victory.\\ Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ("Kingmaker"), killed.| 
|1471\\ 4 May |**Battle of Tewkesbury.** |Decisive Yorkist victory.\\ Edward, the Prince of Wales killed and his mother, Margaret of Anjou, captured.| 
|1483\\ 9 Apr |Edward IV dies, and is succeeded by his son Edward V.|| 
|1485\\ 7 Aug |Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven in Wales.||
|1485\\ 22 Aug |**Battle of Bosworth Field.** |Decisive Tudor victory.\\ King Richard III killed.| 
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|1485\\ 30 Oct |Henry VII crowned at Westminster.|| 
|1486\\ 18 Jan |Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marry, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York.||
|1487\\ 16 Jun |**Battle of Stoke Field.** |Decisive Tudor victory.| 
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{{ ::wars_of_the_roses_wikipedia.jpg |Important locations in the Wars of the Roses. J.R. Green, History of the English People, Volume 3.}}
Important locations in the Wars of the Roses. J.R. Green, History of the English People, Volume 3.\\ 
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King Henry VI, Somerset, Northumberland and Clifford - Lancastrians\\ 
Duke of York, Warwick, Salisbury - Yorkists\\ 
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{{tag>Beaufort Edward_III Edward_IV Henry_VI Lancaster Margaret_of_Anjou Neville Wars_of_the_Roses York}}
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