1461. 1464. 1465. 1468. 1469 1470. 1471. 1474. 1475. [At the end of Henry VI.'s reign Bills in the form of Statutes are introduced instead of petitions to get over the evils of manipulation or saving clauses.] EDWARD IV., 1461-1483 (22 YEARS). Born 1441; Married, 1464, Elizabeth Woodville. Edward advances to the north. Battles of Ferrybridge and June. Edward is crowned at Westminster. A bill of attainder in Battle of Hedgeley Moor. Margaret defeated. Battle of Hexham. Margaret again defeated. Sept. Edward's marriage with Elizabeth Woodville (a), He begins to promote his wife's relations to the disgust of Warwick. Marriage of the king's sister Margaret with Charles, Duke of [There is no Parliament for nearly four years.] The first recorded Insurrection of Northerners under Robin of Redesdale. The king is released and a reconciliation effected. Edward, by the assistance of the Duke of Burgundy, his brother- April 14. Battle of Barnet. Yorkists victorious and Warwick killed. April 14. Margaret lands at Weymouth. May 4. Battle of Tewkesbury. Margaret is defeated and her son killed. May 21. Death of Henry VI. in the Tower. Edward makes a league with Burgundy against Louis XI. [For eight years no Parliament sits except for forty-two days in 1478, the king having obtained an income for life from his earlier Parliaments, which he supplements by benevolences.] 65 1475. 1478. 1482. 1483. Edward lands at Calais. Treaty of Pecquigny between him and Louis XI. breaks off the marriage contract he had made with April 9. Edward dies. EDWARD V., 1483 (2 MONTHS, APRIL-JUNE). Born 1470. The Council and the queen dispute for the guardianship. The Council send for the young Edward, who advances to London from Ludlow. Gloucester and Buckingham (a) meet him at Stony Stratford, and send his escort, Lord Rivers (his uncle) and Sir Richard Grey (his half-brother), prisoners to the north. May 4. The king and the dukes enter London. Gloucester is proclaimed Protector of the kingdom by the Council, with the support of Hastings. Gloucester and Buckingham plot together and cause Hastings to June 16. The king's younger brother Richard joins him in the June 25. The Crown is offered to Gloucester by a body of 1484. RICHARD III., 1483-1485 (2 YEARS). Born 1450; Married, 1473, Anne Neville. Richard makes a progress through the country and is well received. Disappearance of the young Edward V. and his brother Richard. Buckingham, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (b) (afterwards Henry VII.), Morton, Bishop of Ely, and the Woodvilles plot a conspiracy against Richard. The rebellion of Buckingham in Wales is a failure. He is brought to the king at Salisbury and beheaded. Henry of Richmond reaches Plymouth, but retires. A parliament is held and a statute passed abolishing the illegal practice of exacting benevolences. |