mametupa:On 14th April 1471, Easter Sunday, Edward scored a victory at the Battle of Barnet, in whic
mametupa:On 14th April 1471, Easter Sunday, Edward scored a victory at the Battle of Barnet, in which Warwick lost his life. The King marched west in pursuit of Queen Margaret, whose army he encountered at Tewkesbury on 4th May. A bloody battle ensured, which resulted in death of the 17-year-old Prince Edward of Lancaster. Most contemporary sources state the Prince was killed in the battle, but Croyland (Second Continuation of the Croyland Chronicle) says he died ‘either on the field or after the battle by the avenging hands of certain persons’. Vergil (The Anglica Historia of Polydore Vergil) says that Gloucester, Clarence and Lord Hastings killed him in the King’s presence. This may well be true, and would explain Croyland’s reticence in naming names, especially that of Edward IV.After the battle Margaret of Anjou was taken prisoner, being later ransomed by Louis XI. She returned to France, where she died in poverty in 1482 -- source link
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