The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a. D. 1460.] CHAP. VII. i SLIGHT MENTION MADE OF THE REBELLION AND DISCORD IN ENGLAND.?OTHER INCIDENTS. In this year, there were great troubles, civil wars, and murders in England. Some held for the party of king Henry, such as the duke of Somerset and others; and some held for the party of the duke of...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a. D. 1460.] CHAP. VII. i SLIGHT MENTION MADE OF THE REBELLION AND DISCORD IN ENGLAND.?OTHER INCIDENTS. In this year, there were great troubles, civil wars, and murders in England. Some held for the party of king Henry, such as the duke of Somerset and others; and some held for the party of the duke of York, namely, the earl of Warwick, the earl of Salisbury and others. A severe battle took place, in which numbers of each side fell; but it was gained by the duke of York, who made a treaty with the king, in such wise that, on the decease of the king, the duke was to succeed to the crown, to the prejudice of the prince of Wales, son to king Henry and the daughter of Rc'ne king of Sicily. This treaty was so contrary to the Cattle of Northampton, will and interests of the queen that she raised another army, of all who were inclined to her and her son the prince of Wales, and took the field, to offer battle to the duke of York, who had increased his army as strongly as possible, to defend his rights. On the first day of January, in this year, the battle took place, which was very bloody, and hardly contested; but this time, fortune turned against the duke, who was made prisoner, together with his second son and the earl of Sa- lisbury-f-. Shortly after, the queen had them beheaded, and their heads put on the points of three lances: and on the head of the duke was placed, by way of derision, a paper crown, to denote his eagerness to be king, and his having foiled in the attempt. The earl of Warwick): found means to escape after thebattle, and quit the kingdom, which hft did in a small boat, with great danger, and arrived safely at his government of Calais. Second son, ?Edmund earl of Rutland. t Battle of Wakefield. For particulars of this reign, see the engli...