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This was the 21st parliament summoned in the reign of King Henry VI of England. It was summoned on 9 October 1459 for its first meeting on 20 November 1459, where Sir Thomas Tresham , knight of the shire for Northamptonshire , was elected Speaker of the House of Commons . [ 3 ]
Edward, Prince of Wales, kneeling before his father, King Edward III. Richard of Bordeaux was the younger son of Edward, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent.Edward, eldest son of Edward III and heir apparent to the throne of England, had distinguished himself as a military commander in the early phases of the Hundred Years' War, particularly in the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (c. 1398 – 23 September 1459) of Heleigh Castle was an English peer. James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, son of Elizabeth Stafford and her husband John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley , was a distinguished veteran of the Hundred Years' War .
Earl of Mar and Garioch (1459) John Stewart, Earl of Mar and Garioch: 1459: 1479: New creation Lord Erskine (1429) Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine: 1429: 1453: de jure Earl of Mar; died Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine: 1453: 1494: de jure Earl of Mar Lord Hay (1429) William Hay, 1st Lord Hay: 1429: 1462: Created Earl of Errol, see above Lord ...
Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (c.1429 – 17 May 1464), known as Lord Moleyns from 1445 until the death of his father in 1459, was an English nobleman. He supported the Lancastrian cause in the Wars of the Roses .
23 September – Wars of the Roses: at the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, Yorkists under Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force. 12 October – Wars of the Roses: Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Ludford Bridge. Following the battle, the Duke of York flees to Ireland.
March 17 – Reconquista – Battle of Los Alporchones ... October 2 – King Richard III of England (d. 1485) ... 1459. January 25 – Paul ...
William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1369–1382) Earl of Suffolk (Third creation) Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1385–1389) Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1398–1399) (1399–1415) Earl of Surrey. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey (1376–1397) Earl of Warwick