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  2. Wars of the Roses - Wikipedia

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    The Wars of the Roses, ... Elizabeth I, is considered by historians to be a golden age in English history, and is widely remembered today as the Elizabethan era.

  3. Battle of Ferrybridge - Wikipedia

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    After proclaiming himself king, Edward IV gathered together a large force and marched north towards the Lancastrian position behind the Aire River in Yorkshire.On 27 March the Earl of Warwick (leading the vanguard) forged a crossing at Ferrybridge, bridging the gaps (the Lancastrians having previously destroyed it) with planks.

  4. John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock - Wikipedia

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    During the Wars of the Roses, Wenlock initially fought for the House of Lancaster in the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455, but his relationship with Warwick subsequently led him to change sides, and it was as a Yorkist that he served as Speaker of the House of Commons later that year in the parliament of 1455.

  5. Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke - Wikipedia

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    Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke (9 September 1406 – 1 June 1487) was a member of the English nobility in the early 15th century, and a protagonist during the Wars of the Roses in the north. By his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord FitzHugh he formalized the long-standing alliance that had existed between the two families ...

  6. Battle of Piltown - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Piltown took place near Piltown, County Kilkenny in 1462 as part of the Wars of the Roses.It was fought between the supporters of the two leading Irish magnates Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, head of the government in Dublin and a committed Yorkist, and John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond who backed the Lancastrian cause.

  7. Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford - Wikipedia

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    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 War of the Roses.

  8. Percy–Neville feud - Wikipedia

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    The Percy–Neville feud was a series of skirmishes, raids, and vandalism between two prominent northern English families, the House of Percy and the House of Neville, and their followers, that helped provoke the Wars of the Roses. The original reason for the long dispute is unknown, and the first outbreaks of violence were in the 1450s, prior ...

  9. Shakespearean history - Wikipedia

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    "The Wars of the Roses" is a phrase used to describe the civil wars in England between the Lancastrian and Yorkist dynasties. Some of the events of these wars were dramatised by Shakespeare in the history plays Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3, and Richard III. In the ...

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