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Initially, Richard aimed only to purge his Lancastrian political opponents from positions of influence over the king. It was not until October 1460 that he claimed the throne for the House of York. In that year the Yorkists had captured the king at the battle of Northampton , but victory was short-lived.
Lancastrian: Henry VI King of England r. 1422–1461, r. 1470–1471 Lancastrian: Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset Lancastrian † 1st St Albans: William Neville Yorkist: Eleanor Neville: Henry Percy Lancastrian † 1st St Albans: Anne Neville Duchess of Buckingham: Richard Neville Yorkist Wakefield: Cecily Neville: Richard of York Duke of York ...
The main Lancastrian army moved south through Northumberland, however, and was destroyed by a Yorkist force under John Neville at Hexham on 15 May 1464. [168] All three Lancastrian commanders, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, [169] the Baron Ros, [170] and the Baron Hungerford, [citation needed] were captured and executed.
There was an intermittent dynastic struggle between the descendants of Edward III. In these wars, the term Lancastrian became a reference to members of the family and their supporters. The family provided England with three kings: Henry IV (r. 1399–1413), Henry V (r. 1413–1422), and Henry VI (r. 1422–1461 and 1470–1471).
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1460 – 16 June 1487) was a leading figure in the Yorkist aristocracy during the Wars of the Roses.. After the death of his uncle Richard III, de la Pole was reconciled with the new Tudor regime, but two years later he organised a major Yorkist rebellion.
John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford, 9th Lord of Skipton (8 April 1435 – 28 March 1461) was a Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses in England. The Clifford family was one of the most prominent families among the northern English nobility of the fifteenth century, and by the marriages of his sisters, John Clifford had links to some very important families of the time ...
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