22 MAY1455
FIRST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS
Richard, Duke of York has been excluded from court after Henry VI recovers. His army faces Henry’s Lancastrian forces at St Albans. Richard’s Yorkists win the battle, and the king is wounded. Richard is reinstated as protector.
28 JUN 1461
EDWARD IV’S CORONATION
After victory at Towton, Henry VI is deposed as king. Although Edward had been unofficially proclaimed king by the Yorkists,
