Edward IV's Second Reign 1471 - 1483
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- Edward's Second Reign 1471 - 1483
- Finance
- Paid off his debts by 1478
- "To die solvent was something no other English king had achieved for more than two hundred years." - Ross
- 1476-1482 the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster rose from £347 - £885 under Lord Stanley
- A third act of Resumption passed 1473
- Successful clampdown on piracy
- Trade treaties with the Hanseatic League, France and Burgundy
- Treaty of Picquigny 1475 brought a French pension of £10, 000
- Law and Order
- Failure to discipline his own supporters
- Reluctance to punish Harringtons who seized Hornby castle
- 1478 Vaughans captured Pembroke castle
- Cornwall well known for its disturbances
- Political Stability
- Hastings and members of the royal family created a "vast royal affinity" in the South
- Gloucester ruled in the North
- Had Clarence condemned for treason and executed
- Thought to be behind the Cambridgeshire rising 1477
- Unjust executions of two men falsely accused of poisoning Clarence's son
- Carpenter argues that this greater increased the nobility's respect for him and made him a "man to be reckoned with"
- Edward's Death
- Quarrels between Hastings and Lord Rivers
- Fatally exploited by Richard
- gave too much power to Gloucester in the North
- Earl Rivers governor of the prince
- Woodville coup of getting Edward crowned early
- However Richard had been previously loyal and there is no evidence of Woodvilles vs Gloucester before 1483
- Quarrels between Hastings and Lord Rivers
- Foreign Policy
- Invasion of France failed to deliver victories
- Burgundy proved an unreliable ally
- Never reached Rheims to claim the throne of France
- Treaty of Picquigny
- Generous pension
- Agreed not to aid English rebels
- France removed some trade restrictions
- Elizabeth of York never married the Dauphin
- Louis cut of the pension in 1482
- Edward out of the carve-up of Burgundy
- War with Scotland
- "a major misjudgement with greatly weakened his position" - Ross
- Finance
- Finance
- Paid off his debts by 1478
- "To die solvent was something no other English king had achieved for more than two hundred years." - Ross
- 1476-1482 the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster rose from £347 - £885 under Lord Stanley
- A third act of Resumption passed 1473
- Successful clampdown on piracy
- Trade treaties with the Hanseatic League, France and Burgundy
- Treaty of Picquigny 1475 brought a French pension of £10, 000
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