How peaceful was England between 1455 and 1459?
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- How peaceful was England between 1455 and 1459?
- The Courtenay's and the Bonvilles in the south-west
- basically concerned who would be the dominant family in Devon
- Courtenay's had held Devon, but the Bonvilles had been granted patronage over the years and were becoming ambitious
- conflict results from Henry VI's poor kingship and handling of patronage
- following the Battle of St Albans in '55 the Bonvilles sought an alliance with the Yorkists
- the Courtenay's retaliated through violence - killing Nicholas Radford
- The Courtenay's then attacked Exeter and took control
- at this point York intervened and the Earl of Devon was arrested
- Courtenay's were later pardoned
- Wales
- summer 1456 hostilities broke out between Edmund Tudor and William Herbert and Walter Devereux
- Tudor captured Carmarthen Castle but was recaptured by Devereux
- Tudor died shortly after
- London
- tense atmosphere
- Yorkists started wearing padded jackets in fear of any attacks
- Margaret moved the court to Coventry
- ambassadors and trade had to move - knock on effect
- various riots and attacks on foreign traders and merchants such as the Venetians
- Became a Yorkist Strong hold
- Lancastrians and Yorkists
- no peaceful atmosphere
- autumn 1456 there was an attempt to kill Warwick by Exeter Shrewsbury and Somerset
- Somerset was acting to avenge his father
- Warwick and his father Salisbury were now targets of revenge
- no open warfare, but there was tension and hostility elsewhere in the country
- The Courtenay's and the Bonvilles in the south-west
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