Parliament of the Devils

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  • The 'PARLIAMENT of DEVILS'
    • Margaret REMOVED the Yorkists & PERSUADED the King to CALL a Parliament in Coneventry
      • He did this to DISGRACE YORK & his ADHERENTS PUBLICLY
    • November 1459: Parliament branded YORK, SALISBURY & WARWICK as TRAITORS
    • York, Warwick & Salisbury were SENTENCED to DEATH & ORDERED their LANDS & GOODS to be SEIZED
    • Parliament also DISINHERITED the YORKIST LEADER'S HEIRS, in a gross VIOLATION of long-held custom that protected rights of the innocent offspring
      • Due to this move, this Parliament was known as the 'PARLIAMENT OF DEVILS'
        • The 'PARLIAMENT of DEVILS'
          • Margaret REMOVED the Yorkists & PERSUADED the King to CALL a Parliament in Coneventry
            • He did this to DISGRACE YORK & his ADHERENTS PUBLICLY
          • November 1459: Parliament branded YORK, SALISBURY & WARWICK as TRAITORS
          • York, Warwick & Salisbury were SENTENCED to DEATH & ORDERED their LANDS & GOODS to be SEIZED
          • Parliament also DISINHERITED the YORKIST LEADER'S HEIRS, in a gross VIOLATION of long-held custom that protected rights of the innocent offspring
            • Due to this move, this Parliament was known as the 'PARLIAMENT OF DEVILS'
            • This SHOCKED the NOBILITY which TURNED AGAINST the Crown
        • This SHOCKED the NOBILITY which TURNED AGAINST the Crown

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