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Margaret of Anjou: Actions After St Albans - Coggle Diagram
Margaret of Anjou: Actions After St Albans
Key Dates
August 1456:
encourages Henry to join her at Kenilworth Castle due to increasing political tension in London
April 1456:
Margaret & Prince Edward leave for the Midlands
September 1456:
Lawrence Booth created Keeper of Privy Seal
Power
Actions may have caused tensions between factions because it showed she would take over leadership and seeking to undermine York's control
Margaret leaving London was moving from influential people who wouldn't support her
Increased following
Marks the beginning of as shift in power from York to Margaret
Begins to place her supporters in position of authority
Begins to place her supporters in position of authority
London was anti-Henry and pro-York
Powerbase is narrow - no wide-ranging support
Increasing noble support
Earl of Pembroke & Shrewsbury
Duke of Buckingham (Humphrey Stafford)
Only noble who could match York in power, retinue & income
Arranged for his son to marry Margaret Beaufort in 1458
1458: Conflict with Warwick
Money sent to Warwick to pay the garrison at Calais was dwindling
Warwick turns to piracy
Attacked Hansa Fleet (Netherlands)
Margaret of Anjou summons Warwick to London where he is attacked by Exeter, Somerset & Shrewsbury
Flees back to Calais
Disobeying royal command
Less money to Calais
Influence
Persuade the nobles to support her
Whoever is physically closest to King have most power
Expanded influence
Emerging leader of Lancastrian faction
Margaret installed enemies York