April
1 | 2 | 3 April 1483 Edward IV dies |
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8 | 9 | 10 | 11 April 1471 Edward IV with his army, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, enter London |
12 | 13 | 14 April 1471 Battle of Barnet. Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, and his brother John Neville, Marquess Montagu, are killed; Richard is slightly wounded |
15 | 16 April 1484 Death of Edward, Richard's only legitimate son, at Middleham Castle. The Middleham Standard wlll fly at half mast at Middleham Castle to commemorate his death. |
17 | 18 April 1461 George and Richard arrive in Bruges on their way back to London as royal princes |
19 | 20 April 1483 Edward IV buried in St Georges Chapel Windsor |
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22 April 1444 Elizabeth Plantagenet born at Rouen. One of Richard's sisters |
23 | 24 | 25 April 1464 At Hedgeley Moor Montagu defeated a Lancastrian army under Ralph Percy and Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. |
26 | 27 | 28 April 1442 Edward IV born in Rouen 28 April 1461 Richard and George return from Utrecht |
29 | 30 April 1483 Richard and Buckingham arrest Rivers, Grey and Vaughan at Stony Stratford and secure custody of Edward V |