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Timeline of events and Salisbury's retaining

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c.1400: Richard Neville born in Raby Castle^[1]

1415: Battle of Agincourt

1429: Retains John Hotoft

1420: Granted the the estates and marriage of Henry, the two year old heir of the dead Richard, Lord Scrope^[2]

1420: Appointed Warden of the West March^[3]

1422: Death of Henry V, accession of Henry VI at the age of six months

1424: Member of the embassy concluding a truce between Scotland and England at Durham Cathedral^[6]

1425: Awarded the stewardship of Pontefract Castle^[7]

1421: Marries Alice Montacute, daughter and heir of Thomas, Earl of Salisbury^[8]

1429: Summoned to parliament as Earl of Salisbury, jure uxoris, following the death of his father-in-law the previous year at Orléans^[9]

1428–1429: Siege of Orléans

1429: Concluded a mutual bond with Thomas, Lord Dacre, his half-brother-in-law) for £2000 to keep the peace with each other^[10]

1431: Brings a force of 800 men for the defence of Calais^[11]

1437: King Henry attains his legal majority and commences his personal rule

1436: Accompanies the Duke of York with 5,000 men to Normandy^[12]

1438: Brother Robert Neville translated from the diocese of Salisbury to Durham^[13]

1443: Musters at Winchelsea for service in France^[14]

1447: Member of delegation that arrests Humphrey of Gloucester in Bury St Edmunds on a charge of treason; Gloucester dies in gaol a week later^[4]

1447: Gloucester dies in gaol a week after his arrest^[4]

September 1448: In a breach of feudal etiquette, Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland leads a force from his East March through Salisbury's West March and invades Scotland.^[5]

23 October 1448: Northumberland crushingly defeated by the Scots at the Battle of Sark.^[5]

1448: Leads retaliatory raid into Scotland for the defeat at Sark; loses 2000 horses^[5]

April–July 1450: Jack Cade's Rebellion

1450: Beheads a thief in Cheapside for violating the King's proclamation against robbery; rides with the King and around 10,000 others through London in a show of strength^[15]

1452: York rebels against the King and faces a royal army at Dartford

1452: Acts as Royal emissary to negotiate with York at Dartford^[16]

22 November 1428: Eldest son Richard born.

1453: Sons Thomas and John knighted^[17].

1453: 17 August: Thomas Neville marries Maud Stanhope, niece of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, at the latter's Tattershall Castle ^[18]^[19]

1453: 24 August: The Neville wedding party, returning from Tatershall, is ambushed by Thomas Percy, Lord Egremont at Heworth Moor^[20]

1453:August 1452-September 1454, Percy-Neville feud

1453: December: Warwick joins him as co-warden of the West March^[21]

March, 1454: King Henry discovered in a catatonic state; chancellor John Kemp dies

1453: 27 March, 1454: Salisbury appointed chancellor; York appointed protector a few days later^[22]

20 October 1454: A battle at the Percy manor of Topcliffe between Salisbury, his sons, and the Percys is averted through the negotiations of the Archbishop of York^[23]

20 October 1454: 1 November, Battle of Stamford Bridge; Egremont and Sir Richard Percy captured by the Nevilles, fined a massive sum, and thrown in prison.^[24]

1 April, 1455: The King recovers^[25]

April 1455: Salisbury resigns chancellorship; York dismissed as protector a few days later. Both withdraw to Sandal Castle from Court without the King’s permission^[26]

21-22 April 1455: Salisbury and York send letters protesting his and York's innocence to the King while marching south with an army^[27]

1 April, 1455: York and Salisbury ambush the King's force and defeat it at the First Battle of St Albans^[28]

July 1455: Salisbury and sons pardoned in Parliament for fighting alongside York; loyalty to King formally recorded; patrols London heavily armed^[29]

The Wars of the Roses (until 1485/87/1509...)

25 March 1458: The King enforces a peace between the victors and losers of St Albans called Loveday, 1458

23 September 1459: Salisbury, outnumbered by a royal army three to one, cuts his way free at the Battle of Blore Heath and marches on Ludlow, there to join York.

12 October 1459: Rout of Ludford Bridge. Salisbury's and York's armies disintigratebefore the royal banner and they escape into exile, Salisbury going to Calais with his son Warwick and Thomas, and York's heir, Edward of March^[30]

c. October 1459: Salisbury and his wife Alice attainted in parliament^[29]^[31]

October-November 1459: Parliament of Devils held at Coventry to proscribe the Yorkists^[29]^[31]

June—July 1460: Return from exile, landing in Sandwich on 26 June and entering London on 2 July^[32]

July 1460: Besieges Lancastrians holed-up in the Tower of London, forcing their capitulation. March and Warwick meanwhile win the Battle of Northampton^[29]^[33]

19 July 1460: Battle of Northampton, Yorkist victory^[29]^[33]

December 1460: Leaves London with York to put down Lancastrian rebels in the north; arrives Sandal Castle 21 December with around 6,000 men^[34]

30 December 1460: Survives the carnage of Wakefield; captured escaping the same evening and taken to Pontefract^[35]

31 December 1460: Beheaded at Pontefract^[36]

May 1461: His widow Alice sues Sir William Plumpton for instigating the murder of her husband at Pontefract.~Plumpton was bound over for 1,000 marks, which, being far beyond his means, had him sent to the Tower.^[37]

Alice dead by year's end^[38]

30 December 1460:York, outnumbered three-to-one, goes down to a crushing defeat at the Battle of Wakefield. His son Edmund, Earl of Rutland and Salisbury's son Thomas die on the field.^[35]

14 February 1463: Salisbury and Thomas re-interred next to Alice and predecessor Montagu Earls of Salisbury^[39]

1436: Retains Christopher Boynton

1436: Retains Robert Constable

1436: Retains Christopher Conyers

1435: Retains Thomas Lord Dacre

1435: Retains Robert Eure

1447: Retains Ralph, Lord Greystoke

1442: Retains Thomas Harrington

1456: Retains Richard Musgrave

1456: Retains Ralph Pullen

1443: Retains William Scargill

1421: Retains Thomas Stockdale

1446: Retains James Strangways

1448: Retains Walter Strickland

1431: Retains Henry Threkald

1426: Retains Thomas Womewill

1436: Retains Willam Lord Fitzhugh

22 March 1421: English army suffers major defeat at the Battle of Baugé; Henry V's brother, Thomas of Clarence killed

17 August 1424: Franco-Scottish army suffers major defeat at the Battle of Verneuil

1420: Treaty of Troyes

1445: Marriage of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou, niece of the French King

21 October 1425: Death Salisbury's father

1428–1443: Armed dispute between Salisbury and the children of his father's first marriage

13 November 1440: Death of Salisbury's mother

20 March 1413: Death of Henry IV; accession of his son as Henry V

Entries in black are events in Salisbury's life; entries in blue are contextual political events; known dates of Salisbury's retaining are in red

^ Pollard 2004.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 85.
^ Pollard 2007.
^ ^a ^b Griffiths 1981, p. 496.
^ ^a ^b ^c Griffiths 1981, p. 410.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 156.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 71, 343.
^ Hicks 1998, pp. 10–11.
^ Davis & Denton 1981, p. 155.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 130.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 191.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 201, 668.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 347.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 468.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 647, 648.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 695–696.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 698.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 582.
^ Gillingham, p. 76.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 736.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 734.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 727.
^ Gillingham 1981, p. 79.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 738.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 739–740.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 739–741.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 741-742.
^ Griffiths 1981, p. 745.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Griffiths 1981, p. 747.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 820–822.
^ ^a ^b Gillingham 1981, pp. 104–105.
^ Griffiths 1981, pp. 859–860.
^ ^a ^b Gillingham 1981, p. 115.
^ Gillingham 1981, p. 119.
^ ^a ^b Dockray 1992.
^ Haigh 1992, pp. 81–82.
^ Pollard 2007, p. 117.
^ Hicks 1986, p. 321.
^ Hicks 1998, p. 228.

[FOOTNOTEPollard2004-1] Pollard 2004.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths198185-2] Griffiths 1981, p. 85.

[FOOTNOTEPollard2007-3] Pollard 2007.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981496-4] Griffiths 1981, p. 496.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981410-5] Griffiths 1981, p. 410.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981156-6] Griffiths 1981, p. 156.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths198171,_343-7] Griffiths 1981, pp. 71, 343.

[FOOTNOTEHicks199810–11-8] Hicks 1998, pp. 10–11.

[FOOTNOTEDavisDenton1981155-9] Davis & Denton 1981, p. 155.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981130-10] Griffiths 1981, p. 130.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981191-11] Griffiths 1981, p. 191.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981201,_668-12] Griffiths 1981, pp. 201, 668.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981347-13] Griffiths 1981, p. 347.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981468-14] Griffiths 1981, p. 468.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981647,_648-15] Griffiths 1981, pp. 647, 648.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981695–696-16] Griffiths 1981, pp. 695–696.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981698-17] Griffiths 1981, p. 698.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981582-18] Griffiths 1981, p. 582.

[FOOTNOTEGillingham76-19] Gillingham, p. 76.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981736-20] Griffiths 1981, p. 736.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981734-21] Griffiths 1981, p. 734.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981727-22] Griffiths 1981, p. 727.

[FOOTNOTEGillingham198179-23] Gillingham 1981, p. 79.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981738-24] Griffiths 1981, p. 738.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981739–740-25] Griffiths 1981, pp. 739–740.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981739–741-26] Griffiths 1981, pp. 739–741.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981741-742-27] Griffiths 1981, p. 741-742.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981745-28] Griffiths 1981, p. 745.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981747-29] Griffiths 1981, p. 747.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981820–822-30] Griffiths 1981, pp. 820–822.

[FOOTNOTEGillingham1981104–105-31] Gillingham 1981, pp. 104–105.

[FOOTNOTEGriffiths1981859–860-32] Griffiths 1981, pp. 859–860.

[FOOTNOTEGillingham1981115-33] Gillingham 1981, p. 115.

[FOOTNOTEGillingham1981119-34] Gillingham 1981, p. 119.

[FOOTNOTEDockray1992-35] Dockray 1992.

[FOOTNOTEHaigh199281–82-36] Haigh 1992, pp. 81–82.

[FOOTNOTEPollard2007117-37] Pollard 2007, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTEHicks1986321-38] Hicks 1986, p. 321.

[FOOTNOTEHicks1998228-39] Hicks 1998, p. 228.

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