. Historical portraits ... VI, In this capacity Warwick won for theYorkists the first battle of the civil wars, at St. Albans, in this victory poor Henry was obliged to make his enemy Captain of Calais, a position which gave him command of the onlyreally standing force in the English dominions. It also gave himcommand of a considerable fleet, with which, in 1458-9, he did goodservice against Spanish fleets in the Channel. In the same yearWarwick joined the Duke of York in the West of England, wasdefeated with him by the Lancastrians at Ludford and fled back toCalais by way of Guerns
. Historical portraits ... VI, In this capacity Warwick won for theYorkists the first battle of the civil wars, at St. Albans, in this victory poor Henry was obliged to make his enemy Captain of Calais, a position which gave him command of the onlyreally standing force in the English dominions. It also gave himcommand of a considerable fleet, with which, in 1458-9, he did goodservice against Spanish fleets in the Channel. In the same yearWarwick joined the Duke of York in the West of England, wasdefeated with him by the Lancastrians at Ludford and fled back toCalais by way of Guernsey; thence in 1460 to Ireland, and thenceagain to Calais. In the summer of that year he was back in Eng-land and helped to win for the Yorkists the battle of York and Warwicks father, Salisbury, went northwards tomeet the forces which Queen Margaret had raised in Scotland andYorkshire, Warwick remained in London in charge of Henry, whomhe still professed to regard as King. His fathers death at the battle. RICHARD NEVILLE. EARL OF WARWICK From the seal in the British Museum found on thesite of the Battle of Barnet Face />. i6 RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF WARWICK 17 of Wakefield left him head of the Neville family, and added to hiscastles the great Yorkshire strongholds of Middleham and SheriffHutton ; while Yorks death, though it left the nominal headship ofthe party to the young Earl of March, gave Warwick undisputedcommand of the policy of that party. In February 1461 he marchedout, with poor Henry in his train, to meet the great Lancastrianarmy at St. Albans, was beaten by it, and fled to join March,who in the West had won the battle of Mortimers IV, as March now claimed to be, entered London as a victorwith War^vick as his King-maker by his side. It was not, however,Warwick but Edward himself whose generalship was responsiblefor the final Yorkist victory at Towton on Palm Sunday, rewarded his great subject with the wardenships of the
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