The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . ed unity and con-cord, was accomplished in 1458. The king, and the rival nobles walkingbefore him, hand-in-hand—the queen, led by the duke of York—went inprocession to St. Pauls. And yet, in the following November, fell a greatdebate between Eichard, earl of Warwick, and them of tlie kings housO; * See p. 106.+ Fabyan, p. 632, ed. 1811. ? Fabyan, anno li5i. l42 COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAE. [1459. insomucli that they would have slain the earl. * He escaped to his barge,
The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . ed unity and con-cord, was accomplished in 1458. The king, and the rival nobles walkingbefore him, hand-in-hand—the queen, led by the duke of York—went inprocession to St. Pauls. And yet, in the following November, fell a greatdebate between Eichard, earl of Warwick, and them of tlie kings housO; * See p. 106.+ Fabyan, p. 632, ed. 1811. ? Fabyan, anno li5i. l42 COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAE. [1459. insomucli that they would have slain the earl. * He escaped to his barge,and departed for Calais. His appointment as captain of Calais was super-seded by a writ of privy seal, in favour of the young duke of refused to resign, saying that he was appointed by authority The false unity and concord had come to an end. All Henrysefforts to preserve peace by acting as umpire between those who sought forrevenge for the day of St. Albans, and those who had compelled the royalpardon for the events of that day, were neutralised by the passions of thosearound Aucieut Tiioroughfare from Westmiiistur to Luudua, restored. The affair of St. Albans must be regarded rather as a contest betweentwo ambitious factions for supremacy under the established dynasty, than asan overt act of rebellion against the crown. In 1459 the Civil War may beheld to have commenced; and it assumed a character which left no doubtthat the great issue to be tried was whether Henry or Eichard should beking of England. The Torkist forces were now marshalled against the royalforces. The battle of Blore Heath, in Staffordshire, in which the earl ofSalisbury, the father of Warwick, defeated lord Audley, was fought on the23rd of September. Salisbury was on his march to joia the duke of York,which junction after this victory he effected near Ludlow. There Warwickalso joined them ; and they issued a proclamation, in which they still main- English Chronicle,
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