Elizabeth Woodville, Lady Elizabeth Grey, petitioning the Yorkist King Edward IV, pleading for the return of her husband’s land. Her first husband Sir John Grey (a Lancastrian supporter) died at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461. Edward and Elizabeth later married and they were the parents of the Princes in the Tower.
Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile[nb 1]) (c. 1437[1] – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. In about 1452, Elizabeth Woodville married Sir John Grey of Groby, the heir to the Barony Ferrers of Groby. He was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause. This would become a source of irony, since Elizabeth's future husband Edward IV was the Yorkist claimant to the throne. Her marriage to Edward IV produced a total of ten children, including another son, Richard, Duke of York, who would later join his brother as one of the Princes in the Tower. "The Princes in the Tower" is an expression frequently used to refer to Edward V, King of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. The two brothers were the only sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville surviving at the time of their father's death in 1483.
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