Birth of Isabel Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (‘The Kingmaker’), and Anne Beauchamp at Warwick Castle.
She married on 11 July 1469 George of Clarence, Edward IV’s younger and Richard’s older brother. Edward was against the marriage, so it took place in secret at Calais and was conducted by Isabel’s uncle George Neville, archbishop of York.
Isabel died on 22 December 1476, leaving behind two children, Margaret (born in 1473) and Edward (born 1475).
Both descendants were eventually executed by the Tudors.
Treaty of Picquigny between Louis XI of France and Edward IV, Edward IV and many of his nobles were paid a ‘pension’ to return to England and not to take up arms against France again in his claim to the French throne. Richard Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) is said to have opposed the treaty and refused the pension.
Execution of William Catesby by Henry Tudor. Catesby was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Richard III and Speaker of the House of Commons of the Parliament of 1484. He fought for Richard at the Battle of Bosworth and was one of very few men of note who were executed afterwards. It has been suggested that he expected a different treatment from the Stanleys because in his will he asks them “to pray for my soul as ye have not for my body, as I trusted in you.”
Death of Margaret of Anjou at Anjou, France
On this day we remember King Richard III, who fell at the Battle of Bosworth, and those who were faithful to him.Illustration on the left: King Richard III, © Andrew Jamieson, www.medieval-arts.co.uk
on the right: The Church of St James, Sutton Cheney, where the Richard III Society commemorates King Richard III in its annual memorial service in August. It is said that Richard III heard his last Mass at this church.
Birth of Richard of Shrewsbury, second son and sixth child of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Shrewsbury.
Birth of Catherine of York, ninth child and sixth daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Eltham Palace, Greenwich. Married to William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon. After his death on 9 May 1511 she took a voluntary vow of chastitity. Died on 15 November 1527 at Tiverton Castle, Devon.
Birth of Mary of York, second daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Windsor Castle. She did not marry.
Birth of Anne of York, second child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, sister of Edward IV and Richard III. Married in 1447 to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter. They had one daughter. In the Wars of the Roses Exeter sided with Lancaster. They separated in 1464 and were divorced in 1472. She then married Sir Thomas St Leger and they had a daughter, Anne.
Illustration: Anne of York and Sir Thomas St Leger, her second husband
Edward IV is crowned king of England. His youngest brother Richard is named Duke of Gloucester and made Knight of the Garter.
