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| 1452 | Birth |  |
| 2nd Oct Fotheringay Birth of Richard III, at the Northamptonshire Castle of Fotheringay |
| 1461 | Battle of Marston Moor | |
| 29th Mar Marston Moor Richard Duke of York's brother Edward wins the Battle of Towton |
| 29th Mar Marston Moor Victory improves Richard's chances of succession |
| 1461 | Battle of Towton Moor | |
| 29th Mar Towton Moor About 28,000 are killed, the most bloody Battle on English soil |
| 1461 | Coronation | |
| Westminster Abbey Returns to England to witness the coronation of his brother Edward IV |
| 1461 | Peerage | |
| London Created Duke of Gloucester on the eve of Edward IV's, his brother, coronation |
| London Elected Knight of the Garter |
| 1461 | Siege of Ludlow | |
| Ludlow Richard is placed under the care of the Lancastrians |
| 1469 | Capture of Cardigan | |
| Cardigan Richard retakes the rebel strongholds of Carmarthen & Cardigan |
| 1469 | Constable | |
| Sudeley Appited Constable of England, receives Sudeley Castle |
| London Appointed Constable of England after the restoration of Edward IV |
| 1471 | Battle of Barnet | |
| Barnet Helps restore Edward IV to the throne by defeating the Lancastrians |
| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury | |
| 7th May Tewkesbury Helps restore Edward IV to the throne by defeating the Lancastrians |
| 1471 | Rebellion | |
| Has full authority over the potentially rebellious northern magnate Henry Percy |
| 1471 | Succession | |
| London Rewarded with the Earl of Warwick's lands by Edward IV |
| 1471 | Warden West Marches | |
| London Appointed Warden of the West Marches |
| 1472 | Marriage | |
| 12th July Confirms Richard's & share of the Beauchamp estates |
| 12th July Confirms Richard's title to Warwick's nth possessions |
| 12th July London Marries Anne Neville, younger daughter of Warwick & widow of Edward Prince of Wales |
| 1473 | Alliance | |
| Henry Percy recognizes Richard's control of Westmorland, Cumberland & the West Riding |
| 1473 | Birth | |
| London Birth of Edward, by theDuchess of Gloucester |
| 1473 | Siege of York | |
| York York regards Richard as it's protector |
| 1475 | Treaty of Pecquigny | |
| 29th Aug Pecquigny Absents himself from the ceremonials of the treaty belieiving them to be a disgrace |
| 1478 | Capture of Warwick | |
| Warwick Takes possession of Warwick castle after the execution of George of Clarenc |
| 1478 | Reform | |
| London Parliament bans football in order to keep up the standard of archery |
| 1480 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Richard III launches a border raid into Scotland, curtain raiser for a full scale invasion in 1481 |
| 1480 | Lieutenant General | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General of the North |
| 1481 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Invasion plans with Edward IV fail due to his failing health & financial problems |
| Launches a minor border raid into Scotland with Northumberland |
| 1482 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Fotheringay Richard & Edward IV meet James III's brother the Duke of Albany to plan an invasion |
| 1482 | Rule of Berwick | |
| 24th Aug Berwick The Scots agree to the permanent cession of Berwick to the English crown |
| 1482 | Siege of Alnwick Castle | |
| July Alnwick Castle Richard gathers an army of 20,000 at Alnwick Castle |
| 1482 | Siege of Berwick | |
| July Berwick Berwick surrenders to Richard, it had been surrendered to the Scots 2 decades before |
| 1482 | Siege of Edinburgh | |
| July Edinburgh Enters Edinburgh unopposed after James III had been the victim of a coup |
| 1483 | Alliance | |
| 11th June London Writes a letter appealing to the Northern Nobles to join forces with him in London |
| 1483 | Arrest | |
| Stonyratford Richard III arrests Edward V's Chamberlain Thomas Vaughan |
| 30th April Stonyratford Richard III arrests Edward V's half brother Lord Richard Grey |
| 30th April London Richard travels to Stratford & returns with the heir, Edward Prince of Wales |
| 30th April Northampton Rivers is arrested by Richard III on the advice of Buckingham |
| May London At Buckingham's suggestion Edward is kept in the Tower |
| 13th June London Has Hastings executed for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 13th June Tower of London Has Morton arrested for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 13th June London Has Rotherham arrested for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 13th June Tower of London Has Stanley arrested for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 16th June London Forces Elizabeth Woodville to surrender the Duke of York |
| 16th June Tower of London Has Edward V's brother Richard Duke of York moved from the sanctuary of Westminster |
| 1483 | Assassination | |
| London Has the "Princes of the Tower", Richard Duke of York & Edward V assassinated |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1483 | Coronation | |
| 29th April Northampton Richard III joins Lord Rivers who is escorting Edward V to London to be crowned |
| 4th May London Richard III enters London with Edward V for his coronation |
| 6th July Westminster Abbey Crowned in Westminster by Cardinal Bourchier |
| 1483 | Death | |
| 9th April London Edward IV names Richard as the Protector for his son Edward V |
| 25th June Pontefract Richard III, the Lord Protector, has Grey executed for treason |
| 2nd Nov Salisbury The Duke of Buckingham is executed by Richard III for instegating a Lancastrian plot |
| 1483 | Execution of Buckingham | |
| 2nd Nov Salisbury The Duke of Buckingham is executed by Richard III for instegating a Lancastrian plot |
| 1483 | Execution of Grey | |
| 25th June Pontefract Richard III, the Lord Protector, has Grey executed for treason |
| 1483 | Execution of Hastings | |
| 13th June London Has Hastings executed for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 1483 | March London | |
| 29th April Stonyratford Meets Earl Rivers but finds he has advanced on London with the heir, Edward |
| 1483 | Marriage | |
| London Marries Anne Nevill |
| 1483 | Mobilization | |
| 20th April York Departs from York with a force of 600 to meet Earl Rivers at Northampton |
| 1483 | Protector | |
| 9th April London Appointed Protector over the 12 year old Edward V by the late Edward IV |
| 25th June London The Lords & Commons assemble in Parliament & ratify the Protectorate |
| 1483 | Rule of Carlisle | |
| Carlisle Rewarded with Carlisle |
| 1483 | Rule of Cumberland | |
| Cumberland Rewarded with the King's properties in the county of Cumberland |
| 1483 | Sanctuary | |
| May Westminster Elizabeth Woodville refuses to retire as Queen Dowager |
| 1483 | Siege of Nottingham | |
| Nottingham Marches on Nottingham |
| 1483 | Succession | |
| London Appointed Protector for his nephew Edward V |
| On Edward IV's death becomes Lord high protector of the realm for his nephew Edward V |
| Succeeds as King of England |
| 25th June All of Elizabeth's children by Edward, including King Edward V, are declared illegitimate, and her brother-in-law, Richard III, accepts the crown |
| 25th June Parliament petitions Richard to accept the crown |
| 26th June 11th child & 8th youngest son of Richard Plantagenet & Lady Cicely Nevill |
| 26th June Baynard Castle A deputation led by Buckingham with Parliament's petition ask Richard to become King |
| 26th June Baynards Castle A deputation led by Buckingham with Parliament's petition ask Richard to become King |
| 1483 | Warden West Marches | |
| Appointed Warden of the West Marshes |
| 1484 | Death | |
| 9th April Middleham Death of Edward Prince of Wales, Richard's only son & heir |
| 1484 | Exile of Richard III | |
| Paris Henry Tudor escapes to Paris |
| 1484 | Invasion of England | |
| Exeter Executes or pardons those who had been involved in Henry Tudor's invasion attempts |
| Dorset The Lancastrian heir, Henry Tudor, makes attempts to land in Dorset & Devon |
| 1484 | Kidnap | |
| Paris Henry Tudor is warned of a kidnap attemp by supporters of Richard III |
| 1484 | Northern Council | |
| Sandal Sets up a Northern Council at Sandal under his nephew John de la Pole |
| 1484 | Peace | |
| 21st Sep London A 3 yr truce follows the marriage of Richard's niece Anne de la Pole & James III's son |
| 1484 | Rebellion | |
| 9th April Britanny Without an heir & a wife who cannot have children support rallies to Henry Tudor |
| 1484 | Treaty of Friendship | |
| 21st Sep Moscow Avoids war on 2 fronts with Scotland & the Lancastrian invasion force of Henry Tudor |
| 1485 | Battle of Bosworth | |
| 20th Aug Bosworth Leaves from his military HQ for Leicester to do battle with Henry Tudor |
| 21st Aug Bosworth Marches west from Leicester to within about 2 miles of Henry Tudor |
| 22nd Aug Bosworth Despite having a larger army Richard is killed after Stanley defects with 7,000 troops |
| 22nd Aug Bosworth Henry Tudor is challenged by Richard at Bosworth Field |
| 22nd Aug Bosworth Richard's horse sinks in a bog where is surrounded by his enemies & killed |
| 22nd Aug Bosworth The last King of England to die in battle |
| 1485 | Burial | |
| 24th Aug Greffriars Displayed for 2 days & then buried in the churcyh of the Greyfriars |
| 24th Aug Leicester Taken to Leicester from Bosworth |
| 1485 | Death | |
| 16th Mar Richard III's Queen dies a year after the death of their only son Edward |
| 22nd Aug Bosworth Death of Richard III, killed at Bosworth |
| 1485 | Invasion of England | |
| 7th Aug Milford Haven Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven |
| 1485 | Mobilization | |
| Nottingham Spring, stays at Nottingham Castle & forms an HQ |
| Southampton Viscount Lovel & the fleet gather to safegaurd the Channel |
| 16th Aug Nottingham Musters his Army at Nottingham Market Place |
| 17th Aug Leicester Greeted by the people of Leicester, rests overnight at the Blue Boar |
| 18th Aug Elmesthorpe Arrives at Elmesthorpe, 9 miles from Leicester |
| 1485 | Succession | |
| London Declares his nephew John de la Pole as heir presumptive |
| London Queen Anne & his only legitimate son Edward the Prince of Wales die |
