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 WARWICK. 61 Not. 1460, bat roforetf (also by Hen. VI.) Oct. 1400. In Juno 1460 ha Uindad in Kent with 00010 ^000 mon, taking port in tho bottlo of Northampton, 10 July 1460, and aionrting thenoe tho captivo King to London, boforo whom bo boro tho iword to 8t Paul's, 1 Not. 1460, at tho thankagiring pro co M J on on the oompromise whereby the Dttke of Tork was named next heir to the throne. He was still m charge of tho King in London, when the Yorkists were defeated at tho battle of WakeAeld, in which his own father was taken prisoner, and beheaded the next day, 81 Deo. 1460, after whose death lie, nresnmably, amurned the sUle of EARL OF SALISBURY [1887], in addition U> the ini>re ancient Bartdom of Warwick, tho' his mother (the heiress of the Saliebnry houoiirn)^ was still living, but after ker death, between April 1461 and Feb, 1462/3, he bocame unquestionably, as her heir, not only Barl or Saldbubt, but also Lord Moittacutb [1299 and 1357], and Losld Momthbrmbu [18091. Barly in 1461, he was made Great Chamberlain of England ; el. KQ. 8 Feb. 1460/1.(*) He was, on the 17 of that month, put to flight by tho Lancastrians at the second battle of St. Albans, where he shewed ** a signal lack of general8h{p/'(^) but held a command at the decisive victory of the Yorkists, at Towton,(') 29 March 1461, hnvtng previously (on the 3d), been one of the Peers who had declared Bdwsrd IV. to be King. By him he was accordingly, in 1461, confirmed in his office of Qreat Chnmberlain, and msde Warden of the Cinque ports ; Captain of Calais and Lieut, of the marches of Picardy ; Warden of the East and West marches, Ac. ; special Envoy to ScDtland, where he contrive<l to detach the Queen mother [3.1 from active support of the Lancastrians, to whom his brother, the Marooess of Montsgu, gave a crushing defeat 15 May 1464, at Hexham, when all England (save Harlech Castle), acknowledged the reigning house. The King*s marriage, however, in 1464, and tho favour shewn to the Queen's relatives (the Wydville fAinily), tended to alienate him, tho' he was godfather to Elisabeth, their eldest child. He was Ambassador to Burgundy, June to Aug. 1464 ; efTected a treaty with France, 1465, to which kingdom he was Ambassador, June to July 1468. but. on his return, found the alliance with Bui gundy (which he had always opposed), settled, and the. Queen's friends in power ; he was accused of intriguing with the Lancastrians, and seems to have aetosUy fomented a rising which was suppressed in the winter of that year. A recondliation, however, was effected, and he was allowed to retire to Calais. Here he was joined by his brotluir, Oeorge, Archbishop of York, and by the King's brother, the Duke of Clarence, to whom he there married (11 July 1469), his eldest da. and coheir expectant. These three then put forth a manifesto of grievances, crossed to Sandwich, 16 July, to meet with the Yorkshire insurgents under "ilobin of Redesdale,'* who (before they came up with them), had, on the 26th, defeated the Yorkists at R<lgeoote, near Banbury. The Earl obtained in Aug. 1469 from the King, then (practically) a captive, the grant of the great offices in South Wales, lately held by the Earl of Pembroke, wh<Nw execution he had caused. He escorted the King to London, and was in the Council, Nov. 1469, where amnesty was granted. When however, the Lancastrian insurgents were defeated at Stamford. 18 March 1469-70, Sir Robert Wellea, their leader (who was captured), divulged Warwick's complicity who was accordingly proclaimecl a tniitor,(*) and fled to France. Here he was (*) At a chapter held 8 Feb. 1460/1, at the Bishop of London's palace, near St. Paurs, four Knights of the Carter were elected, via. (1) llichard (Nevill), Earl of Warwick ; (2) William (Bonville), Lord Bonville ; (3) Sir Thomas Kiriell ; (4) Sir John Wenlock, afterwards Lord Weulook. They were practically nominated by lyarwick himself, in whose hands was the then King, Henry VI., who was not deposed till 4 March following. (»») Nai. Biogr, (0) « por the skilful leadership of the inferior Yorkist foroes [at Towton] Edward, raUier than Warwick, was responsible.'* [ATot Biogr.] (') ** During the first three years of the reign [of Ed. IV.], Warwick was mueh more prominent than the King. He was the King's first cousin and might, says Commines, almost call himself his father, adding that * there was none in England of the half possessions that he had.' * « * The House of Lords wss packed with his kinsmen. He held the keys of the Channel. * * * Foreign observers looked on him as the real ruler of England.*' [Nat Biogr.] (®) " This great noble is usually considered to have been attainted, and his honours to have been forfeited to the Crown ; the llolls of Parliament, however, exhibit no such Act of Attainder, and the circumstances tluit preceded and attended upon his