Kings of the Duke of York's Line.
16. Edward IV. Son of Richard Duke of York, challenged the Crown as aforesaid; [ 1460] and prevailing in several Battels against Henry VI. was Crowned King of England
Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.
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- Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.
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- Leycester, Peter, Sir, 1614-1678.
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- London :: Printed by W.L. for Robert Clavell ...,
- M.DC.LXXIII [1673]
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- Cheshire (England) -- Genealogy.
- Great Britain -- History.
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"Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70453.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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the fourth of March, 1460. Yet Henry VI. was Crowned again, 13 die Octobris, 1470. But he enjoyed his Title of Redemption but a while; for he died about six Months after, to wit, in Anno 1471. having lived 52 Years. He Reigned 22 Years, 1 Month, and odd Days.
This Edward the Fourth died the ninth of April, 1483. aged 41 Years. He was the first of all the Norman Kings who married his own Subject.* 1.1
17. Edward V. Son of Edward IV. was never Crowned, but murthered by his Uncle Richard Duke of Glocester, Protector, in June, 1483. in the thirteenth Year of his Age, in the Tower of London. He Reigned two Months.
[ 1483] 18. Richard III. youngest Brother of King Edward IV. being Protector to the late young King, and dispatching him and his Brother out of the way, usurpeth the Crown. He was slain at Bosworth-field in Leycestershire, the 22 day of August, 1485. He Reigned 2 Years, and 2 Months.
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Anno Chr. 1483.