1459 Renewed hostilities, 325 Battle of Blore Heath, 325 =Flight of the Yorkists from Ludlow=, 325 =Lancastrian Parliament at Coventry=, 325 1460 =Fresh attack of the Yorkists=, 325 Battle of Northampton, 326 =Yorkist Parliament in London=, 326 =York at last advances claims to the throne=, 326 The Lords agree on a compromise, 326 =York is defeated and killed at Wakefield=, 326 1461 The young Duke of York wins the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross, 327 The Queen, advancing to London, wins second Battle of St. Albans, 327 Sudden rising of the Home Counties, 327 =Triumphant entry of Edward=, 327 HEREDITARY ROYALTY WITHOUT CONSTITUTIONAL CHECKS. EDWARD IV. 1461-1483. 1461 Edward secures the crown, 328 Battle of Towton, 328 Yorkist Parliament, 328 1462 With French help Margaret keeps up the War, 328 1464 Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 328 Battle of Hexham, 328 1465 =Edward’s triumph and popular Government=, 329 =Apparent security of his Throne=, 330 =Destroyed by his marriage, and the rise of the Woodvilles=, 330 1466 Power of the Nevilles, 331 Their French policy, 331 Edward’s Burgundian policy, 331 1467 =Defection of the Nevilles=, 332 1469 Popular risings inspired by them, 332 Clarence’s weakness drives them to the Lancastrians, 333 1470 Wells’ rebellion, 333 =Flight of Warwick=, 333 =He returns and re-crowns Henry=, 334