246 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF 



who appears in the list of these, was of Triago, in Herefordshire, I 

 am unable to say, but if so it would seem that Jack Cade was en- 

 couraged by some persons of this as well as other counties. 



The Duke of York, as he was honorably employed in Normandy, 

 escaped being involved in those intrigues which ended in the death 

 of his patron, the Duke of Gloucester. His good conduct had pro- 

 cured him universal esteem ; so that there were many who turned 

 their eyes towards him as the lineal descendant of Edward IH. 

 Suffolk and Queen Margaret, when too late, appear to have hence 

 become aware of his dangerous relationship to the crown by the 

 removal of Gloucester, and in their fear rashly gave him cause of 

 discontent. In 1447, they obliged him to relinquish his splendid 

 appointment in France in favour of John, Duke of Somerset, and 

 thus provoked his hatred and indignation. To appease and remove 

 him from their presence, the command in Ireland was conferred 

 upon him two years after, where he had to suppress a new rebel- 

 lion ; in which, according to Stowe, " he so assuaged the fury of 

 the wild and savage people there, that he won such favor among 

 them as could never be separated from him and his lineage." Cer- 

 tain it is that the acts which were passed in Ireland under his admi- 

 nistration reflect the highest honour on his memory. 



The whole kingdom was now in a state of the greatest excite- 

 ment, and a large portion of the people, disliking the government 

 of the queen, were anxious to see the Duke of York at the head of 

 the ministry. He was encouraged by numerous partizans to assert 

 his just pretensions to a share in the royal councils, and was not 

 without ample cause for discontent, from the preference given to his 

 personal enemies. The queen persisted in plunging the nation in 

 war, rather than admit him to a station which would, no doubt, be 

 detrimental to the Duke of Suffolk. 



Nevertheless, without resigning his appointment of lord lieute- 

 nant of Ireland, he quitted that country in the month of September, 

 1451, and proceeded to Wigraore Castle. Here, distrusting the 

 nature of his reception at court, he rested, in order to collect a suf- 

 ficient force to insure his safe conduct to London. It was at this 

 period that he received the following letter from his sons, Edward, 

 Earl of March, afterwards Edward IV., and Edmond, Earl of Rut- 

 land, in reply to his own. " Ryght hiegh and ryght myghty 

 prince, oure ful redouted and ryght noble lorde and ffadur, as 

 lowely with all oure herts as we youre trewe and naturell sonnes 

 can or may, we recommende us un to youre noble grace, humbly 

 besechyng your noble and worthy ffadurhode daily to yeve us your 



