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Exeter, not liking to trust liis own seamen, did not ven- 

 ture to encounter Warwick. 



The Earls of March, Salisbury, and Warwick, soon 

 afterwards landed in Kent, but still continued to profess 

 loyalty to Henry ; and the Earl of Warwick swore at the 

 cross in Canterbury, that they had ever borne true faith 

 and allegiance to Henry, and gave out that they only 

 desired admission to the King, for the liberty of speech 

 with him. Great numbers, of all ranks, joined them, and 

 they were, on the 2nd July, 1460, received with cordi- 

 ality into London, except into the Tower, which was for 

 a short time defended by Lord Scales. 



This success was soon followed up by something still 

 more important; the army of the Earls of March, Salisbury, 

 and Warwick, encountered that of Henry at Northamp- 

 ton, on the 9th of July, 1460 ; when a bloody battle 

 ensued, at which Warwick had a principal command ; the 

 Lancastrian army was defeated, with great slaughter, 

 Henry was taken prisoner, and conveyed to London. 

 A parliament was called, and the Duke of York was once 

 more appointed Protector of the Realm, and declared to 

 be Henry's successor. 



The battle of Wakefield afterwards took place, when 

 the Duke of York was defeated, and lost liis life, and the 

 Earl of Salisbury was wounded, taken prisoner, and be- 

 headed ; but the tide of victory soon turned in favoiir of 

 the other side, for the battle of Mortimer's Cross was 

 shortly afterwards fought, when Edward, Earl of March,*^' 

 the eldest son of the Duke of York, obtained a complete 

 victory over the Lancastrians. 



The Earl of Warwick was not present at either of those 

 battles; but on Shrove Tuesday, the 17th of February, 

 1460-1, he and John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, having 



(1) Historians usually call him Earl of March, but after the death of his father 

 he had become Duke of York. 



