BattlefieldsSecond St Albans — Lee and Lovelace Defection 1461
Medieval

Second St Albans — Lee and Lovelace Defection 1461

1461
Hertfordshire, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Hertfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Yorkists
Forces
Margaret with approximately 20000 Lancastrians under Trollope and Somerset
VS
Victor
Lancastrians
Forces
Warwick with approximately 10000 Yorkists
Outcome
Lancastrian victory; Henry VI released from Yorkist custody; Warwick fled north; road to London temporarily open
The Battle

History & Significance

At Second St Albans the Yorkist army under Warwick was outflanked by Trollope's night march. Warwick's position was fatally compromised when Sir Robert Lovelace and other captains defected to the Lancastrians mid-battle, taking their retinues with them. The defection is comparable to Trollope's betrayal at Ludford.

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