After the Battle of Tewkesbury surviving Lancastrian leaders including the Duke of Somerset and others took sanctuary in Tewkesbury Abbey. Edward IV violated sanctuary — a serious canonical offence — and had them dragged out, tried by Gloucester and Norfolk as constable and marshal, and executed. The violation of sanctuary caused a scandal.
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