Sandal Castle in December 1460 was the prelude to the catastrophic Battle of Wakefield. Richard Duke of York was besieged or blockaded there by a large Lancastrian force. His decision to sally out and fight has never been satisfactorily explained. He was outnumbered and destroyed; his head, with a paper crown, was displayed on the gates of York.
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