After Second St Albans the Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and Somerset marched south from Yorkshire along the Great North Road. Contemporaries reported widespread plundering through Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire, which alienated the southern population and stiffened London's resolve not to open its gates.
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