Robin of Redesdale (probably Sir John Conyers, a Neville retainer) raised a large Yorkshire army in 1469 nominally in protest against royal government. The real manipulator was Warwick, using northern discontent as a weapon against Edward IV. The rebel army swept south and defeated the royal forces at Edgecote in Northamptonshire. Edward IV was briefly captured by Warwick. The rising demonstrated how easily Yorkshire could be mobilised for political ends and how the great northern retinues could project military power into the south.
Herbert and Stafford executed after the battle; hundreds killed at Edgecote
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