Richard III used Sheriff Hutton as the seat of the Council of the North and kept the young Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth of York there. After Bosworth in August 1485, Henry VII immediately sent for them; Sheriff Hutton's garrison submitted without resistance. The castle's peaceful handover marked the transition of Yorkshire from the Yorkist heartland to Tudor rule.
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