- Bonville-Courtenay Feud
Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. John A.Wagner. 2001.
Bonville-Courtenay Feud
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Courtenay, Thomas, Earl of Devon — 1) (1414–1458) Through his long and violent feud with William BONVILLE, Lord Bonville, Thomas Courtenay, fifth earl of Devon, contributed significantly to the rising disorder in the shires that helped initiate civil war in the 1450s.… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Courtenay-Bonville Feud — (1450s) The feud between Thomas COURTENAY, fifth earl of Devon, and William BONVILLE, Lord Bonville, spread violence and disorder across the West Country in the 1450s and helped create the political alignments that made civil war possible.… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Bonville, William, Lord Bonville — (1393–1461) Through his long and violent feud with Thomas COURTENAY, fifth earl of Devon, William Bonville, Lord Bonville, helped form the factions of rival nobles that ignited the WARS OF THE ROSES. Born into a Devonshire gentry family,… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
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Radford, Nicholas — (d. 1455) The murder of Nicholas Radford, a respected Devonshire attorney, was the most notorious episode in the violent COURTENAY BONVILLE FEUD, which convulsed the West Country in the 1450s and helped create the political alliances that… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Butler, James, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond — (1420–1461) James Butler, the Irish earl of Ormond, was one of the most ambitious and politically disruptive favorites of HENRY VI, and a committed adherent of the House of LANCASTER. Although several times lord lieutenant of IRELAND,… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
First Protectorate — (1454–1455) Lasting from March 1454 until February 1455, the first protectorate was an attempt to solve the constitutional crisis created by the mental illness of HENRY VI (see Henry VI, Illness of). Realizing that the king was unable to… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Second Protectorate — (1455–1456) Although officially in existence only from November 1455 to February 1456, the second protectorate of Richard PLANTAGENET, duke of York, actually began in May 1455, when York captured HENRY VI at the Battle of ST. ALBANS. Unlike… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Prerogative — The royal prerogative comprised all the powers and privileges that English law reserved for the Crown to enable it to effectively govern the realm. Although its full extent was vaguely defined and depended in part on the personality of the… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
