Episode 152 - The Wars of the Roses part 1: The battles begin
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Warwick and the Yorkists in the North of England
Margaret bolsters the garrisons of the castles she's taken, but herself and henry the sixth flee back to scotland. And this means that the yorkists are now free, again, in the north of england to try and take back all these important castles. Warwick himself bases himself at warkworth, while the king, his edward the fourth, is in durham, actually ill at this time. He rode out from warkworth. Wee told on a sort of daily basis to visit these castle sites. There were yorkist commanders outside these castles, and strict discipline was maintained on the besieging forces. Those trying to desert were sternly
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