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The King, irritated at this Behaviourof the Garrison and Inhabitants of Calais,gave Orders for those Ships which theEarl of Warwick had left, as not beingin a Readiness for Service, to assembleat Sandwich, under the Command ofthe Lord Rivers. This Lord was or-dered to carry over Succours to theDuke of Sommerset, and, in Cafe of afarther Resistance, to instate him inhis Government by Force of Arms. Butwhile he was astiduousty employed inthe necessary Preparations for his Voy-age, Sir John Dinbam, an experienceda s d takes a Sea-Officer, on the opposite Side, being^' ent by the Earl of Warwick, surprizedst.- n ss w - t p a p^mber of Ships, by

Break of Day, at Sandwich-, And havingmade himself Master of the whole Fleet,and at the same Time of their Command 1 -er, carried his Lordship Prisoner toCalais, with his Son, and a great Num-ber of other Officers, whom they tookin their Beds. The Ships that had car-ried over the Duke of Sommerset revolt-ed at the fame Time, and went over tothe Earl of Warwick, to Calais. TheEarl of Warwick made Use of these Shipsto convoy him to Ireland, where he hada Conference with the Duke of 'York, andconcerted Matters with him for theircommon Defence. In his Return, hemet with the Royal Fleet, which wassent, under the Command of the Dukeof Exeter, to intercept him: But thereappeared such a Backwardness in thewhole Fleet, that the Duke did notthink proper to attack him. The In-habitants of Kent sent about thisTime an Invitation to the Earl,and. his Adherents, to Calais, tomake a Descent on their Coasts. This

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Overture was agreable; However, not 1460.to embark rashly, the Lord Falcon bridgewas sent to fee how far they might be -And fendsdepended on. His Account being satis- .^ aI ‘factory, the Earl resolved to improve ^ t0this Juncture, and took Care to informthe Duke of York, who still kept in Ire-land, of his Resolution.

Henry, in the meanTime,. had fitted?out another Squadron, the Command ofwhich he confer’d on Sir Simon Motif ord,who was then Lord Warden of theCinq Ports, with Orders diligently towatch the Coasts, and to hinder theEarl of Warwick from landing, if heshould attempt it in those Parts. TheseCommands proved,however, ineffectual;YorWarwick, pasting theSea unexpected-ly, from Calais, surprized Monford, asJDinham had before done Rivers, with Warwicfeall his Ships, at Sandwich, and, after tb^rlf’the >having plundered the Town, carried King's Squa-off his Booty and Prisoners, and return - drons - .ed, without any Opposition. (/)

The Earl of Warwick, having nowmade himself Master, by Surprize, of . ,three of the King’s Squadrons, returned to Engkndin a few Days, to the English Coasts, with hisand landed at Sandwich. Here the whole Fleet.-Lord Cobham, with several more of hisParty, joined him, with a considerableForce; and they pursued their goodFortune, with such Success, against theFavourers of the House of Lancaster,that, in a few Months afterwards, Hen-ry was dethroned, after an unfortunateand inglorious Reign of eight and thirtyYears, six Months and four Days; Andthe Earl of March, now Duke of York, Henry de-his Father, the late Duke of York, hav-ing been slain, not long before, at the Y ork u ^ 0 fBattle o fWakefield, proclaimed King of claimedEngland, by the Name of Edward IV. King.

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shett, (/) This is the Account given of this ActionP’n. by Mr. Secretary Burchett-, but Rapin and Da-ni el. niel fay, the Lord Falconbridge met with thisFleet, in his Passage to Kent, and, attacking it,

made Sir Simon Prisoner, with many other Offi-cers, and sent them all to Calais , where (addsl<Ar. Daniel) Sir Simon, with twelve of the Chiefof his Captains, were beheaded.

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