72 Edw. IV. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book?'
CHAP. XVIT.
Naval Expeditions and I*ransaflions of the English, with some other Occur-rences, during the Reign of King Edward IV.
1401.Edw. IV.crowned.
He fitsout a Fleet ;
1462,
Burchett.
Holinshead.
Habington.
Jnd ravagesthe CoajlofFrance.
1463.
Holinshead.
Habington.
Henry’*Queen en-deavours toland in En-gland ; Butreturns toFrance.
1464.
Warwicksent to treatztd^France.
X465.
The Kingfalls in Lovewith theLady Gray,
T I N G Edward IV. was no soon-er crowned, on the eighth ofJune, King Henry being fled in-to Scotland, than he was thought-ful of having a Fleet at Sea, to opposeany Attempts that might be made fromFrance, in Favour of the LancafrianFamily, for which the French King haddeclared. On Board of this Fleet, heembarked ten Thousand Soldiers, theCommand of which he gave to the Earlsof Essex and Kent, and to the Lords Aud-ley and Clinton. After they had scour-ed the Seas; for some Time, they landedat Conquet in Bretagne, took it, andplundered the Country adjacent. Fxomthence they went to the Island of Rhe ,where they committed the fame Hosti-lities, and, having freed the Seas fromthe French, returned with a Number ofPrizes, and a very great Booty, (a)
In the Year 1463. Henry's Queen,having obtained a small Succour inFrance, endeavoured to land in England,at Tinmouth, but a Tempest put her tothe Necestity of saving herself and Son,in a small Vessel, with which she gotinto Berwick, and, after some fartherAttempts, returned to France. Henrycoming, in the mean Time, to England,in Disguise, was discovered and carriedPrisoner to the Tower.
' In the Year 1464. the Earl of War-wick was sent to France, to demand Bonaof Savoy, Sister to the Queen of Francein Marriage, and the Year folllowing aTreaty was concluded accordingly : Butwhile the Earl was fettling this Matter,Edward fell in Love with Elizabeth,Daughter of Jaquelina of Luxemburg,Duchess of Bedford, by Sir RichardWoodville, her second Husband. Thisyoung Lady, who had the Fortune to
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ia) Rapin seems to question the Truth ofthis whole Relation, because not mentioned ei-ther by the French or Breton Historians ; andfrom the Improbability of it at that juncture.
if) This Sir John Gray of Grooby, (who hadbeen a- great Friend to the House of Lancaster)was killed at the Battle of St. Albans , fightingagainst Edward, upon which his Widow was ob-liged to petition the King for some .Lands herHusband had fettled upon her, for her jointure.
captivate Edward's Heart, was the Wi-dow of Sir John Gray, (T) and so en-amoured was he, that, notwithstandingthe gogent Reasons urged against it, by rr ;nhisMother, and his Engagement to Bona, mahe married her soon afterwards, to thegreat Dissatisfaction of the whole Court,and particularly of theEarl of Warwick.
The new Queen was, however,crowned, The Qjf eeion the six and twentieth of May, with crouine ^the usual Formalities.
The Earl of Wirwick, who with hisAdherents, had placed and supportedEdward on the Throne, stifled his Re-sentment for a Time ; But provoked atthe Preference given to the Queen’s Re- Warwid*lations, who were raised to the highest incensed atPosts, and at Edward's Neglect of him,and his Friends, it broke out at last intoan open Rebellion, in Favour of the 14 7 °‘House of Lancaster, which he pursued, Reb fyiltill he had obliged Edward to flee to .Holland, and placed King Henry on the ' . (lThrone again. This unfortunate Prince’sRestoration was, however, but Ihort-liv- Holland-ed. Henry F
Edward, having obtained lome Suc--^ <sm ^cours from the Duke of Burgundy, set 1 4 ^ ySail from thePort of Flushing mZealand,on the eleventh of March, 1471. withfour great Ships and fourteenTransports,and about two Thousand Men, and ar-rived the next Day on the Coast of Eng-land. He came first before Cromer, injV5 rfolk, but finding it not safe to landthere, he steered to the North ; But byReason of a Storm could not land tillthe fourteenth, at Ravenfpur. Beingjoined by some Troops in his March, hewent first to Tork, and, being afterwardsjoined by his Brother, the Duke ofClarence, he marched to Low Jot, wherehe was received, the eleventh of April,
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The Kj n g n ° Pooner saw her, than he was solmi en with his fair Petitioner’s Person andDemeanour, that he was resolved to possess hera any ate. It is said, he first made an Attemptupon her Honour; But, meeting with a Repulse,resolved to marry her, tho’ the Widow of hisJinemy, and contrary to the Practice of his An,ceitors, he being the first King from the Conquest,who married one of his Subjects.