Hello and welcome to the History of England, episode 177, high noon at Chuck's Break.

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Last week we saw Warwick the Kingmaker into his grave, and for two days, Edward IV was

able to relax.

Before the news arrived that Margaret, Edward and his wife Ann Neville had finally, finally,

made landfall at Weymouth in Dorset in the southwest of England.

And the next day, they'd travelled to 16 miles north to Kernabby, their hearts full of

hope that they would be reunited with the King of England, that their futures would be

filled with joy, fun, laughter and compensation for ten years of obscurity.

I hope they enjoyed that day.

Since the following day the news reached them by Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Samaset and John

Courtney, the Warwick and his brother were dead on the field of Barnett.

Margaret didn't date the news well.

In fact she took it, quote, like a woman oldest made for fear.

Her heart was pierced with sorrow.

Her speech was in a managon, all her spirits were tormented with melancholy.

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