Lancastrian in a sentence

His reasons for doing so have been variously ascribed to deception by the Lancastrian armies, or treachery by some nobles and Lancastrian officers who York thought were his allies, or simple rashness or miscalculation by York.

Leader of Lancastrian faction Hostilities between the rival Yorkist and Lancastrian factions soon flared into armed conflict.

And after spending last season pretending that a Lancastrian connection with Accrington and Fleetwood was in any way exciting, I am happy to see them back in town, just so long as they don’t walk away with another 4-0 under their belt.

His PhD at the University of Salford was Region, Class, Culture: Lancashire Dialect Literature and he is a solid Lancastrian at heart.

Nothing was found of the wreckage until 51 years later when two mountaineers stumbled upon the Rolls-Royce engine of the converted Avro-Lancastrian bomber called 'Star Dust'.

But though things began well enough, the Lancastrian quickly faded when the race moved into the Alps and lost heaps of time to slide completely out of contention on his way to an eventual 29th place.

First, they are both Northerners though Sir Patrick Steward is a Lancastrian while Ian is a Yorkist.

A farmhouse then known as Gobes Hall marked the centre of the Lancastrian position; nearby was "Margaret's camp", earthworks of uncertain age.

After winning the Battle of Edgecote Moor on 26 July 1469, the Earl found the Yorkist king deserted by his followers, and brought him to Warwick Castle for "protection".sfn Lancastrian supporters took advantage of Edward's imprisonment to stage uprisings.

As cries of treason (always a possibility in that chaotic period) spread through their line, Lancastrian morale was disrupted and many abandoned the fight.

At the Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV crushed this last Lancastrian army.

Battle Lancastrian positions Tewkesbury Abbey As day broke on 4 May, the Lancastrians took up a defensive position a mile south of the town of Tewkesbury.

Coming under attack without any effective response of its own, the Lancastrian army moved from its position to engage the Yorkists in close combat.

During the first period of Edward IV's reign, Lancastrian resistance continued mainly under the leadership of Queen Margaret and the few nobles still loyal to her in the northern counties of England and Wales.

Edward IV had deposed Henry VI, but there was little point in killing him as long as Henry's son remained alive, since this would merely have transferred the Lancastrian claim from a captive king to one who was at liberty.

Goddard was a very unwise choice, as he was an ex-Lancastrian who had expounded Henry VI's claim to the throne.

Having lost custody of Henry, the Yorkists needed a justification to continue taking up arms against the king and his Lancastrian followers.

He defeated a Lancastrian army at Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire on 2–3 February 1461.

Henry married Elizabeth of York with the hope of uniting the Yorkist and Lancastrian sides of the Plantagenet dynastic disputes, and he was largely successful.

His small army consisted of over 100 men, including longbow archers and six minstrels, at a total cost to the Lancastrian purse of £4,360.