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{'id':3653,'gmid':197,'date':'Feb 1452','title':'The Duke of York marches on London','dets':'The Duke of York gathered an army and marched on London intent on persuading the king to remove Somerset from power, He was refused entry to the city and so continued south across the river Thames.' },
{'id':3654,'gmid':117,'date':'Mar 1452','title':'The Duke of York surrenders','dets':'The Queen had raised an army and with the King they met the Duke of York at Dartford. Outnumbered, York disbanded his army and surrendered to the King. He was taken to London and later at St. Paul\'s Cathedral he was forced to swear an oath saying he would not oppose the King.' },
{'id':1679,'gmid':53,'date':'Oct 2 1452','title':'Richard (III) is born','dets':'Richard, the future King of England, was born in Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire. His father was Richard Duke of York and his mother was Cecily Neville. Richard was their fourth son.' },
{'id':1419,'gmid':172,'date':'Sep 23 1459','title':'Battle of Blore Heath','dets':'Led by Richard Earl of Salisbury the Yorkists in the north mobilised an army and headed south to meet the Duke of York at Ludlow. Salisbury was intercepted by a Lancastrian army led by Lord Audley at Blore Heath in Shropshire. The Lancastrians were the first to attack. Their first and second cavalry charges were repulsed and when the Lancastrian foot soldiers were also repulsed they turned an...' },
{'id':1420,'gmid':171,'date':'Oct 12 1459','title':'Battle of Ludford Bridge','dets':'The Earl of Warwick with a force from Calais reached Ludlow and the combined army of the Yorkists attacked the King\'s army at Ludford Bridge near Ludlow. The men from Calais refused to fight their king and a weak Yorkist army was defeated. Richard Duke of York and his younger son escaped and fled to Ireland while Salisbury, Warwick and Edward of March (later Edward IV) fled to Calais.' },
{'id':1903,'gmid':169,'date':'Dec 30 1460','title':'Battle of Wakefield','dets':'Queen Margaret had been building an army in the North and started attacking Yorkist held settlements. Richard left London with a small army to deal with the Queen. He had underestimated the Lancastrians and at his castle at Sandal Richard was confronted by superior forces. Although Richard sent word to the Earl of March for assistance he didn\'t wait and attacked. The battle left Richard Duke o...' },
];

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