Source H The Hetian senate decides to remove the Venetian base in England to Winchester because of riots in London, 1457. War and the defeat of I evident risk to their lives and of loss of all their goods, the merchants of On account of the insults perpetrated against the Italian nation with the Italian nation, that is, the Venetians, Genoese, Florentines and Luccese, knowing of the risks and perils determined that it was necessary for them to leave London for their personal safety and the security of their property. And for their refuge they chose Winchester. Adapted from the State Papers of Venice, 1457. Lancastrians and Yorkists As we have seen, relations between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists remained uneasy with neither side able to outweigh the other as first the Duke of York and then Queen Margaret held sway. While this meant peace for England, it did not mean a peaceful atmosphere within England, for example in the autumn of 1456 there was an attempt on the life of the Earl of Warwick while he was on his way to London. The men who had tried to ambush him were the Duke of Exeter, the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Duke of Somerset, the latter of whom was seeking vengeance for the murder of his father at the Battle of St Albans. If Warwick and his father, the Earl of Salisbury, had hoped that the deaths of their enemies, the Earl of Northumberland and the Duke of Somerset, would bring to an end the need to fight, it looked as if they were mistaken for now they were the targets for revenge attacks. The relationship between Margaret of Anjou and the Duke of York was little better as described in Source I. Source I One of John Paston's London correspondents writes in June 1456. My lord York is still at Sandal [in the West Riding, Yorkshire]. He watches the Queen [at Chester] and she watches him. Activity What can be atmosphere from Source The Paston Letters, 1456. Henry VI, or if not him, his council, was sufficiently concerned about the atmosphere in England to instigate a Loveday which took place on 24 March 1458 (see page 55). This saw the rival parties walk arm in arm to St Paul's in London: York and the Queen, Somerset and Salisbury, and Warwick with Northumberland. York and the two Nevilles promised to pay for a chantry at St Albans where prayers could be said for the souls of those killed at the battle and it was agreed that compensation would be paid to the Percy and Clifford families. All the time this was going on, London was packed with thousands of armed men. Such was the lack of trust that the participants in the Loveday had arrived, as was becoming normal at every gathering, with a large armed following. What the Loveday served to demonstrate for all to see was that there were two clear sides in England at this time and that they were prepared to fight if necessary. In October 1458, seven months after the Loveday occurred, the Earl of Warwick openly defied the government when ordered to answer charges of piracy.

Source H The Hetian senate decides to remove the Venetian base in England to Winchester because of riots in London, 1457. War and the defeat of I evident risk to their lives and of loss of all their goods, the merchants of On account of the insults perpetrated against the Italian nation with the Italian nation, that is, the Venetians, Genoese, Florentines and Luccese, knowing of the risks and perils determined that it was necessary for them to leave London for their personal safety and the security of their property. And for their refuge they chose Winchester. Adapted from the State Papers of Venice, 1457. Lancastrians and Yorkists As we have seen, relations between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists remained uneasy with neither side able to outweigh the other as first the Duke of York and then Queen Margaret held sway. While this meant peace for England, it did not mean a peaceful atmosphere within England, for example in the autumn of 1456 there was an attempt on the life of the Earl of Warwick while he was on his way to London. The men who had tried to ambush him were the Duke of Exeter, the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Duke of Somerset, the latter of whom was seeking vengeance for the murder of his father at the Battle of St Albans. If Warwick and his father, the Earl of Salisbury, had hoped that the deaths of their enemies, the Earl of Northumberland and the Duke of Somerset, would bring to an end the need to fight, it looked as if they were mistaken for now they were the targets for revenge attacks. The relationship between Margaret of Anjou and the Duke of York was little better as described in Source I. Source I One of John Paston's London correspondents writes in June 1456. My lord York is still at Sandal [in the West Riding, Yorkshire]. He watches the Queen [at Chester] and she watches him. Activity What can be atmosphere from Source The Paston Letters, 1456. Henry VI, or if not him, his council, was sufficiently concerned about the atmosphere in England to instigate a Loveday which took place on 24 March 1458 (see page 55). This saw the rival parties walk arm in arm to St Paul's in London: York and the Queen, Somerset and Salisbury, and Warwick with Northumberland. York and the two Nevilles promised to pay for a chantry at St Albans where prayers could be said for the souls of those killed at the battle and it was agreed that compensation would be paid to the Percy and Clifford families. All the time this was going on, London was packed with thousands of armed men. Such was the lack of trust that the participants in the Loveday had arrived, as was becoming normal at every gathering, with a large armed following. What the Loveday served to demonstrate for all to see was that there were two clear sides in England at this time and that they were prepared to fight if necessary. In October 1458, seven months after the Loveday occurred, the Earl of Warwick openly defied the government when ordered to answer charges of piracy.