Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Oxford da Duke na Somerset yanzu sun dauki umurnin sojojin Lancastrian, kuma sun shiga wani rukuni na biyu da suka zo daga Faransa wanda Margaret da Prince Edward suka jagoranci. A cikin yakin Tewkesbury na gaba
(1471), 'yan York sun kori Lancastrians, suna kama Margaret, Yarima Edward, Somerset da Oxford. An yanke wa Somerset hukuncin kisa, Oxford zuwa ɗaurin rai da rai, Margaret an kore shi, kuma Yarima Edward ya kashe shi daga 'yan uwan Plantagenet guda uku, waɗanda suka yi fushi bayan ya ƙi amincewa da gidan York a matsayin dangi na dangi. A wannan lokacin, Richard ya tafi London don ya kashe Henry. Da zuwan Richard a Hasumiyar, su biyun sun yi jayayya, kuma cikin fushi Richard ya kashe Henry. Tare da numfashinsa na ƙarshe, Henry ya yi annabci game da mummunan halin Richard na gaba da hargitsi da zai mamaye ƙasar.