Chapter XXI: The Later Years of Henry VI. 1450-1461

1. The Growth of Inclosures 320

2. Increasing Power of the Nobility 321

3. Case of Lord Molynes and John Paston 321

4. Suffolk's Impeachment and Murder. 1450 322

5. Jack Cade's Rebellion. 1450 322

6. Rivalry of York and Somerset. 1450-1453 323

7. The First Protectorate of the Duke of York.
1453-1454 323

8. The First Battle of St. Albans and the Duke
of York's Second Protectorate 324

9. Discomfiture of the Yorkists. 1456-1459 325

10. The Battle of Northampton and the Duke of
York's Claim to the Throne. 1460 326

11. The Battle of Wakefield. 1460 327

12. The Battle of Mortimer's Cross and the Second
Battle of St. Albans. 1461 328

13. The Battle of Towton and the Coronation of
Edward IV. 1461 328