Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury, known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander.
Warwick as drawn in the Rous Roll. He displays on his shield the arms of Montagu quartering Monthermer. The bull's head is the crest of the Neville family, the eagle is the crest of Montagu.
Middleham Castle, now in North Yorkshire, was Warwick's favourite residence in England. In the late 1450s business in Calais in France kept him away from it for periods.
Painting by Henry Tresham depicting Warwick cutting the throat of his own horse and vowing not to abandon the battlefield prior to the Battle of Towton
The Battle of Barnet, where Warwick was killed. Edward IV can be seen on the left, wearing a crown, and Warwick on the right being pierced by a lance. In reality, Edward did not kill Warwick.
Act of Accord
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The Act of Accord was an act of the Parliament of England. It was passed into law on 25 October 1460 during a period of intense political division and partisanship at the top of government. Earlier th
King Henry VI, whose grandfather had deposed Richard II
His wife, Margaret of Anjou, the eventual figurehead of her husband's government
Richard of York, a descendant of Edward III and claimant to the English crown
Richard, Earl of Salisbury, longtime associate of York's, leader of the House of Neville and father of the Kingmaker