On December 30 Richard and his troops left the castle to confront the Lancastrian army but with disastrous consequences.
In 1460, with Henry VI in poor mental health, Richard forced the House of Lords to disinherit Henry’s son and make Richard heir by virtue of the female line of descent on his mother’s side.
Lancastrians who opposed this raised armies in Wales and Yorkshire and in December 1460 converged on Sandal Castle, Around 2,000 of the Yorkists were slaughtered. According to some accounts Richard was beheaded. His second son, the Earl of Rutland, was also killed.
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