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1483 (key chronology)

Romy Heritage-Wi AS Early Modern History A level English

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APRIL
- Edward IV dies
- crown passed on to Prince Edward (Edward V)
MAY
- Edward V, Gloucester + Hastings enter London
- Counsel confirm Gloucester as protector of the realm
JUNE
- 13th
  - Hastings charged with treason by Gloucester
  - Hastings accused with plotting with the Woodvilles
- 16th
  - Gloucester requests that Richard joins Edward V in the tower
- 22nd
  - Friar Ralph Shaw concludes the protector is entitled to rule
- 25th
  - Earl Rivers executed
  - petition presented by Buckingham stating the evils of the Woodville's and Edward V illegitamacy
- 26th
  - Gloucester hailed as Richard III