Mense Octobris regina Margareta venit de Francia cum [ ] navibus et duobus millibus armatorum, applicuitque prope Bawnburgbe in Northumberland, habuitque in societate sua Petrum de Brassie, dominum de Manpeny, fixeruntque campum prope [ ] ubi credidit totam patriam cum illis insurgere, qui videntes potentiam reginae tarn exilem non surrexerunt. Exercitus ergo reginae obsedit castrum Alnewycum, qui penuria victualium illud reginae reddiderunt. Cujus custodiam commiserunt filio Petri Basse, domino de Hungreforde, Roberto Whytingham, et multis aliis. Commissaque est castri Bamburiensis custodia duci Somersetise, comiti Penbrocbiae et Radulpho Percy. Rex Henricus vero cum regina, Brasse et aliis, metu regis Edwardi supervenientis, adiverunt Scotiam.

In the month of October [1462], Queen Margaret arrived from France with [ ] ships and two thousand armed men, and she landed near Bamburgh in Northumberland. She had with her in her company Peter de Brézé, Lord of Manpeny. They pitched camp near [ ], where she believed the whole country would rise up with them, but upon seeing the queen's power so weak, they did not rise up. Therefore, the queen's army besieged Alnwick Castle, which, due to a shortage of provisions, surrendered to her. Its custody was entrusted to the son of Peter Basse, Lord of Hungerford, Robert Whytingham, and many others. The custody of Bamburgh Castle was entrusted to the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Pembroke, and Ralph Percy. King Henry, with the queen, Brézé, and others, fearing the arrival of King Edward, went to Scotland.

Et similiter dux Somersetiæ, Henre Lewes, et Nicholaus Latimere, milites, cum diversis aliis, reciperentur in legentiam regis Edwardi, et rehaberent omnes terras suas; et quia alii incastellati non potuerunt habere terras suas redierunt cum salvo conductu in Scotiam, scilicet, comes Penbrochiæ, dominus Roos. Obsidiumque castri Alnewycensis duravit usque ad Epiphaniam Domini, in cujus vigilia advenerunt nova subito de adventu Petri Brassei cum exercitu Scotorum; comesque Warrwici cum omnibus dominis ex parte regis Edwardi fixerunt campum ad pugnandum cum Scotis, ex parte [ ] castri Alnewicensis. Et exercitu Scotorum appropinquante ad castrum, egressi sunt dominus de Hungreforde, filius dicti Petri de Brasse, Ricardus Tunstale, Robertus de Whytygham, milites, et multi alii, ad numerum [ ] de obsessis.

Similarly, the Duke of Somerset, Henry Lewis, and Nicholas Latimer, knights, along with various others, were received into King Edward's service and regained all their lands; and because others who were besieged could not reclaim their lands, they returned with safe conduct to Scotland, namely, the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Roos. The siege of Alnwick Castle lasted until the Epiphany of the Lord, on the eve of which news suddenly arrived of the coming of Peter Brézé with a Scottish army; and the Earl of Warwick, with all the lords on King Edward's side, pitched camp to fight with the Scots, on the side [ ] of Alnwick Castle. As the Scottish army approached the castle, the Lord of Hungerford, son of the said Peter Brézé, Richard Tunstall, Robert de Whytygham, knights, and many others, to the number [ ] of the besieged, left the castle [ ] with a number [ ] to guard the castle.

Et reliquerunt de castro [ ] cum numero [ ] ad custodiendum castrum. Et venientes in conspectu partis regis Edwardi IV., in exercitum Scotorum intraverunt, et comes Warwick dux Somersetise, comes Wigornise, et multi alii domini ex parte regis Edwardi, videntes se inferiores numero, fixerunt se in quodam campo inter castrum et le mariscum ibidem; et sic transierunt Scoti sine damno. Sed si Scoti audaces et sagaces fuissent, ibidem destruxissent totam¹ nobilitatem dominorum Angliæ.

And they left from the castle [ ] with a number [ ] to guard the castle. Coming into view of King Edward IV's party, they entered the Scottish army, and the Earl of Warwick, the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Worcester, and many other lords on King Edward's side, seeing themselves outnumbered, positioned themselves in a certain field between the castle and the marsh there; and so the Scots passed by without harm. But had the Scots been bold and astute, they would have destroyed all the nobility of the English lords.

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Dux tamen Somersetiæ illo die probavit se viriliter esse legeum regis Edwardi, in illo campo animando custodire campnm; et ideo idem rex Edwardus habuit ipsum valde carum, et dedit sibi xx. marcas qualibet septimana pro expensis. Et accepit Hargil, Alexandrum Hangford, ac omnes alios servientes suos ad expensas regias ad [ ] per diem solutas qualibet septimana. Obsessi, qui remanserant in castro Alnewicensi, illud regi reddiderunt sub apunctuamento, salvis vita et membris; commissaqne est custodia ejusdem castri Johanni Asbley, militi, ad maximam displicentiam Radulfi Grey, ut postea patuit.

Nevertheless, the Duke of Somerset proved himself valiantly loyal to King Edward's law on that day, courageously holding the field; and therefore, King Edward held him in great favor and gave him twenty marks each week for expenses. Hargil, Alexander Hangford, and all his other servants had their expenses paid by the king [ ] per day every week. The besieged who remained in Alnwick Castle surrendered it to the king under terms, with lives and limbs spared; and the custody of the same castle was entrusted to John Asbley, knight, to the great displeasure of Ralph Grey, as it later became known.

Oct 1464. Mense Octobris fecit rex proclamare Radingiae et per totam Angliam quod unum nobile regis Henrici valeret viij. s. iiij. d. fecitque novum cunagium Turri Londoniae, ad summum damnum magnatum regni.

In the month of October [1464], the king proclaimed at Reading and throughout all of England that one noble of King Henry's would be worth eight shillings and four pence. He also established a new mint at the Tower of London, to the great detriment of the magnates of the realm.

Oct 1464. Eodem mense conclusum est maritagium apud Radingiam inter dominum Matreves, filium et haeredem comitis Arundelliae, et Margaretam, sororem reginae Elizabethae.

In the same month, a marriage was concluded at Reading between Lord Matreves (age 14), son and heir of the Earl of Arundel (age 46), and Margaret (age 10), sister of Queen Elizabeth (age 27).