On the same day on which those executions took place, Margaret was discovered in a poor religious house, and was conveyed, by Edward’s orders, to London, and confined in the Tower, until she was ransomed, for 50,000 crowns, by her father, René Duke of Anjou and Lorraine, who also used the empty and unsubstantial titles of King of Jerusalem, Naples, and Sicily.
The following are the names of the persons of distinction who, according to Leland, lost their lives, on the part of the Lancastrians, at or immediately after, the battle of Tewkesbury:—
Prince Edward, buried in the Monastery of Tewkesbury.
Edmund Duke of Somerset, taken, beheaded, and buried there.
Lord John Somerset, brother of the Duke Edmund, buried there.
Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, buried there.
Lord Wenlock, whose body was removed to be buried elsewhere.
Humphrey Handeley, beheaded with Thomas Courtenay, and buried together.
Sir Edmund Havarde.
Sir William Wichingham.