at break of day, seized Lord Rivers and his son, Anthony Woodville, in their beds, made himself master of the fleet, and crried both ships and officers into Calis. At about the same thne, the vessels which had carried Somerset across the Channel and which were still with him, revolted and iied Warwick, who thus had , very large force ,t his disposal. One Sir Baldwin Fulford offcred to burn the erl's fleet, but proved incapable of effecting the enterprise; ,nnd hVrwick, h,ving left Clais in good hands, sailed for Irel,nd to consult with the Duke of York as to future proceedinmos.

Such fleet s remained faithful to Henry put to se under the Duke of Exeter, Admiral of End'land, to intercept the e,rl; but when the two forces sighted one another in the Channel, the loyalty of the royalists'seemed so doubtful, and XVrick w,ns so strong, that the duke shrank from provoking ,n ,ction; while, on the other hnd, XVrwick w,s unwilling to unuecess,rily destroy any English ships; so that no collision took place.

When the earl w,s once more t C,l,is, , petition reached him from the inhabitants of Kent, who begged him to land on their coasts, ,nd assured him of their support. Warwick, alw,ys cutious, dispatched William Neville, Lord F,uconbcrg, to ex,mine into the dispositiou of the people and the nature of the opposition likely to be offered. Upon Fauconberg returning with an en- couraging report, hV,rwick sent word of his intention to the Duke of York, and presently silcd with his whole force.

tut in the interval, Sir Sinion Montfort, hVardcu of the Cinque lorts, had been entrusted by the king with , squadron, with which he was ordered to prevent , landing. Like Iivcrs, 5Iontfort was not sufficiently on his guard. Warwick surprised him off S,ndwich, took him, captured or destroyed all his squadron, and, being opposed on his landing, sacked the town. According to some accounts, 5Iontfort fell in the action; according to others, he ,nd twelve of his captains vere sent to Calais nd there executed.'"

XV,rwick w,s joined hy Lord Cohham and other Yorkists; the Duke of Yrk himself lso inwded the country; the battles of Northampton, XVakcficld, Iortimer's Cross, and St. Alh,nns followed; and in spite of the fact that ,t Wakefield the Duke of York was killed, the crowning batfie of Towton, on Iarch 29th, 1461, established the duke's son on the throne as Edward IV., s although

Graftvn, 635; Fabian, 4C,5-4. - tIvlingshcd, ii. 652; Speed,.

s P,lyd. Vcrgil, xxiii.; Iiall, f. l'qb; Grafon, 656, 657.