Parliament at Coventry attaints Yorkist titles

Timeline

1. 1459Coventry · WarwickshireAfter the Yorkist rout at Ludford Bridge, the Lancastrians controlled the situation; Queen Margaret of Anjou pushed for Parliament to be held at Coventry rather than Westminster, where Lancastrian power was secure, ensuring attending members favored the crown and preparing the purge of the Yorkists.
2. 1459St Mary's Hall, Coventry · CoventryParliament accused the Duke of York, the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Warwick, and their supporters of armed rebellion and attacking the crown, violating the Love Day reconciliation oath of 1458. The Yorkist leaders had already fled abroad or to Ireland and could not appear to defend themselves, so Parliament proceeded one-sidedly with the attainder process.
3. 1459England · EnglandParliament formally passed the attainder, declaring the Yorkist leaders and their chief followers to have lost their noble titles, lands, and political rights, with property reverting to the crown. The Lancastrians seemingly won a legal victory, but the Yorkists counterattacked from Calais in 1460, and the attainder instead intensified the full-scale civil war.