Yorkist Loyalty in Wales in the 1460s

Timeline

1. 1461Wales · WalesIn the early Wars of the Roses Wales was not monolithic: the Herbert family allied with the Yorkists, while Jasper Tudor (half-brother of Henry VI) based himself in Pembrokeshire and Denbighshire supporting the Lancastrians. In early 1461 the Lancastrians still had influence in Wales, but the Yorkists were already massing strength on the eastern march.
2. 1461–1468South Wales · WalesAfter Towton, Edward IV relied on the Herbert brothers to suppress Lancastrian forces in Wales. In 1468 William Herbert was created Earl of Pembroke, becoming the most powerful Yorkist magnate in Wales and overseeing Welsh justice and military affairs. Jasper Tudor lost his castles, and the Lancastrian base in Wales was greatly weakened.
3. 1468–1470Herefordshire · HerefordshireDuring Warwick's rebellion in 1469, William Herbert was captured and executed at Denbigh, depriving Wales of its strongest Yorkist pillar. From the late 1460s to 1470, Wales's pattern of loyalties fluctuated with Warwick's coup and the restoration of Henry VI, but the 1460s as a whole remained a period of Yorkist dominance.