Charlie Fenton’s Reviews > Brothers York > Status Update

‘For Richard, Anne was more or less the ideal bride. While he already had his portion of Warwick’s lands in the north, Anne embodied the familial link that his lordship in the region lacked. Marrying Anne, Warwick’s daughter, would make Richard a true heir to the Nevilles, giving him more heft among the dead earl’s followers in the region and allowing their allegiances to transfer more instinctively to him’

‘Giving his youngest brother into Warwick’s care was a conspicuous act of trust and favour on Edward’s part, one designed to underscore Warwick’s continued place at the heart of the regime - whatever impressions anybody might have gained to the contrary following the king’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. Warwick’s household was the perfect place for Richard to continue his education.’

‘Ostensibly, the Yorkist cause remained that of a reformed government under the sovereign authority of Henry VI, and indeed, in these hastily drawn-up lists, the idea of an alternative Yorkist monarchy had been played down... the name of Edward - head of the house of York and now, by act of Parliament, heir to the crown - appeared not first in the list, but fifth’