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The building of the Culham and Burford bridges at Abingdon diverts traffic for Gloucester and South Wales from Wallingford, contributing to Wallingford’s decline. |
Katherine de Valois |
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Queen Katherine, widow of Henry V, is granted Wallingford |
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Katherine’s son Edward VI (born 1421) spends summers at Wallingford – Owen Tudor, a servant of Katherine for some years is thought to have married Katherine, although this is not proven. |
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Following the death of Thomas Chaucer, William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, becomes constable of Wallingford Castle with his wife Alice Chaucer, daughter of Thomas. |
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On Katherine’s death, Owen Tudor is summoned to London to face charges. |
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Owen Tudor is imprisoned at Wallingford by Lord Beaumont. A royal investigation into why Wallingford is unable to pay the fee farm tax notes the poverty in the town and that there are only 44 houses, most in poor state of repair. |
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| 1448 | William de la Pole, becomes Duke of Suffolk in 1448 and subsequently a minister of the crown and with Henry VI’s consort, Margaret of Anjou, runs the country. However, the following year, the Duke is charged by Parliament with building warlike munitions at Wallingford Castle and of selling the realm to the French. The king then releases him, but tells him to leave the country for 5 years. | 
Margaret of Anjou |
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In 1450, on the Duke’s way abroad, his vessel is boarded at Dover and he is killed. Because of suspicion over Alice de la Pole, William Lovel is made constable of Wallingford Castle. |
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On the death of William Lovel, Alice de la Pole regains the position of constable by a special decree. |
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John de la Pole becomes constable of Wallingford, although his mother Alice de la Pole continues to play a role. |
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| 1472 | Following the execution of Henry VI in 1471 after the death of his son Edward in the battle of Tewkesbury against Edward IV, Margaret of Anjou is imprisoned at Wallingford. Her warder is Alice de la Pole. | |
| 1475 | Rene, Duke of Anjou, pays a a ransome for the release of his daughter Margaret of Anjou. Alice de la Pole dies this year, and John de la Pole (1442-1491), her son, succeeds to the role of Constable of Wallingford Castle. He has married Elizabeth Plantangenet (1444-1503), sister of Richard III and Edward IV some time before 1460. Their son, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln is declared (by Richard III in 1484) to be a successor to the throne. | |
| 1483 | Viscount Francis Lovell is given role of Constable of Wallingford Castle by Richard III. He replaces Richard Grey, appointed constable the previous year but executed for his role in a plot. | |
| 1485 | Lovell fights on Richard III's side at the Battle of Bosworth against Henry VII, and is later found guilty of treason by Henry, and loses the role of Constable. John de la Pole the elder receives the honour and castle of Wallingford. | |
| 1487 | Richard III's death has ended the Earl of Lincoln's chance of becoming king, but the Earl rebels against the new king, raising an army against him. Lincoln is killed at the Battle of Stoke. Lovell has supported him and he reputedly is hidden in the manor at Minster Lovell in a secret compartment, but dies of starvation after the servant who is feeding him dies, though others think he died in battle. | 
The Wallingford Screen at St Albans - a Victorian replacement of the original |
| 1490 | Edmund de la Pole, brother of the Earl of Lincoln, also rebels against the King, leading Henry VII to confiscate the castle and give it to his son, Prince Arthur. | |
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William of Wallingford – responsible for the Wallingford Screen at St Albans, dies. |
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