What happened at the battle of Wakefield?

The Battle of Wakefield happened on December 30th, 1460, this battle killed the duke of York. and revived the money of the Lancasterians. The money that the Lancasterians had become low with the defeat and  capture of King Henry VI. It also caused York's ally Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and his second son, Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland's death. Two months after the battle of Northampton, York came back from Ireland where he was exiled to. In October York stated his claim to the throne to the English Parliment.

The lords forced the duke to accept the Act of Accord, which means that King Henry still has the throne, but it showed the succesion of York and his heirs. In Wales, Queen Margret Of the Lancasterians did not want to accept the disinheirtence of her son Prince of Wales.  In the North Henry Beaufort, third duke of Somerset, joinded forces with Henry Percy, third earl of Northumberland, Lord John Clifford, to make a sizable Lancasterian army. Responding to the threat York and Salisbury left London December 9th with an army of about 6,000. They wanted to bring the Lancasterians to war.

York was attacked while traviling to Somerset's men, but he arrived safely at Sandal Castle south of Wakefield in Yorkshire on December 21st, 1460.  York found that the castle was not prepared to take care of his army. Taking spots around the castle the Lancasterian Lords showed no siege alterlier,but they wanted to draw York outside   by sending him insulting messages, and stopping his foaraging parties. On December 30th Yorkist foragers were under attack north of the castle within sight of the wall. No one knows why York left the safety of his castle with his army. He was soon surrounded by enemy and could not escape, York was killed on the battle field. Rutland was killed by Clifford as he tried to escape, and Salisbury was captured and killed the next day. Their heads were all stuck on Micklegate Bar in York, they put a mocking paper crown on the duke's head.

Lancasterian Victory