ABSTRACT

Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, his brother-in-law Sir Henry Lewis and Sir Nicholas Latimer had all been attainted in 1461 and all three were amongst the prisoners when Dunstanburgh surrendered on 27th December 1462. In the circumstances they were, together with Sir Ralph Percy, treated with extreme leniency; their submissions secured a pardon and the return of their confiscated estates. Percy was confirmed as castellan of both Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh and on 17th March the following year received a commission to take the submission of other rebels.