<Li> Buckingham's rebellion </Li> <Li> Stafford and Lovell rebellion </Li> <P> The Battle of Barnet was a decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic conflict of 15th - century England . The military action, along with the subsequent Battle of Tewkesbury, secured the throne for Edward IV . On 14 April 1471 near Barnet, then a small Hertfordshire town north of London, Edward led the House of York in a fight against the House of Lancaster, which backed Henry VI for the throne . Leading the Lancastrian army was Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, who played a crucial role in the fate of each king . Historians regard the battle as one of the most important clashes in the Wars of the Roses, since it brought about a decisive turn in the fortunes of the two houses . Edward's victory was followed by 14 years of Yorkist rule over England . </P> <P> Formerly a key figure in the Yorkist cause, Warwick defected to the Lancastrians over disagreements about Edward's nepotism, secret marriage and foreign policy . Leading a Lancastrian army, the earl defeated his former allies, forcing Edward to flee to Burgundy . The Yorkist king persuaded his host, Charles the Bold, to help him regain the English throne . Leading an army raised with Burgundian money, Edward launched his invasion of England, which culminated at the fields north of Barnet . Under cover of darkness, the Yorkists moved close to the Lancastrians and clashed in a thick fog at dawn . As both armies fought, the Earl of Oxford on the Lancastrian right routed the Yorkists opposite under Lord Hastings, chasing them back to Barnet . On their return to the battlefield, Oxford's men were erroneously shot at by the Lancastrian centre commanded by Lord Montague . As cries of treason (always a possibility in that chaotic period) spread through their line, Lancastrian morale was disrupted and many abandoned the fight . While retreating, Warwick was killed by Yorkist soldiers . </P>

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