#S830 Page: 3; #S303 Page: XI;19-22; The resentment aroused by the favours showe...

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#S830 Page: 3; #S303 Page: XI;19-22; The resentment aroused by the favours showered on an upstart and unpopular family resulted in a rising, and Lord Rivers retired with his son Sir John to Chepstow.After the Yorkist defeat at Edgecote, Northants, they were given up to the Earl of Warwick, and executed without trial; favoritism shown the Woodville faction embittered Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, who rebelled in 1469. Rivers was captured and executed after Edward?s defeat at Edgecot, [Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 2001]

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