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John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, carried the sword of state in the grand procession to St Pauls that proclaimed the restoration of Henry VI before London's citizens. Eighteen months later, in April 1471, Oxford fled to Scotland after the battle of Barnet returned the Yorkist Edward IV to power. Oxford safely carried the Lancastrian cause into French exile. Great things awaited him after Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, thanks not a little to the mettle of Oxford and his men. 1 At best that would have been a dim prospect on the horizon when Oxford landed on rugged St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. He trusted 'to the natural strength of the place, fortyf'd himself ... and bravely defended it, tho' with little success' before his men answered the call of a full pardon for their crimes. 2 For William Camden, Oxford's story was just one interesting feature of St Michael's Mount. Oxford's soldiers would have seen the remains of the chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael, built by the earl of Cornwall after he had persuaded William the Conquer that a vision of Michael had been seen there. Camden remarked that others had 'pretended' the same vision, including Italian monks

Publisher

Boydell and Brewer Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN