#is this part of the wardships policy for the Duchy of Lancaster he introduced in 1483? Seems like it

[wonder-worker]

"The Parliamentary Rolls record that in 1482, Elizabeth Woodville was granted “the wardships and the marriages of the heirs of her tenants of so much of the Duchy of Lancaster as she [held] to her own use.”

-Michele Seah and Katia Wright, “The Medieval English Queen as a Landowner”, “Women and Economic Power in Premodern European Courts"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #is this part of the wardships policy for the Duchy of Lancaster he introduced in 1483? Seems like it #it's such a shame her queenship ended just a year later...it would've been interesting to see how she made use of this grant #15th century #english history #my post #queue