Editing Battle of Wakefield (section)

===Lancastrian moves===
When the Battle of Northampton was fought, Queen Margaret and her seven-year-old son Edward had been at [[Eccleshall Castle]] near [[Stafford]]. After many adventures with brigands and outlaws,{{sfn|Rowse|1966|p=143}} they fled via [[Cheshire]] to [[Harlech Castle]] in North Wales, where they joined Lancastrian nobles (including Henry's half-brother [[Jasper Tudor]] and the [[Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter|Duke of Exeter]]) who were recruiting armies in Wales and the [[West Country]]. They later proceeded by ship to [[Scotland]], where Margaret gained troops and other aid for the Lancastrian cause from the queen and regent, [[Mary of Guelders]], in return for the surrender of the town and castle of [[Berwick upon Tweed]].{{sfn|Rowse|1966|p=144}}

At the same time, other Lancastrians were rallying in [[Northern England]]. Many of them, including the [[Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland|Earl of Northumberland]] and Lords [[John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford|Clifford]] and [[Thomas Ros, 9th Baron Ros|Ros]], had estates and influence in the north. They were later joined by the [[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset|Duke of Somerset]]{{#tag:ref|Somerset had been besieging Calais, but was outwardly reconciled to Warwick on 8 August 1460 and allowed to return to England.{{sfn|Clark|2016|p=224}}|group=nb}} and the [[Thomas Courtenay, 6th/14th Earl of Devon|Earl of Devon]], who brought their forces from the West Country.{{sfn|Rowse|1966|p=143}} Northumberland, Clifford and Somerset were the sons of York's and Salisbury's rivals who had been killed at St. Albans. The Lancastrian forces mustered near [[Kingston upon Hull]], and were said (in ''Gregory's Chronicle'', a near-contemporary account) to number 15,000. A substantial part of these forces encamped at [[Pontefract]] began pillaging York's and Salisbury's estates nearby.{{sfn|Rowse|1966|p=143}}