Editing Owen Tudor (section)

== Life after Catherine's death ==
Following Queen Catherine's death, Owen Tudor lost the protection from the statute on dowager queens' remarriage and was imprisoned in [[Newgate Prison]].{{sfn|Griffiths|1998|p=62}} In 1438, he escaped but was later recaptured and held in the custody of the constable of [[Windsor Castle]].{{sfn|Chrimes|1999|p=9-10}} 

In 1439, [[Henry VI of England]] granted him a general pardon, restoring his goods and lands.<ref name=release>{{harvnb|Loades |2012|p=2}}</ref> In addition, Henry VI granted him a pension of £40 per annum, provided him with a position in court, and appointed him the Keeper of the King's Parks in [[Denbigh]]. In 1442, Henry VI welcomed his two half-brothers, Edmund and Jasper, to court. In November 1452, they were created Earls of Richmond and Pembroke respectively with the acknowledgement that they were the king's half-brothers.{{sfn|Chrimes|1999|p=12}} 

In 1459, Tudor's pension was increased to £100 per annum.{{sfn|Chrimes|1999|p=11}} Owen and his son Jasper (Edmund having died in 1456) were commissioned to arrest a servant of John Dwnn of Kidwelly, a Yorkist,<ref>{{cite book|title=Wales and the Wars of the Roses|first=Howell T.|last=Evans|date=1998|publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd.|page=58}}</ref> and later that year, Tudor acquired an interest in the forfeited estates of another Yorkist, John, Lord Clinton. On 5 February 1460, Tudor and Jasper were granted life offices in the Duke of York's lordship of Denbigh, a prelude to them later seizing the lordship.<ref name="ONDB"/>