Editing Richard III of England (section)

===1471 military campaign===
[[File:The East Gate, Exeter and the Visit of King Richard III, 1483.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|right|Imaginary depiction of the East Gate (since demolished) in [[Exeter]] and the Visit of King Richard III, painted in 1885]]

Once Edward had regained the support of his brother George, he mounted a swift and decisive campaign to regain the crown through combat;{{sfnp|Gillingham|1981|p=191}} it is believed that Richard was his principal lieutenant{{sfnp|Ross|1981|p=21}} as some of the king's earliest support came from members of Richard's [[affinity (law)|affinity]], including [[James Harrington (Yorkist knight)|Sir James Harrington]]{{sfnp|Horrox|1989|p=41}} and [[William Parr (died 1483)|Sir William Parr]], who brought 600 [[men-at-arms]] to them at Doncaster.{{sfnp|Ross|1974|p=164}} Richard may have led the vanguard at the [[Battle of Barnet]], in his first command, on 14 April 1471, where he outflanked the wing of [[Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter]],{{sfnp|Kinross|1979|p=89}} although the degree to which his command was fundamental may have been exaggerated.{{sfnp|Kendall|1956|pp=93–99}} That Richard's personal household sustained losses indicate he was in the thick of the fighting.{{sfnp|Ross|1981|p=22}} A contemporary source is clear about his holding the vanguard for Edward at Tewkesbury,{{sfnp|Gillingham|1981|p=206}} deployed against the Lancastrian vanguard under [[Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset]], on 4 May 1471,<ref>{{harvp|Ross|1981|p=22}}, citing 'The Arrivall'.</ref> and his role two days later, as Constable of England, sitting alongside [[John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk|John Howard]] as [[Earl Marshal]], in the trial and sentencing of leading Lancastrians captured after the battle.{{sfnp|Ross|1974|p=172}}