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Ludlow Castle, West Midlands, England
Shortly after the future Richard III turned 7 years of age, in October of 1459, the army of King Henry VI descended on Ludlow and vastly outnumbered the Dukes forces. The Duke and his army fled and when the royal army arrived, they discovered that the Duke and his elder sons where not there. However his wife, Duchess Cecily, with her two young sons George and Richard in hand, bravely met the army on the steps of the Market Cross. They were taken to see the King and later released, while the army was let loose to ransack the town and castle.