Lady Knyvet
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During the Wars of the Roses
, Lady Knyvet was left in charge of the defence of her husband's castle, and refused to surrender it to Sir Gilbert Debenham.
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...
, Lady Knyvet was left in charge of the defence of her husband's castle, and refused to surrender it to Sir Gilbert Debenham.