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Edward IV of England made his triumphant entry into London. The Privy Council met to decide on the fate of traitors including Thomas Stanley.

While the kingdom killed each other at Barnet and then at Tewkesbury, with honour and courage, Stanley settled a property dispute by attacking the Harringtons who are loyal servants of Richard of Gloucester. King Edward's advisors issued the parliamentary bill on the 5th of last March (available on this link). The men from Hornby's siege and the cannon named "Mile End" would have been useful to them at the battlefield of Barnet.

As he has done many times, Stanley sided with the colored rose that was most likely to benefit him. Edward therefore decided to summon him to explain himself. Feeling the situation turn to his disadvantage, Stanley tries to escape but the royal agents pursue him.
He was attainted and beheaded at the Tower of London.

As a result, Margaret Beaufort would not marry him, inevitably compromising the future of the Tudors.
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