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GEORGE NEVILLE. 203<br />

in a hostile part of the country was either taken<br />

prisoner by or surrendered himself to the Archbishop,<br />

who took him to Middleham. But he soon regained<br />

his liberty. In. the sequel Henry YI. was brought<br />

out from the Tower by Archbishop Neville and Bishop<br />

Waynflete. The former was made Chancellor, and<br />

preached at the opening of the parliament which Henry<br />

was made to hold. The battle of Barnet was the final<br />

blow to Warwick, who perished in the field. His brother<br />

the Archbishop made his peace indeed after this battle,<br />

and the subsequent death of Henry VL, with Edward ;<br />

but he was soon thrown into prison at Guisnes or<br />

Calais, and his vast wealth and the temporalities of the<br />

see were seized by the king.<br />

He was released after a<br />

time, but did not live long. He died in 1476.

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