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Henry VI, King of England from 1422-1461 and 1470-1471, (1932). The last monarch of the House of Lancaster, Henry (1421-1471) ruled with a regent until his majority in 1437, then alone until he was deposed in 1461. Restored to the throne in 1470, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London the following year and murdered. With a battle scene from the Wars of the Roses, with Yorkist and Lancastrian cavalry charging towards each other. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, 1932.