They immediately separated themselves; Richard withdrew to his castle of Wigmore; Salisbury to Middleham, in Yorkshire, and Warwick to his government of Calais, which had been committed to him after the battle of St.Albans, and which, as it gave him the command of the only regular military force maintained by England, was of the utmost importance in the present juncture.

Still, men of peaceable dispositions, and among the rest Bourchier, archbishop of Canterbury, thought it not too late to interpose with their good offices, in order to prevent that effusion of blood, with which the kingdom was threatened; and the awe in which each party stood of the other, rendered the mediation for some time successful.

It was agreed that all the great leaders on both sides should meet in London, and be solemnly reconciled.
{1458.} The duke of York and his partisans came thither with numerous retinues, and took up their quarters near each other for mutual security.

The leaders of the Lancastrian party used the same precaution.
The mayor, at the head of five thousand men, kept a strict watch, night and day; and was extremely vigilant in maintaining peace between them.[*] * Fabian Chron.

anno 1458.