Eluding the host which gathered round the king and Somerset he passed by the capital, whose gates had been closed by Henry's orders, and entering Kent took post at Dartford.

His army was soon fronted by the superior force of the king, but the interposition of the more moderate lords of the Council averted open conflict.

Henry promised that Somerset should be put on his trial on the charges advanced by the Duke, and York on this pledge disbanded his men.

But the pledge was at once broken.
Somerset remained in power.

York found himself practically a prisoner, and only won his release by an oath to refrain from further "routs" or assemblies.
[Sidenote: Loss of Guienne] Two such decisive failures seemed for the time to have utterly broken Richard's power.