 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pedyo neFotheringhay Castle yaiva musha mukuru wevaDuke vaviri veYork. Edward weNorwich, 2nd Duke weYork, uyo akaurayiwa paHondo yeAgincourtmuna 1415 akavigwa muchechi. Akanga ambovamba koreji yatenzi navafundisi gumi navaviri panzvimbo yacho. Kuvigwa kwaEdward kwakagovera hwaro hwokugamuchirwa kwapashure kwechechi semakuva kumhuri yeYork. Muna 1476 chechi yakaona imwe yemhemberero dzakanyanya kurongwa dzehutongi hwaEdward IV - kuvigwazve kwemitumbi yababa vamambo Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke weYork nemuninina wake Edmund, Earl weRutland, uyo akanga avigwa muguva rakaderera kuPontefract. Baba nomwanakomana vakafira muhondo yeWakefield musi wa30 December 1460. 