Meanwhile, Waynflete himself had been advanced to the highest office in the state, the Chancellorship, the seals being delivered to him on 11 October 1456[REF] by the King in the priory of Coventry in the presence of the Duke of York, apparently as a person acceptable to both parties.
Waynflete presided as Chancellor at the parliament at Coventry in November 1459, which, after the Yorkist catastrophe at Ludlow, attainted the Yorkist leaders.