Countess of Warwick's Lands

And this is the editorial comment on the act whereby the Countess' lands were divided between Clarence and Gloucester as though she were dead:-

"It was a shabby transaction, and the first of a series of episodes in which Edward was to use parliament to validate his interference in property descent. This was one aspect of his use of parliament as the appropriate arena in which to record the settlement of disputes or the transmission of land - a role that was to be further developed by Henry VII. It was not that parliament in any sense 'made' the settlement, but it was clearly thought to confer additional authority upon it, not least because it meant that the settlement could not be unpicked without bringing the issue back to parliament."


Marie