Back in Time The Woodville Plot4

Dorset had overplayed his hand. Setting off alarm bells over the extent of their ambition and a lack of respect for Edward IV's Will as well as Richard of Gloucester's legal position as Protector. Voices began to be raised and prolonged discussions resulted in a veto of putting the young King under the control or influence of his Woodville Kin. The governance of the realm and the King should be as King Edward IV's Will dictated, in the hands of Richard of Gloucester as Lord Protector. 

The Movements of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers

Elizabeth wasted no time in writing to her brother, currently with the young king at Ludlow. The Coronation had been set for 4th May and he was to make all preparations and bring the King to London in haste. The young King wrote his first letter as sovereign on 16th May, 1483 at Ludlow.  No further news came from Ludlow for the next eight days, when River's departed from Ludlow for London with the young Edward V and two thousand men on April 24th.  He gave the reason for the delay as his desire and intention to spend St George's Day (April 23rd) at Ludlow.

Carson, citing Collins, suggests the real reason for the delay was his intention to keep Edward V away from the Protector and the Council until the very last minute to avoid any chance of encountering any set back to their plans. Perhaps also, and in my view most likely, he had not been idle during the eight days that had passed since receiving the letter from his sister Elizabeth, but had been amassing an armoury of weapons intended to arm his troops and any Woodville supporters, as well as an ambush party for the coop he was expecting. Anthony Woodville, like his nephew Dorset, was overconfident The upper hand was theirs, Elizabeth controlled the Council, Dorset controlled the Tower armoury, the mint, and the treasury, while  his brother Edward Woodville, controlled the navy and a large portion of the treasury. So confident that he agreed to rendevous with the Potecor at Northampton, once he had Edward installed 18 miles away in Stony Stratford,