The Percys were loyal Lancastrians, but Edward IV eventually won the earl's allegiance.

The Tudors were vastly outnumbered, having only around 5,000 troops, while the Yorks had almost three times more men.
However, Henry himself was always concerned that at some…. Stanley replied that he had other sons.

Richard's act of mercy was calculated to reconcile him with Stanley,[21] but it may have been to no avail—Carpenter has identified a further cause of friction in Richard's intention to reopen an old land dispute that involved Thomas Stanley and the Harrington family.
What turned the battle seems to have been a decision made by Richard III to target Henry himself.

[56], Henry Tudor was unfamiliar with the arts of war and was a stranger to the land he was trying to conquer. [61] He was adept in the arts of war. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Ashby Canal carved through the land west and south-west of Ambion Hill. It was here, on what came to be known as Crown Hill (the closest elevated ground to the fighting), that Lord Stanley crowned Henry Tudor after Richard was killed. Richard also mustered his troops and intercepted Henry’s army near Ambion Hill, south of the town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire.

[139] Henry further convinced Parliament to backdate his reign to the day before the battle,[117] enabling him retrospectively to declare as traitors those who had fought against him at Bosworth Field. Arts & Culture The two armies fought two-and-a-half miles south of Market Bosworth. [17] After they were declared bastards, the two princes were confined in the Tower of London and never seen in public again.

Our worksheet bundle includes a fact file and printable worksheets and student activities. With some trusted men Richard charged at Henry.

His opponent Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed during the battle, the last English monarch to die in combat. [110] Seeing this, Richard decided to end the fight quickly by killing the enemy commander. It is said that they had around 6,000 men, and they chose to enter the battle when Richard III led a direct charge on Henry Tudor, who had been separated from his main force. Rulers & Politics Henry Tudor became Henry VII and ended the Wars of the Roses. [117][118] The king's trusted advisor Richard Ratcliffe was also slain. Richard therefore needed to turn his centre to descend from the hill, but he was moving too slowly and this allowed the Tudor rearguard to move in and attack Norfolk from the right as well. Northumberland had been captured and imprisoned by the Yorkists in 1461, losing his titles and estates; however, Edward released him eight years later and restored his earldom. The highest-ranking conspirator was Buckingham. Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, wins the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III of England is killed. Henry married Edward IV’s daughter, Elizabeth of York, and joined together the Houses of York and Lancaster. The uncle of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert Thomas, also gave his support to Henry along with 500 men. This, together with some rumours that Richard was involved in the death of his wife, eroded his support for the throne, however, he was still crowned as Richard III, king of England, on 6 July, 1483. As time passes, writers of administrative and historical records find it necessary to identify a notable battle, ascribing it a name that is usually toponymical in nature and sourced from combatants or observers.

[181], The adaptation of the setting for Richard III to a 1930s fascist England in Ian McKellen's 1995 film, however, did not sit well with historians. He turned to his step-father Lord Stanley and his brother Sir William Stanley.

[90] Richard's sleep was not peaceful and, according to the Croyland Chronicle, in the morning his face was "more livid and ghastly than usual". Richard III died in the Battle of Bosworth. The First Battle of St Albans: 22 May, 1455: Battle of Blore Heath: 23 September, 1459: Battle of Northampton (1460) 10 July, 1460: The Second Battle of St Albans: 17 February, 1461: Battle of Towton: 29 March, 1461: Battle of Barnet: 14 April, 1471: Battle of Tewkesbury: 4 May, 1471: Battle of Bosworth Field: 22 August, 1485: Battle of Stoke Field: 16 June, 1487 Simultaneously Northumberland, whose northern territory was the most distant from the capital, had gathered his men and ridden to Leicester. For the duration of the battle, the forces of the Stanley family had stood by the sides – therefore fulfilling what Richard believed – but at this critical moment the army of Sir William Stanley attacked Richard, seemingly coming to the aid of Henry. The city of York, a historical stronghold of Richard's family, asked the king for instructions, and receiving a reply three days later sent 80 men to join the king. Furthermore, historian William Burton, author of Description of Leicestershire (1622),[186] wrote that the battle was "fought in a large, flat, plaine, and spacious ground, three miles [5 km] distant from [Bosworth], between the Towne of Shenton, Sutton [Cheney], Dadlington and Stoke [Golding]". Richard was known for his military leadership and skill, having fought in many decisive battles during the Wars of the Roses, such as Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth. However, Henry successfully courted Rhys, offering the lieutenancy of all Wales in exchange for his fealty. A new interpretation[211] of the battle now integrates the historic accounts with the battlefield finds and landscape history. Richard punctuates his entrance with the classic line, "A horse, a horse! [140] Northumberland, who had remained inactive during the battle, was imprisoned but later released and reinstated to pacify the north in Henry's name. His eldest son, a 12-year-old, succeeded him as King Edward V, while his younger son, Richard of Shrewsbury, a 9-year-old, was next in line to the throne.

The windmill lay between the core battlefield and Richard's camp on Ambion Hill and the rout of Norfolk's vanguard was in this direction. [46] In her analysis of Richard's character, Christine Carpenter sees him as a soldier who was more used to taking orders than giving them. Their deaths left the House of Lancaster with no direct claimants to the throne. [66] Sir William's elder brother, Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley, was not as steadfast. Specify between which dates you want to search, and what keywords you are looking for. [11] On 29 April Gloucester, accompanied by a contingent of guards and Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, took Edward V into custody and arrested several prominent members of the Woodville family.

[206] St James's Church at Dadlington is the only structure in the area that is reliably associated with the Battle of Bosworth; the bodies of those killed in the battle were buried there. During the battle, both Sir William and Sir Thomas Stanley remained on the sidelines as the Yorks and Lancastrians fought. [162], William Shakespeare gives prominence to the Battle of Bosworth in his play, Richard III. [57] Slender but strong and decisive, Henry lacked a penchant for battle and was not much of a warrior; chroniclers such as Polydore Vergil and ambassadors like Pedro de Ayala found him more interested in commerce and finance. The force landed at Milford Haven on August 7th and marched north along the Cardigan coastline before turning inland towards the Cambrian Mountains and then the River Severn which he followed to the English border. [106] Norfolk lost one of his senior officers, Walter Devereux in this early clash.

[143] Henry rewarded Oxford by restoring to him the lands and titles confiscated by the Yorkists and appointing him as Constable of the Tower and admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine. [185] The council engaged historian Daniel Williams to research the battle, and in 1974 his findings were used to build the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and the presentation it houses. However, he did have the Lancastrian general, John de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, to lead his vanguard. Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including Oxford University and Michigan State University and University of Missouri. [183] Coursen agrees that, in this version, the battle and Richard's end are trite and underwhelming.

Almost simultaneously, Stanley sent his younger brother William to join the battle, and he attacked Richard’s troops from the right.

However, Henry’s bodyguards closed ranks and the future king was saved. Across the English Channel Henry Tudor, a descendant of the greatly diminished House of Lancaster, seized on Richard's difficulties and laid claim to the throne. [65] When Richard took the crown, Sir William showed no inclination to turn against the new king, refraining from joining Buckingham's rebellion, for which he was amply rewarded. [51], Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, also supported Richard's seizure of the throne of England. He surrendered after receiving no aid or reinforcement, but in 1484 escaped from prison and joined Henry's court in France, bringing along his erstwhile gaoler Sir James Blount. The multitude of different accounts, mostly based on second- or third-hand information, has proved an obstacle to historians as they try to reconstruct the battle. Well, it's easy as toast! [81] By 15 or 16 August, Henry and his men had crossed the English border, making for the town of Shrewsbury. [170] Richard is portrayed as suffering a pang of conscience, but as he speaks he regains his confidence and asserts that he will be evil, if such needed to retain his crown. 1455 CE - 1487 CE.

On the morning of 22 August, Henry arranged most of his forces in one large unit commanded by the Lancastrian veteran, John, the Earl of Oxford. They were, in fact, Richard's men, prepared to capture Henry once he set foot on English soil. The battle was not starting how he expected. I will either win the battle as a king, or die as one. [106][148] According to Adams, against such duplicities Richard's desperate charge was the only knightly behaviour on the field.

[63], In the early stages of the Wars of the Roses, the Stanleys of Cheshire had been predominantly Lancastrians.

Though there are no contemporary accounts of the battle, it is generally accepted that it lasted about two to three hours. Seeing the king's knights separated from his army, the Stanleys intervened; Sir William led his men to Henry's aid, surrounding and killing Richard. Henry marched via Aberystwyth while Rhys followed a more southerly route, recruiting a force of Welshmen en route, variously estimated at 500 or 2,000 men, to swell Henry's army when they reunited at Cefn Digoll, Welshpool.

[136], Henry dismissed the mercenaries in his force, retaining only a small core of local soldiers to form a "Yeomen of his Garde",[137] and proceeded to establish his rule of England. Basing his opinion on 13th- and 16th-century church records, he believes "Redemore" was an area of wetland that lay between Ambion Hill and the village of Dadlington, and was close to the Fenn Lanes, a Roman road running east to west across the region. However, Edward convinced Parliament to circumvent the law of inheritance and transfer the estate to his younger son, who was married to Anne. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it one of the defining moments of English history. Select: all / none. However, 4,000 of these soldiers belonged to the Stanley family and no one was sure if the Stanley’s could be trusted. Northumberland was mollified when he was promised he would be the Warden of the East March, a position that was formerly hereditary for the Percys.

[28] In mid-1484 Francis was incapacitated by illness and while recuperating, his treasurer Pierre Landais took over the reins of government. [176], In Laurence Olivier's 1955 film adaptation of Richard III, the Battle of Bosworth is represented not by a single duel but a general melee that became the film's most recognised scene and a regular screening at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre.


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