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The Battle of Towton took place on 29 March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses, near Towton in North Yorkshire, ...
Gravett, Christopher (2003) Towton 1461—England's Bloodiest Battle, Campaign, 120, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. pp. 54–55 Retrieved on 15 November 2010. ISBN: 1-84176-513-9. "Battle of Towton" signboard at the battlefield produced by the Towton Battlefield Society 2000; Tree icon: File:Tree from above.svg; Author: Map: Jappalang
The 'Towton torcs' were acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2013. [4] The village is best known for the Battle of Towton, fought on Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461, during the Wars of the Roses. It was at this battle that Sir David Ap Mathew saved the life of Edward IV. Once King, Edward granted Sir David Ap Mathew permission to use 'Towton' on the ...
The Battle of Towton confirmed to the English people that Edward was the uncontested ruler of England, at least for the time being; [148] [154] as a result, Edward used this opportunity to employ a bill of attainder to forfeit the titles of 14 Lancastrian peers and 96 knights and minor members of the gentry. [155]
Cock Beck is a stream in the outlying areas of eastern Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from its source due to a runoff north-west of Whinmoor, skirting east of Swarcliffe and Manston (where a public house has been named 'The Cock Beck'), past Pendas Fields, Scholes, Barwick-in-Elmet, Aberford, Towton, Stutton, and Tadcaster, where it flows into the River Wharfe.
Gravett, Christopher (2003) Towton 1461—England's Bloodiest Battle, Campaign, 120, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. pp. 54–55 Retrieved on 15 November 2010. ISBN: 1-84176-513-9. "Battle of Towton" signboard at the battlefield produced by the Towton Battlefield Society 2000; Tree icon: File:Tree from above.svg; Author: Map: Jappalang
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, KG (c. 1406 – 29 March 1461) was an English peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Joint Deputy of Calais.He was slain fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Towton, and was attainted on 21 December 1461.
At the Battle of Towton (29 March 1461) Trollope shared the command of the Lancastrian vanguard with Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, against the Yorkist army of Edward IV. [1] Considered the "opposite number" of his contemporary William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent , Trollope's death in the battle was "a damaging blow" for the future of ...