WARS OF THE ROSES BATTLE LIST:
YORKIST LANCASTRIAN
DATE BATTLE DETAILS VICTORY
22nd May 1455 First Battle of St • Fought in the town
Albans • Yorkist forces led by Warwick
• Deaths of key Lancs. (Somerset, Northumberland,
Clifford)
23rd September Battle of Blore • Yorkist forces led by Salisbury
1459 Heath • Against Lords Audley and Dudley
•
12th–13th Rout at Ludford • Yorkist forces fled during the night
October 1459 Bridge
10th July 1460 Battle of • Henry VI captured
Northampton • Lanc. guns affected by bad weather conditions
30th December Battle of Wakefield • DoY killed + head put on stake
1460 • Salisbury dead
2nd-3rd February Battle of • Three suns in the sky
1461 Mortimer’s Cross • Religious claim for E4
• E4’s first major victory
17th February Second Battle of St • Yorkist forces had advanced weapons
1461 Albans • But Warwick’s forces were untrained
29th March 1461 Battle of Towton • Very large, bloody battle
• Secures E4’s throne
25th April 1464 Hedgley Moor • Yorkist forces led by Montagu
15th May 1464 Hexham • Again, Yorkist forces led by Montagu
26th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote • Yorkist vs Yorkists
Moor/ Battle of • E4 taken prisoner
Banbury
12th March 1470 Battle of Losecote • Coats taken off on the battlefield
Field • ‘A Clarence! A Warwick!’
14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet • Bad fog
• Oxford’s star arms got confused with E4’s sun
• Lancs turned on Lancs.
• Warwick dead
• E4 participated personally
4th May 1471 Battle of • PoW dead
Tewkesbury • Again, E4 participated personally
22nd August Battle of Bosworth • R3 tried cavalry charge
1485 • Intervention of the Stanleys saved H7
• EoNorthumberland fled
• H7 supported by French Mercenaries
16th June 1487 Battle of Stoke • Royal forces led by EoOxford
YORKIST LANCASTRIAN
DATE BATTLE DETAILS VICTORY
22nd May 1455 First Battle of St • Fought in the town
Albans • Yorkist forces led by Warwick
• Deaths of key Lancs. (Somerset, Northumberland,
Clifford)
23rd September Battle of Blore • Yorkist forces led by Salisbury
1459 Heath • Against Lords Audley and Dudley
•
12th–13th Rout at Ludford • Yorkist forces fled during the night
October 1459 Bridge
10th July 1460 Battle of • Henry VI captured
Northampton • Lanc. guns affected by bad weather conditions
30th December Battle of Wakefield • DoY killed + head put on stake
1460 • Salisbury dead
2nd-3rd February Battle of • Three suns in the sky
1461 Mortimer’s Cross • Religious claim for E4
• E4’s first major victory
17th February Second Battle of St • Yorkist forces had advanced weapons
1461 Albans • But Warwick’s forces were untrained
29th March 1461 Battle of Towton • Very large, bloody battle
• Secures E4’s throne
25th April 1464 Hedgley Moor • Yorkist forces led by Montagu
15th May 1464 Hexham • Again, Yorkist forces led by Montagu
26th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote • Yorkist vs Yorkists
Moor/ Battle of • E4 taken prisoner
Banbury
12th March 1470 Battle of Losecote • Coats taken off on the battlefield
Field • ‘A Clarence! A Warwick!’
14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet • Bad fog
• Oxford’s star arms got confused with E4’s sun
• Lancs turned on Lancs.
• Warwick dead
• E4 participated personally
4th May 1471 Battle of • PoW dead
Tewkesbury • Again, E4 participated personally
22nd August Battle of Bosworth • R3 tried cavalry charge
1485 • Intervention of the Stanleys saved H7
• EoNorthumberland fled
• H7 supported by French Mercenaries
16th June 1487 Battle of Stoke • Royal forces led by EoOxford
