A table showing all of the major battles of the Wars of the Roses. This document includes dates, key details of each battle, and whether the Lancastrians or the Yorkists were victorious. A great way to visually understand the chronology of events.
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
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