The 1 st Battle of St Albans
Date: 22 May 1455
Battle site: Fought in the town of St Albans, Hertfordshire. | Leaders in battle: Duke of York • Earl of Warwick
Casualties: c. 100 men in total | Leaders in battle: King Henry VI • Duke of Buckingham • Duke of Somerset • Earl of Northumberland • Lord Clifford
Casualties: Duke of Somerset • Earl of Northumberland • Earl of Dorset • Lord Clifford | York |
The Battle of Blore Heath
Date: 23 September 1459
Battle site: Site crosses A53, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Market Drayton road, about 3 miles east of the latter, Staffordshire. | Leaders in battle: Earl of Salisbury
Casualties: Yorkist casualties minimal | Leaders in battle: Lord Audley • Lord Dudley
Casualties: Lord Audley • Sir William Troutbeck • Sir Hugh Venables • Sir John Donne • c. 2000 Lancastrians | York |
The Rout of Ludford Bridge
Date: 12 October 1459 - 13 October 1459
Battle site: South of Ludlow, bridge crossing the River Teme, Shropshire. | Leaders in battle: Duke of York • Earl of Salisbury • Earl of Warwick • Earl of March • Earl of Rutland
Casualties: None | Leaders in battle: King Henry VI • Duke of Buckingham | Lancaster |
The Battle of Northampton
Date: 10 July 1460
Battle site: Immediately south-east of Northampton and north of Delapré Abbey. | Leaders in battle: Earl of Warwick • Earl of March
Casualties: c. 300 men in total | Leaders in battle: King Henry VI • Duke of Buckingham • Earl of Shrewsbury • Lord Grey of Ruthyn
Casualties: Duke of Buckingham • Earl of Shrewsbury • Lord Egremont • Lord Beaumont | York |
The Battle of Wakefield
Date: 30 December 1460
Battle site: Sandal, about 1.5 miles south-east of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. | Leaders in battle: Duke of York • Earl of Salisbury • Earl of Rutland
Casualties: Duke of York • Earl of Salisbury (ex) • Earl of Rutland • Sir Thomas Neville • Sir Thomas Harrington • Sir Thomas Parre • Sir Hugh Mortimer • Sir John Mortimer | Leaders in battle: Duke of Somerse • Earl of Northumberland • Earl of Devon • Lord Clifford • Lord Roos | Lancaster |
The Battle of Mortimer's Cross
Date: 2 February 1461 or 3 February 1461
Battle site: Approx. 4.5 miles north-west of Leominster, Hereford & Worcester, to the right of the A4410. | Leaders in battle: Earl of March • Sir William Hastings • Sir William Herbert • Walter Devereux | Leaders in battle: Earl of Pembroke • Earl of Wiltshire • Owen Tudor • Sir John Throckmorton
Casualties: Owen Tudor (ex) • Sir John Throckmorton (ex) | York
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The 2nd Battle of St Albans
Date: 17 February 1461
Battle site: The town of St Albans, Barnard's Heath and Sandridge, Hertfordshire. | Leaders in battle: Earl of Warwick • Earl of Arundel • Duke of Norfolk • Lord Montagu
Casualties: Lord Bonville (ex) • Sir Thomas Kyriell (ex) | Leaders in battle: Queen Margaret • Duke of Somerset | Lancaster |
The Battle of Towton & Ferrybridge
Date: 28 March 1461 - 29 March 1461
Towton Battle site: Between Towton and Saxton to the right of the B1217, North Yorkshire. | Leaders in battle: King Edward IV • Duke of Norfolk • Earl of Warwick • Lord Fauconberg
Casualties: Lord Fitzwalter | Leaders in battle: Duke of Somerset • Earl of Northumberland • Lord Clifford
Casualties: Earl of Northumberland • Earl of Devon (ex) • Earl of Wiltshire (ex) • Lord Clifford • Lord Dacre • Sir Andrew Trollope | York |
The Battle of Hedgeley Moor
Date: 25 April 1464
Battle site: Approximately 6 miles south-east of Wooler, Northumberland. | Leaders in battle: John Neville • Marquess Montague | Leaders in battle: Duke of Somerset • Lord Roos • Lord Hungerford • Sir Ralph Percy
Casualties: Sir Ralph Percy | York |
The Battle of Hexham
Date: 15 May 1464
Battle site: OS site known as Hexham Levels is 2 miles south-east of Hexham, Northumberland. Alternative site about one mile north-east near Swallowship Hill. | Leaders in battle: John Neville, Marquess Montagu | Leaders in battle: Duke of Somerset • Lord Roos • Lord Hungerford
Casualties: Duke of Somerset (ex) • Lord Roos (ex) • Lord Hungerford (ex) • Sir Philip Wentworth • Sir William Tailboys | York |
The Battle of Edgecote
Date: 26 July 1469
Battle site: Site known as Danes Moor south-east of Edgecote which is 5.5 miles north-east of Banbury, Oxfordshire. | Leaders in battle: Earl of Pembroke • Earl of Devon • Sir Richard Herbert
Casualties: Sir Thomas Vaughan • Earl of Pembroke (ex) • Earl of Devon (ex) • Sir Richard Herbert (ex) | Leaders in battle: 'Robin of Redesdale' • Sir Henry Neville
Casualties: Sir Henry Neville | Lancaster |
The Battle of Empingham, also known as The Battle of Losecote Field
Date: 12 March 1470
Battle site: 2.5 miles north-east of Empingham, Rutland and just east of the Great North Road (A1). | Leaders in battle: King Edward IV |
Leaders in battle: Sir Robert Welles • Sir Thomas de Launde • Richard Wauren
Casualties: Sir Robert Welles (ex) • Sir Thomas de Launde (ex) • Richard Wauren (ex) | York |
The Battle of Barnet
Date: 14 April 1471
Battle site: Close to Hadley Wood about 1 mile north-east of Barnet, formerly in Middlesex. | Leaders in battle: King Edward IV • Duke of Gloucester • Duke of Clarence • Sir William Hastings
Casualties: Lord Say and Sele | Leaders in battle: Earl of Warwick • Earl of Oxford • Marquess of Montagu
Casualties: Earl of Warwick • Marquess of Montagu • Lord Cromwell • Sir Humphrey Bourchier | York |
The Battle of Tewkesbury
Date: 4 May 1471
Battle site: About 0.5 miles south of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. | Leaders in battle: King Edward IV • Duke of Gloucester • Duke of Clarence • Sir William Hastings | Leaders in battle: Edward Prince of Wales • Duke of Somerset
Casualties: Edward Prince of Wales • Duke of Somerset (ex) • Earl of Devon • Lord Wenlock • John Beaufort • Sir John Delves • Sir Robert Whittinhgham | York |
The Battle of Bosworth
Date: 22 August 1485
Battle site: Traditional site about 4.5 miles north-west of Hinckley between the villages of Sutton Cheney and Shenton, Leicestershire. | Leaders in battle: King Richard III • Duke of Norfolk • Earl of Northumberland
Casualties: King Richard III • Duke of Norfolk • William Catesby (ex) • Sir Richard Radcliffe • Sir Richard Brackenbury • Sir Robert Percy | Leaders in battle: Henry Tudor • Earl of Richmond • Earl of Oxford • Jasper Tudor • Lord Stanley • Sir William Stanley
Casualties: William Brandon | Lancaster |
The Battle of Stoke
Date: 16 June 1487
Battle site: East Stoke 5 miles south-west of Newark, Nottinghamshire. | Leaders in battle: Earl of Lincoln • Martin Schwartz • Thomas FitzGerald •
Casualties: Earl of Lincoln • Martin Schwartz • Thomas FitzGerald | Leaders in battle: King Henry VII • Earl of Oxford • Lord Strange | Lancaster |