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	Battle of Tewkesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Tewkesbury in a Ghent manuscript
		At the time of Tewkesbury, the mentally unstable Lancastrian king, Henry VI of England, had just been deposed for a second time by his rival, the Yorkist Edward IV of England, who throughout his career was never defeated in battle.
		Warwick was now dead (killed at the Battle of Barnet three weeks earlier) and the remaining Lancastrian forces were led by Henry's queen, Margaret of Anjou, and her seventeen-year-old son, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tewkesbury (560 words)

	Tewkesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tewkesbury was the site of the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4th May 1471.
		Tewkesbury was incorporated during the reign of Elizabeth I.
		Tewkesbury no longer has its own railway station (it was closed in 1961), but there are regular bus connections to nearby Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station on the main Bristol-Birmingham line (this station too had closed, in 1971, but was reopened in 1997).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tewkesbury (970 words)

	TEWKESBURY - LoveToKnow Article on TEWKESBURY
		Tewkesbury returned two members from 1609 to 1867, when it lost one member, and in 1885 the representation was merged in that of the county.
		Tewkesbury was once celebrated for the manufacture of mustard, which ceased to be important at the end of the I8th century.
		Tewkesbury was strategically important in the Wars of the Roses, and was the site of a battle in 1471, and in the Civil War was four times besieged.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TE/TEWKESBURY.htm (820 words)

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		The Gaston field was the open field to the south of Tewkesbury, in strip cultivation in the middle ages.
		Tewkesbury would be his chance for revenge against Edward and the House of York.
		At Tewkesbury, the placement of 200 men-at-arms in Tewkesbury Park was fairly typical of Edward--trying to anticipate a surprise flanking movement by the enemy and, in doing so, take the enemy by surprise.
	members.tripod.com /~Berwyn/tewkesbury.html (3233 words)

	The Battle of Tewekesbury, 4 May 1481 (DBA Battle Scenario) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the most significant and bloodiest battles of the Wars of the Roses was fought at Tewkesbury on Saturday 4th May 1471.
		The battle was the culmination of a campaign by Edward IV to crush the resurgent Lancastrians and place the Yorkists on the English throne where they remained until1485.
		Tewkesbury Park is to the west and Bloody Meadow to the north west.
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/battles/Tewkesbury (806 words)

	Monarchy - Battle of Tewkesbury
		Having reclaimed the throne of England and defeated the earl of Warwick at the battle of Barnet, Edward IV marched his forces from London to intercept those of Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI, and her son Prince Edward.
		The 18-year-old Prince Edward died in the battle.
		Today, a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of Edward, prince of Wales, the son of Henry VI and end of the Lancastrian line, who was killed at Tewkesbury – the only prince of Wales ever to die in battle.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/battles/tewkesbury.html (537 words)

	Battle of Tewkesbury: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Warwick was now dead (killed at the Battle of Barnet (Battle of Barnet: the battle of barnet, which took place on april 14, 1471, was a decisive battle of...
		The Yorkists were superior in artillery, and Somerset misjudged his battle position just enough to allow the king's young brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III of England (Richard III of England: more facts about this subject)), to attack their flank.
		Some fled to the nearby Tewkesbury Abbey (Tewkesbury Abbey: more facts about this subject), where their enemies are said to have pursued them.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/battle_of_tewkesbury (598 words)

	The Battle: Tewkesbury Medieval Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The battle of Tewkesbury took place on May 4th 1471 between the houses of York - The White Rose - and Lancaster - the Red Rose.
		It was the final battle of the Wars of the Roses.
		Prince Edward was killed either during the battle or immediatly afterwards.
	www.tewkesbury.biz /TMF/battle.htm (268 words)

	channel4.com - Monarchy - Battle of Tewkesbury - text only (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to David Starkey, the battle of Tewkesbury is particularly significant because the cream of English medieval aristocracy was simply wiped out.
		No one knows where most of those killed during the battle were buried, but it is assumed that the graves are somewhere in this field.
		After the battle, some of the defeated Lancastrians – including the duke of Somerset and a few of his field commanders – sought sanctuary in the abbey.
	channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/battles/tewkesbury_t.html (535 words)

	Tewkesbury.net - Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 2005
		It includes a large scale re-enactment of the battle, with knights in full steel armour, archers with the traditional English Longbow and foot soldiers armed with an array of weapons of the period along with early cannons and guns.
		It closes at 6pm, when, on Saturday, the focus moves to the area around the Abbey, for a recreation of an incident in which defeated Lancastrians fled to the Abbey for sanctuary, only to be dragged out by the Yorkists.
		Tewkesbury's main streets will be decorated with banners displaying the arms of knights who fought on both sides in the battle of Tewkesbury.
	www.tewkesbury.net /features/feature001.asp (654 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Battlefield saved from building
		The dispute began in May 1997 when Tewkesbury Borough councillors supported the plan despite opposition from the heritage lobby and town councillors.
		Tewkesbury Battlefield Society raised a petition opposing the scheme with 442 signatures, and many people wrote letters of objection.
		Historians argued at the inquiry that the Battle of Tewkesbury was a turning point in English history, leading to fundamental changes in monarchy and government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/294861.stm?CFID=1835891&CFTOKEN=46622562 (208 words)

	World History 1450- 1500 AD
		The battle which was the bloodiest of the war, resulted in Edward being crowned Edward IV King of England.
		Margaret, Henry's wife, continued the struggle, but at the Battle of Tewkesbury Margaret's son was killed and she was captured.
		Charles the Bald, the last of the Burgundy claimants to the throne, is killed in the battle.
	www.multied.com /dates/1450ad.html (1165 words)

	Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If they had taken their way eastwards, his intention was to have encountered them as soon as he could, but for as much as he understood well they took the other way, towards the northwest, he hastened with his host as fast as he could, upon the purpose that he had taken to stop them.
		Therefore they shortly took their decision to go the next way to Tewkesbury, whither they came the same day, about four after noon, by which time they had so travelled with their host the previous night and day that they were right weary with their travelling.
		And all that day the king's host was within five or six miles of his enemies; he in open country and they among woods, having always good reconnoitring of their position.
	www.hillsdale.edu /Personal/Stewart/war/Ren/1471-Tewkesbury.htm (715 words)

	Tewkesbury.net - News
		Tewkesbury News from 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
		The chance to dress as a medieval knight, and meet some of the real knights from the Battle of Tewkesbury attracted around 50 people to Tewkesbury Museum on Saturday.
		The half term event was organised by the Companions of the Black Bear, in conjuction with the museum.
	www.tewkesbury.net /news/newsarticle.asp?NewsID=353 (241 words)

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		The same day as the Battle of Barnet, 14 April, Queen Margaret landed with her French forces at Weymouth.
		They got as far as Tewkesbury, late Friday, 3 May. Edward had pursued closely for several days and both sides were exhausted.
		Between that battle and Barnet, York had eliminated his most dangerous rivals and had eliminated also his most dangerous future rival, the son of Henry VI.
	history.boisestate.edu /hy309/wotr/21.html (272 words)

	The Battle of Tewkesbury
		One of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses.
		Queen Margaret heard the news of her son's death and the disaster on the battlefield at Payne's Place, across the Severn.
		The country was weary of war, and for the next 12 years Edward ruled in (relative) peace.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/battles/tewkesbury.htm (558 words)

	Touring Gloucester on Britannia: Tewkesbury Inside the Abbey Church
		The history and development of Tewkesbury Abbey is closed tied to the Barons of the Honour of Tewkesbury: a number of rich and important manors in the area.
		The poor lad was killed either during the disastrous Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 or, as popular legend says, was murdered immediately afterward.
		The most obvious memorial to the battle, to be found in the church, is the 'strong-room' door to the sacristy which is covered in plate armour recovered from the battle-field.
	www.britannia.com /travel/tours/glstour7.html (1713 words)

	Cooper Text
		Following her defeat at Tewkesbury in May, she was briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London, then spent five years under house arrest at Wallingford.
		A series of battles ensued, Warwick was killed, and Edward routed the remaining Lancastrian forces at Tewkesbury.
		Anne, the Wife Of Prince Edward, was the youngest Daughter of the Earl of Warwick, commonly called the stout Earl of Warwick, or, the King-maker; for King Henry the Sixth and Edward the Fourth, held the Crown, by turns, as this Earl favoured or opposed their interests.
	www.unl.edu /Corvey/html/Etexts/CooperCecilia/CooperText.htm (4010 words)

	The Battle of Tewkesbury - A Scenario for Days of Knights
		The battles or wards for the Lancastrians are led by the following marshals: Somerset on the right, Wenlock in the center assisted by Langstrother (a captain), and Devon on the left.
		The battles for the Yorkists are as follows: Gloucester on the left, King Edward in the center assisted by Clarence, and Hastings on the right.
		For whatever reason, Somerset's knowledge of the ground between his battle and Edward's army allowed him to rapidly close to attack the Yorkist line over what appeared to be difficult terrain.
	members.shaw.ca /kblackley/tewk.htm (1115 words)

	A Knight of the White Cross by G. A. Henty: Chapter II. The Battle of Tewkesbury
		Moreover, a further retreat would discourage the soldiers, and as a battle must now be fought, it was better to fight where they were, especially as they could choose a strong position.
		The news of the issue of the fatal battle of Tewkesbury, the capture of the queen, and the death of the prince, was borne to Exeter by fugitives on the following day.
		On inquiring for the grand prior, and stating that she had a letter of importance for him, Dame Tresham and her son were shown up to his apartment, and on entering were kindly and courteously received by him when informed that she was the widow of the late Sir Thomas Tresham.
	www.online-literature.com /ga-henty/knight-of-the-white-cross/3 (5013 words)

	The Lance and Longbow Society
		On his left was the battle of Richard Duke of Gloucester, to his right the battle of William Lord Hastings.
		With Somerset's battle bearing the brunt of this fire the ploy seemed to have worked.
		Whether hi battle was in danger of breaking or he had a prearranged plan to turn Edward with a flank attack, Somerset charged down the sloped and hit Edward's battle, possibly in a bid to put an end to him and the battle there and then.
	www.lanceandlongbow.com /lls_article1pt2.html (688 words)

	David Bagley's Home Page - The bells of Tewkesbury Abbey.
		Tewkesbury Abbey was consecrated in 1121, but according to "The history of Tewkesbury" by James Bennett in 1830, it was reconsecrated in 1471 after fighting during the battle of Tewkesbury in that year spilled over into the church "...
		The impressive tower is the largest surviving Norman tower in existence, measuring 46ft (14m) square, and 148ft (45m) from its base to the tips of the pinnacles.
		This shows that the bell was cast in Tewkesbury by an unknown itinerant founder, since Messrs Dixon and Hoare were probably local inhabitants.
	www.ringing.demon.co.uk /abbey/twxbells.htm (887 words)

	Richard III - Tewkesbury
		At Tewkesbury the Lancastrian army of 6,000 men decided to give battle rather than risk a crossing of the Severn with the Yorkist army so near.
		Somerset was on the right, the Prince of Wales and Lord Wenlock in the centre and the Earl of Devon held the left.
		Sir Laurence Rainsford of Rainsford, Queen Margaret stayed at Gupshill Manor before the battle; afterwards the manor house was in the possession of the Rainsford family
	www.richard111.com /tewkesbury1.htm (1414 words)

	The Battle of Tewkesbury - A Historical Scenario Using Piquet
		Louis XI had put together an unholy alliance … an alliance that saw the former hard-line Yorkist the Earl of Warwick and his Neville supporters join with Lancastrian queen Margaret of Anjou and her son Edward, Prince of Wales.
		Once Wenlock is dead, his battle is free to act again at the start the next turn.
		Armies during this period were usually composed of three large divisions, called battles, each consisting of large numbers of massed infantry units.
	members.shaw.ca /bandofbrothers/tewk.htm (1099 words)

	Tewkesbury on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		European country breads rise at DeMoulas.(DeMoulas Market Basket Inc. of Tewkesbury, Massachusetts)(...
		A medieval stunner in the Cotswolds: CREAM OF THE COUNTRY: TEWKESBURY; It's full of historic treasures and also ideal to commute from, discovers Nick Lloyd Jones.(Features)
		Feeding body and spirit; BBC Philharmonic Tewkesbury Abbey.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tewkesbu.asp (246 words)

	BBC - Gloucestershire Festivals - Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
		A famous battlefield rang once more to the sound of clashing swords, cannons and whistling arrows as the Battle of Tewkesbury was recreated.
		The occasion was the 20th re-enactment of the fateful May day in 1471 when the conclusive battle in the Wars of the Roses brought victory to the Yorkists and put King Edward IV on the throne of England.
		The 21st century drama - the biggest re-enactment in Europe this year - took place on some of the fields south of the town where the real battle took place more than 600 years ago.
	www.bbc.co.uk /gloucestershire/festivals/2003/07/tewkes_medieval.shtml (261 words)

	Richard III Society - The Arrival of Edward IV
		So, continuynge that iourney to he came, with all his hooste, to a village callyd Chiltenham, but five myles from Tewkesberye, where the Kynge had certayn knolege that, but litle afre his comynge thethar, his enemyes were comen to Tewkesbury, and there were takynge a field, wherein they purposed to abyde, and delyver him ballayle.
		Netheles the Kyngs ordinaunce was so conveniently layde afore them, and his vawarde so sore oppressyd them, with shott of arrows, that they gave them right-a-ahrpe shwre.
		We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Judie C. Gall in keyboarding and proofing this chronicle.
	www.r3.org /bookcase/arrival4.html (1198 words)

	Battlefield Walks - Tewkesbury Medieval Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Regular guided tours of the battlefield, are conducted during the festival, with a full description of the events leading up to the Battle of Tewkesbury, the conduct of the battle, and the aftermath.
		These walks are taken at a leisurely pace, and last about two hours.
		The walks are organised by the Tewkesbury battlefield Society, which exists to promote knowledge of the battlefield.
	www.tewkesbury.biz /TMF/walks.htm (84 words)

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