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	Battle of Blore Heath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queen (Margaret of Anjou) continued to raise support for the King (Henry VI) amongst noblemen, distributing an emblem of a silver swan to her supporters; whilst the Yorkist command under Richard, Duke of York was finding plenty of anti-royal support despite the severe punishment for raising arms against the King.
		The Yorkist force based at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire (led by Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury) needed to link up with the main Yorkist army at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.
		Fearing a rout, Yorkist soldiers are reported to have kissed the ground beneath them, supposing that this would be the ground on which they would meet their deaths.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Blore_Heath (970 words)

	Henry VII of England Information - TextSheet.com
		After the failure of the revolt of his cousin, the Duke of Buckingham, Henry VII became the leading Lancastrian contender for the throne of England.
		Having gained the support of the in-laws of the late Yorkist King Edward IV, he landed with a force in Wales and marched into England, accompanied by his uncle, Jasper Tudor, a military mastermind.
		Wales had traditionally been a Yorkist stronghold, and Henry owed the support he gathered to his ancestry, being directly descended, through his father, from the Lord Rhys.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henry_vii_of_england.html (1301 words)

	The Battle of Tewekesbury, 4 May 1481 (DBA Battle Scenario) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		Meanwhile the Yorkist Edward IV had quickly assembled his forces and marched from London to intercept her.
		The appearance of the Yorkist flanking force is handled by using the Flank Marches variant rule.
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/battles/Tewkesbury (806 words)

	Henry VII, king of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A truce (1497) between England and Scotland was followed by the marriage (1503) of Henry’s sister Margaret Tudor to James—a marriage that led ultimately to the union of the monarchies of England and Scotland.
		Another threat to Henry’s throne was posed by the Yorkist claimant Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk (see under Pole, family), who received some support on the Continent but in 1506 was surrendered to Henry by Philip of Burgundy (soon recognized as Philip I of Castile).
		In his suppression of the recalcitrant nobles he was greatly assisted by the use of the court of Star Chamber as a supremely powerful judiciary body.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry7Eng.html (767 words)

	Michael Miller - Wars of the Roses - Chapter 70: The battles of Barnet and Tewksbury: 14 April and 4 May 1471
		The men whom George brought with him were greatly puzzled by being required to exchange their SS Lancaster collars for that of the Yorkist rose (which some did not have handy), but is was obviously sheer folly, indeed suicidal, to try to fight the much stronger force that was at Edward's back.
		The Yorkist objective was to prevent the Lancastrians crossing the River Severn into Wales, where they could expect substantial reinforcement, to bring them to battle and to destroy their present force.
		Once the Yorkist deployment was completed, Edward advanced to within 400 yards of the Lancastrian line, or just beyond bowshot, and his artillery began a bombardment of the Lancastrian line, concentrating on Somerset's division which Edward intended to goad into early action.
	www.warsoftheroses.co.uk /chapter_70.htm (11219 words)

	Battle of Barnet (14 April 1471) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorkists are said to have had 7,000 troops, but most historians agree that this is suspect, the numbers being lowered to enhance Edward's heroic image.
		The Yorkist army was arrayed with Hastings on the Left, Edward in the center with a small reserve (likely mounted), and Richard the Duke of Gloucester on the right.
		Oxford broke Hastings battle and his troops seized upon the Yorkist trains but as he gathered his troops back his star was mistaken as Edward's sun creating confusion and cries of "Treason!" Warwick killed Montagu, his own brother on the field because it became apparent that the young marquis was to declare for Edward.
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/battles/barnet.html (1052 words)

	Refights First St. Albans
		In the historical battle, one of the major deciding factors leading to the Yorkist victory was the unpreparedness of Henry and the confusion this caused.
		The scenario was finite, in that the Yorkist had to achieve their objectives (break two commands or the Lancastrian army) within 12 turns.
		While all this was going on, the dastardly Yorkists did not wait for his Royal Majesty to prepare himself, but attacked the Lancastrian positions bravely held by the heavily outnumbered Earls of Somerset and Sussex.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /peter.dunn/multiplayer/albans.htm (1230 words)

	Refights Battle of Towton
		On their next PIP roll the Yorkist's made the necessary 5 to save the command (Within the Lancastrian ranks the comment was made that Exeter had nearly succeeded in breaking two commands, reflecting disappointment (bitterness?) over the crumbling Lancastrian left).
		The Yorkists moved down from their hill and inflicted the necessary casualties to break Northumberland's command, and with it the Lancastrian army.
		Mind you, he also reckoned the Yorkists gave the Lancastrians a thumping, while historians suggest it was very close affair with heavy casualties occurring only after Norfolk's flank march arrived, the Lancastrians broke and the Yorkists slaughtered any routers that they could catch.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /peter.dunn/multiplayer/btow.htm (2289 words)

	Battle Reports May 2004
		Being outnumbered, the Yorkists decided to attack in echelon, leading with the right wing, hoping for a good victory on this flank before engaging the rest of the Lancastrian line.
		The Yorkist right and centre emerged from the fog, to be hit by a lethal hail of arrows that caused much carnage in the front line of archers, whose return fire was rather pitiful by comparison.
		Hastings, on the Yorkist left, moved his battle line forward to engage Oxford, who was facing him, but was not able to prevent Oxford moving some of his units to attack Edward’s exposed flank.
	www.visbellica.com /BatRep/battle_reports_may_2004.htm (2587 words)

	MSN Encarta - Henry VII (of England)
		Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?-1456), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
		After the Yorkist king Edward IV seized the throne from the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1471, Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, took refuge in Brittany.
		After his accession Henry had to contend with several Yorkist uprisings, notably one led by the English impostor Lambert Simnel, who claimed to be Edward, earl of Warwick, the last Yorkist claimant to the throne.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570129/Henry_VII_(of_England).html (420 words)

	Second St Albans
		On a cold February morning with snow in the air, the Yorkist division just to the east of St Albans saw with despair that, instead of the traditional frontal assault, the Lancastrians had performed a concealed flank march and were coming round the side of the defences.
		The Yorkists are represented by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and John Neville, Lord Montague.
		You are Commander in Chief of the Yorkist Army in the South.
	www.visbellica.com /Scenarios/2StAlbans/sc_2ndstalbans.htm (2968 words)

	The War of the Roses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The marriage was a brilliant move politically, because Elizabeth carried matrilineally the Yorkist claim to the throne, and Henry carried patrilineally the Lancastrian claim to the throne.
		Henry defeats the Yorkist forces, Richard was killed, and Henry ushers in the rule of the house of Tudor effectively ending the Wars of the Roses.
		A group of Yorkist loyalists concoct a scheme in a last-gasp attempt to regain the crown.
	guweb2.gonzaga.edu /faculty/wheeler/War_of_Roses.html (2745 words)

	BBC - History - The Yorkist assumption of power 1460 - 1461 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Yorkist Earl of Warwick re-took London in 1460 and captured Henry VI.
		Subsequently the Duke of York returned to claim the throne in Parliament but was recognised only as Protector and heir to the throne.
		With littleto lose, the Yorkists acclaimed March as Edward IV (1461-83), and he cemented his accession by annihilating the Lancastrian army at Towton (outside York) in April 1461 - perhaps the most vicious battle ever fought on English soil.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/britain/lmid_yorkist.shtml (269 words)

	The Company Ecorcheur Medieval Society
		Eventually, at around 10 o'clock the Yorkists attacked the gates of the town but were held as men rushed to the defences and begin to inflict heavy casualties in the narrow streets.
		The Yorkists then obtained the king's forgiveness for the battle and the next day returned to London led by Warwick with the royal sword and the king flanked by York and Salisbury.
		At the council in April at Coventry the Yorkist leaders were accused of treason and as a result York realised that he had to act and sent for Salisbury and Warwick to join him at Ludlow.
	www.planetsimon.co.uk /ecorcheur_new/wars.htm (4015 words)

	Battle of Wakefield Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although Henry VI was still "protected" by the Yorkists, the Margaret sent word to her supporters in the North of England - the Earl of Northumberland and Lord Clifford - and another conflict was soon under way.
		For whatever reason, and Haigh's work explores this, the Yorkist force, although inferior in numbers, 5,000 - 6,000 against 17,000 - 18,000, sallied forth to engage the Lancastrian army on Wakefield Green on 30th December 1460 (there are alternative dates of 29th and 31st December suggested by some sources).
		The Lancastrian victory at Wakefield was short-lived, and their slaughter of the Yorkist nobles (instead of the more usual ransoming) rebounded upon them when they, in turn, were killed without mercy by the Yorkists when they triumphed over the Lancastrians.
	www.overtown.sgt.btinternet.co.uk /Sandal/sandal-battle-3.htm (1240 words)

	Elmet's Medieval Battles
		The Yorkists, under the personal command of Edward and Warwick, were encamped at Pouitefract, from whence Lord Fitz-Walter, with a body of picked troops, had been despatched to guard the ford at Ferrybridge, the only available crossing place in the district.
		The Yorkists, quickly taking advantage of the storm, advanced and sent many furious showers of arrows from their strong bows full into the ranks of the enemy, causing fearful havoc at the first onset.
		The Yorkists, having learned the position of the Lancastrians, have deployed their columns coming up from the great north road on the afternoon and evening of Saturday the 28th, behind the village of Saxton.
	www.oldtykes.co.uk /medbatt.htm (15938 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Perhaps the most noted man at the time was Warwick 'the Kingmaker' a man to make Macchiavelli proud he gave great support to the Yorkists for 20 of the 30 years of the conflict but found himself forced to change sides in order to protect what power he already held.
		Due to inexperience and poor intelligence from his own 'scurryers' Henry found himself faced with the main force of the Yorkists as he approached the hill and furthermore that his direct line of advance was compromised by a marsh.
		The golden crown worn by Richard was taken by a Yorkist knight and hidden in a thorn bush as he and the rest of the defeated survivors fled from the field of carnage.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/battles/bosworth.html (997 words)

	Battle of Northampton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Some of the Yorkist commanders, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of WarwickWarwick, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of SalisburySalisbury and Edward reached Calais on 2nd November1459,where Warwick found his uncle Lord Fauconberg/.
		On the English mainland, the House of LancasterLancastrians were quick to exploit the Yorkist flight; Sir James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset/ became Captain of Calais.
		The defenders, unable to manoeuvre inside the fortifications, fled the field as their line was 'rolled up' by attacking Yorkists.
	www.infothis.com /find/Battle_of_Northampton (589 words)

	King Henry VII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?-56), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
		After the Yorkist king Edward IV seized the throne from the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1471, Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, took refuge in Bretagne.
		After his accession Henry had to contend with several Yorkist uprisings, notably one led by the English impostor Lambert Simnel (circa 1471-1534), who claimed to be Edward, earl of Warwick (1475-99), the last Yorkist claimant to the throne.
	obriencastle.com /obriencastle/HenryVII.html (405 words)

	1450's
		Yorkist party victory, Lord Audley killed, 12th-13th October, Rout of Ludfor Bridge.
		Henry Duke of Somerset defects to the Yorkists.
		Heny VI taken into custody in London and on the 14th April, Battle of Barnet fought, Yorkist victory, earl of Warwick killed, earl of Oxford and Viscount Beaumont flee to Scotland.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andyjen01/1450's.htm (852 words)

	AllRefer.com - Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of : Yorkist Leader (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		With his father, the earl of Salisbury, Warwick supported Richard of York in his bid for the protectorship of Henry VI (1454) and took up arms when York lost his office.
		Warwick was largely responsible for the Yorkist victory at the first battle of St. Albans (1455) and was appointed to the strategic post of governor of Calais.
		In 1459 when fighting broke out again, York, Salisbury, and Warwick were forced to flee the country, but in 1460 they returned and captured the king at the battle of Northampton.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WarwickRN-yorkist-leader.html (281 words)

	Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the Wars of the Roses, Stanley was ostensibly a supporter of the Lancastrian Henry VI, but he had Yorkist sympathies, having married Eleanor, sister of the Yorkist Richard Neville, earl of Warwick.
		In the battle of Blore Heath (1459), Stanley did not use his troops on the king's behalf; and in 1461, after the Yorkist Edward IV had become king, he was appointed chief justice of Cheshire.
		He managed to hold office continuously under both Edward IV and Richard III, becoming lord steward, a privy councilor, and constable of England—this despite his support of the brief Lancastrian restoration in 1471 and his marriage (1482) to Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry Tudor, the Lancastrian claimant to the throne.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/d/derbyt1h.asp (382 words)

	The Battle of Tewksbury - A Scenario for Days of Knights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		King Edward successfully prevented a crossing of the River Severn at Gloucester with his control of the city's governor, and this proved decisive as the king was able to corner the queen's army at Tewkesbury.
		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.
		If the Yorkists are unable to break the Lancastrian army, the Lancastrians win, as they may now continue their march to Wales.
	members.shaw.ca /oldkb/tewk.html (1134 words)

	Wargames Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fearing that they would be outflanked, the Lancastrians fell back, causing them to weaken their defences, as soon as they had done so, the Yorkist’s launched another attack and burst into the town A street battle lasting half an hour erupted in which 100-150 were killed.
		The Yorkist’s objective is to seize the town and capture Somerset.
		To capture Somerset the Yorkist player must have a unit or character within 4 at the start of his turn and they need to remain there for a full turn.
	www.wargamesjournal.com /middle/st_albans.asp (1089 words)

	The Tudors in the Wars of the Roses, Part Two
		With Margaret's troops marching toward London, it was hoped that Jasper Tudor could raise enough forces in the west and the two Lancastrian armies could attack the combined Yorkist forces of the Earl of Warwick and march from either side.
		Meanwhile, London welcomed the Yorkist faction and the Earl of March was proclaimed King on March 4, 1461.
		The deposed King had been captured in 1465 and was in the hands of the Yorkist King Edward IV.
	tudorhistory.org /topics/rosetudor2.html (1788 words)

	Shakin' All Over Resources Page :: Online Materials For EN 3190B (J. Sharp)
		The term "Yorkist tetralogy" is my own, and not one in common Shakespearean currency, but I use it to emphasize the shift in political power that happens over the course of the plays, as the Lancaster line suffers the nefarious victories of the Yorkist line.
		Even today, though, the Yorkist plays are very seldom performed, save for Richard III which is regularly performed, dismembered from the Henry VI plays, as a study of individual evil in which the title character efficiently and mercilessly dispatches all those who stand between he and the throne.
		The "blood-and-guts" events of the Yorkist plays are not so much simple acts of violence but the direct results of a kingdom cursed with division and condemned to a legacy of disorder and death.
	www.freewebs.com /drjswww/richardii.htm (6721 words)

	Background to the Battle of Blore Heath 1459 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Yorkist faction was led by Richard, Duke of York who was a man of experience, both in war and administration.
		They were fragmented - with Richard Duke of York in Ludlow (his own private seat, which was the headquarters of the Yorkist force), Neville, Earl of Salisbury at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire, and Richard, Earl of Warwick in Calais (Richard was later known by historians as Warwick the Kingmaker).
		He had had a long fidelity to the house of Lancaster, and also a grudge against the Yorkist leaders who had brought a parliamentary action against his wife (Eleanor, Lady Audley) to deprive her of her lands which she thought were her rightful inheritance.
	members.aol.com /touchetd/SurLesTracesDesTouchetdAngleterreetdIrlande/BackgroundtotheBattleofBloreHeath1459.html (405 words)

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