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- Queen Margaret had been doing similar in the Midlands, an area that the Earl of Salisbury would need to pass through to rendezvous with the Duke of York. The gathering of large armies would have made the likelihood of war seem high. Queen Margaret decided to land the first blow, which resulted in the Battle of Blore Heath on 23rd September 1459.
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Queen Margaret of Anjou continued to raise support for King Henry VI amongst noblemen, distributing an emblem of a silver swan to knights and squires enlisted by her personally, [7] whilst the Yorkist command under the Duke of York was finding plenty of anti-royal support despite the severe punishment for raising arms against the king.
Coat of Arms of Lord Audley: Battle of Blore Heath, fought on 23rd September 1459 in the Wars of the Roses. By a local tradition, Queen Margaret of Anjou, the national Lancastrian leader, watched the Battle of Blore from the tower of Mucklestone Church, a mile and a half from the battlefield.
Meanwhile the King was raising an army in the Midlands, whilst the Queen, Margaret of Anjou, was at Eccleshall (Staffordshire). Margaret instructed Lord Audley, who was at Market Drayton with a recently raised force of between 8,000 – 14,000 troops, to intercept and arrest Salisbury before he could join Forces with the Duke of York.
May 26, 2024 · Queen Margaret mustered an army of her own, drawing heavily on the support of the powerful Percy and Neville families of northern England. She also dispatched a force under Lord Audley to intercept Salisbury and prevent him from linking up with York. The stage was set for a decisive confrontation. The Battle.
Mar 17, 2017 · These efforts were countered by the Queen, Margaret of Anjou who was raising men in support of her husband. Learning that Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury was moving south from Middleham Castle in Yorkshire to join Richard, she dispatched a newly raised force under James Touchet, Baron Audley to intercept the Yorkists.
Sep 29, 2020 · Earl of Salisbury’s Yorkist army defeated larger Lancastrian army at Battle of Blore Heath, enabling it to join the Duke of York in 1459. By Graham Day. 29 September 2020. Over the past three years Queen Margaret of Anjou maintained the pressure on ending Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York claims to the throne.
The Lancastrian faction had forces around both Henry VI and queen Margaret. Both of these attempted to intercept Salisbury’s force. Queen Margaret received word that Salisbury was near her army. She instructed Lord Audley to intercept it. Audley commanded a force of between 8000 and 14000.
