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8,000. Casualties and losses. 300–3,000. 4,000. The Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, since it was the last major engagement between contenders for the throne whose claims derived from descent from the houses of Lancaster and York respectively.
Jun 16, 2011 · Name: The Batle of Stoke Field (East Stoke) Date: 16 June 1487. War period: Wars of the Roses. Start time and duration: about 9:00am, lasting less than 3 hours. Outcome: Royal victory. Armies and losses: Royal: under Henry VII but effective commander Earl of Oxford with up to about 15,000 men; Rebel: under Earl of Lincoln & Lord Lovell with ...
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‘The Battle of Stoke Field, 16th June 1487’ by A H Burne in More Battlefields of England, 1952. A Pocket History of East Stoke by Frank A A Cotton, Newark and Sherwood District Council, 1987. The Battle of Stoke Field 1487 by Notts County Council, 1987. The Battle of Stoke Field 1487 by David E Roberts, 1987. ‘The Battle of Stoke ...
Stoke Field Resources. The Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. The Battle of Bosworth, two years previously, had established King Henry VII on the throne, ending the last period of Yorkist rule and initiating that of the Tudors.
Battle of Stoke Field - 1487 Visiting the battlefield Stoke is not the easiest battlefield to explore because the location of the deployment of the two armies and the course of the fighting is not adequately understood and some of the best viewpoints are on private land.
Jun 1, 2020 · Monday 01 June 2020. reading time: 8 min, 1917 words. History. It was the battle that finally ended the War of the Roses, the bloody civil struggle for control of the throne that plagued England for decades, and has been described as one of the defining moments in the country’s history.
Mar 17, 2017 · Battle of Stoke Field - The Yorkist Army Forms: Crossing to England, Lincoln's forces landed at Furness, Lancashire on June 4. Met by several nobles led by Sir Thomas Broughton, the Yorkist army swelled to around 8,000 men. Marching hard, Lincoln covered 200 miles in fives days, with Lovell defeating a small royal force at Branham Moor on June 10.
