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- Richard’s forces won the battle and he took control of the government, becoming Lord Protector again.
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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.
5 days ago · Introduction. On a summer‘s day in 1487, the fields near the village of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire bore witness to the last great battle of the Wars of the Roses. For over three decades, this bitter dynastic struggle had pitted the Houses of York and Lancaster against each other in a fight for the English crown.
Mar 11, 2020 · Stoke Field marked in many ways the end of England’s medieval era. It brought to an end that series of 15th-century conflicts known collectively—at least thanks to William Shakespeare—as the Wars of the Roses. Not until the Glorious Revolution of 1688 would rival claimants to the throne again confront each other on the field of battle.
Jun 17, 2019 · 17 Jun 2019. On 16 June 1487 a battle that has been described as the last armed combat of the Wars of the Roses took place near East Stoke, between the forces of King Henry VII and rebel forces led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell.
Mar 5, 2022 · PEOPLE. Now part of the Nottinghamshire countryside, the Battle of Stoke Field was witness to the final major conflict in the Wars of the Roses. Lambert Simnel, an imposter pretending to be Edward, Earl of Warwick, was used as a figurehead for the Yorkist rebel cause as they tried to re-establish their hold on the crown.
Jun 16, 2018 · The last Yorkist king, Richard III, was killed in 1485, but supporters gathered another army only to be defeated at Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire, in 1487. As well as re-enactments, a new...
Jun 1, 2020 · The country had seen three decades of war, and craved a definitive conclusion; no matter how, the War of the Roses was going to end on Stoke Field. The final death toll is thought to be over 7,000 and to this day the ravine is still known locally as the Bloody Gutter, with the River Trent said to have run red for three days after the battle.
