Wars of the Roses...Towton 1461

[MultiAngryguy]

The '3 suns' appeared at the Battle of Mortimers cross not Towton. Your right about Towton though, its the bloodiest battle that has ever occurred on British soil.

[PennyTraition]

And finally, thankyou Orwellsbud, for uploading this fantastic video...Celtic Elmet and surrounds (see Kirkstall Abbey,Ilkley, 'Goddess of Wharfedale' site on line, also,'Mysterious Britain & Ireland',free to visit and join..about All Parish Church, Ilkley, Wharfedale, Airedale, Calderdale and other great places), the Parsonage at Howarth,'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte,Whitby where Stoker was influenced to write 'Dracula', the Moors, Now in YORKSHIRE...Haunted, Beautiful Castles,etc: YORKS!

[PennyTraition]

Part 3...The most of England was under the rule of Northumbria, except for Cornwall and CUMBRIA, home of my relatives,(Penrith, Norse descendants, Carlisle, and into SW Scotland the Armstrongs (first man on the moon), Langholm near Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway...)

The Battle of Towton Moor, ('Bloody Meadow',fought in a raging blizzard, with an apparition of 3 suns, taken to be a good omen by the Yorkists,took place on Sun, 29/3/1461, the bloodiest battle to be fought on British soil).ELMET!

[PennyTraition]

(cont)...The wooden church, dedicated to St. Peter, was burned down by Penda, the future site of YORK MINSTER.Edwin's head was cut off and put on a spike.(The next King of Northumbria had been Oswald, killed by Penda, treated similarly to Edwin,who then followed the Cock Beck, near The Crooked Billet pub,and Lead Church for Battle(Later,travellers classed the bridge as Haunted, and a by-law stated folk were within their rights to spend the night by the pub.

After the battle, NORTHUMBRIA ruled.

[PennyTraition]

Just what we neeed...Towton was scene of battles previously, as Leeds and surrounding areas were known as Celtic ELMET, the Kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia ,also Mercia,recently combined to form a New Kingdom,NORTHUMBRIA, with YORK (Romano-Celtic 'Ebaraucum', Viking 'Jorvik',) where I lived and worked on the archaeological dig at York Uni, the Saxons led by the Pagan King Edwin(baptized in the fabulous river Ouse, by (St.) Paulinus, having been Chr*st*anised by his wife's chaplain,built a church.

[677222]

Lancastrian bastards

[starwarsnerfguy]

i remember as a kid in school we actid it out lol fail

[foxcell]

My brother lives not to far from townton and there are many strange tails of people seeing ghosts of foot solders and knights wondering around.

[aapch1]

@foxcell I've heard the same of towton, and it's quite possible, especially since it was the first english use of the gonne (to be proven). Horrible ways to die.

[GeorgePAlgar]

Great choice of music and good variety of images.

[ICECOLDAVALANCHE]

damn this should be MOVIE!

[Orwellsbud]

Yeah it was, the War of the Roses effectually finished when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at The Battle of Bosworth field.

[CULAVE]

Orwellsbud- True, but the last major engagement occured in 1487 at Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire.

[Cofidre09]

@Orwellsbud Well technically...yes.....but....o­ther views suggest that it was 1487 and not 1485 (Battle of Bosworth) since Henry VII still had opposition from the Yorkist side.

1487: Lambert Simnel pretended to be the Earl of Warwick (Son of George Duke of Clarence, Richard III's heir)

1490s: Perkin Warbeck pretended to be Richard Duke of York (Eldest 'Princes in the Tower')

[crimsonscarlettrose]

@Cofidre09 Richard was the youngest of the princes in the tower,Edward was the eldest-'Edward V'

Henry VII faced oppostion in the form of the two Yorkist pretenders so the Yorkist threat did not die and go away with the battle of Bosworth. Also, I have come across some historians who hold the view that the Yorkist or White rose threat still existed into the reign of Henry VIII.

[ADZ01982]

@crimsonscarlettrose The Last Battle of the War of the Roses was Stoke 1487 when the final Yorkist army was defeated. However, as you said, there was plots and conspiracys for a hundred years after this and the House of Tudor lived in constant fear of this.

[crimsonscarlettrose]

@ADZ01982 Oh I know that the last battle of the War of the Roses is considered to be the Battle of Stoke where supporters for the pretender Lambert Simnel were defeated. I was just pointing out that the Yorkist threat did not go away with the Battle of Bosworth-Tudor propaganda would have tried to give that idea though.

[jjj69v]

Who won the war of the roses, was it the house of Lancaster the reds?

[Cofidre09]

@jjj69v Well it depends on how you view it. The Battle of Bosworth was won by Henry VII (Lancastrian). However he did marry Elizabeth of York (Yorkist) and the children they had were half Lancastrian and Yorkist so technically neither side won.

[ADZ01982]

@Cofidre09 Effectively no side was victorious because the Henry the VII created the House of Tudor when he became King and York And Lancaster were not the ruling partys.

[Emzport]

I love this music, what's it called?

[Orwellsbud]

It's Mozart's Requiem

[llandudnoboy]

@Emzport

This is Motzarts Requiem

[Wingdoss]

This takes me back to the "Fed" days. The castle is Conisbrough, halfway between Rotherham and Doncaster - a minor yorkist stronghold.

Jon J.

[nuttal]

revenge for wakefield

[nuttal]

is it pontefract castle?...

[admatt]

No its Conisbrough Castle, Doncaster.

[michael6410]

No Pontys all but ruins now there are only two towers still standing

[Cuilean07]

It's nice to see some images of the Clarence Household in there. We try really hard to be accurate and authentic in our re-enactment.

[smiler4747]

very good  i miss the history

a tyke now living in new zealand

[longbow1415]

Real men in those days.

[sagesweetwater]

A work of art, Paul. A historical account for the mind's eye. I enjoyed this creation very much. It is savage to see the human race perish so miserably. Not only is this piece educational, very scholarly and enlightening, but it serves a dual purpose in high quality entertainment. Work to be proud of, Paul...Blessed Be...

Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist

[ralphspikyhair]

Where's the first castle shown in this video?

[admatt]

conisbrough castle, Doncaster

[MYJOISU]

Loved it Paul..Excellent work. Mikii from the den.