Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjectsBrooke, Richard
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Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjects
Brooke, Richard
Battlefields -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
Paul’s Church; and also on p. 110, that Richmond’s (afterwards Henry
VII.) standard at the battle of Bosworth, was a Red Dragon, upon green
and white silk; and we know from other sources, that the Dragon Rouge was
a favourite device of Henry VII. It seems, therefore, tolerably certain,
that of the before-mentioned three standards, the second, or Red Dragon,
was that of Henry VII., and we may reasonably conclude, that the other
two were those captured from Richard III.
{118a} Robert Lord Hungerford married, in the lifetime of his father
(Walter Lord Hungerford), Alianore, daughter and heir of William Lord
Molins, or Molyns, and was, in consequence of that marriage, occasionally
called Lord Molyns, and took part with the Lancastrians, at the battle of
Towton. Upon the loss of the day, he fled to York, where King Henry then
was, and from thence proceeded with him to Scotland. He was attainted by
the act of Parliament of 1st Edward IV. In 1463, the Lancastrians again
attempting to make head, and having got possession of several castles in
the North, he once more appeared in arms, and was the chief of those who
defended Alnwick Castle, with five hundred or six hundred Frenchmen; and
soon afterwards was engaged at the battle of Hexham, in 1463; was taken
prisoner, conveyed to Newcastle, and beheaded there, and was buried in
the north aisle of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury.
{118b} Fenn’s _Collection of Original Letters_, vol. i. p. 217.
{118c} _Ibid._ p. 217. Sir John Neville is called Lord Montague, in the
authority quoted; but it seems incorrect to have done so, at that period,
because he appears not to have been then created Marquis Montague. He
was the brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the King-Maker), was
a great supporter of Edward IV., and was created Lord Montague in the
first year of Edward IV. He was afterwards created Earl of
Northumberland in the fourth year of that King’s reign; but he resigned
that title, and was created Marquis of Montague in the tenth year of his
reign. He was slain, with his brother, on the 14th of April, 1471, at
the battle of Gladmore Heath, usually called the battle of Barnet, having
changed sides, and then fought against Edward IV.
{118d} Originally Sir John Bourchier, afterwards Lord Berners, he was
fourth son of William Bourchier, Earl of Ewe, was brother of Thomas
Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, and of Henry Bourchier, Earl of Ewe,
afterwards of Essex, and was at first of the Lancastrian party, and
fought for Henry VI. at the first battle of St. Alban’s, in 1455; but
after that time, he espoused the cause of the Yorkists. He married
Margery, daughter and heir of Richard Lord Berners, and had summons to
Parliament in the thirty-third year of Henry VI., and afterwards, by the
title of Lord Berners. He died in the 14th of Edward IV. His oldest
son, Humphrey, was slain at the battle of Barnet, fighting on King
Edward’s part, in 1471.
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