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
{166a} Francis Viscount Lovel escaped from Bosworth Field, and fought at
the battle of Stoke in 1487, and was slain there, or at least never
appeared afterwards. (See Chap. IX.)
{166b} John Lord Zouch was attainted for taking part with Richard at the
battle of Bosworth, but his attainder was reversed in 4th Henry VII.—See
_Rot. Parl._ 4th Henry VII. (A.D. 1488), vol. vi. fo. 24, and 11th Henry
VII. (A.D. 1495), vol. vi. fo. 484. He died in the fourth or fifth year
of Edward VI.
{166c} Sir Walter Devereux, in the twenty-sixth year of Henry VI.
married Anne, sole daughter and heiress of William Lord Ferrers of
Chartley, in Staffordshire, she being then aged eleven years and eight
months, had livery of her lands, and in 1st Edward IV. was advanced to
the dignity of a baron by the title of Lord Ferrers. At his death at
Bosworth Field, he left by his wife Anne a son John, who succeeded him in
his title and honours.
{166d} Probably of the family of Ratcliffes, Barons Fitzwalter. See
Chap. VI.
{166e} Sir Gervase Clifton was of an ancient family in Nottinghamshire,
of which the members still remain settled in that county. His father,
Sir Gervase Clifton, fought on the Lancastrian side at the battle of
Tewkesbury, and was afterwards executed there. See Chap. VII.
{166f} Sir Robert Brackenbury was Constable of the Tower of London and
Master of the Mint. He stood high in the estimation of Richard III., who
employed him in several matters of importance.
{166g} Jasper (called of Hatfield) Earl of Pembroke, afterwards Duke of
Bedford. See Chap. V. He, with his nephew the Earl of Richmond,
commanded the main body at the battle of Bosworth.
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