PAGE CHAP. I. The Field of the Battle of Shrewsbury 1 II. ,, ,, ,, Blore Heath 21 III. ,, ,, ,, Northampton 39 IV. ,, ,, ,, Wakefield 53 V. ,, ,, ,, Mortimer’s 67 Cross VI. ,, ,, ,, Towton 81 VII. ,, ,, ,, Tewkesbury 131 VIII. ,, ,, ,, Bosworth 157 IX. ,, ,, ,, Stoke 177 ,, ,, ,, Evesham 203 ,, ,, ,, Barnet 205 X. The General Use of Firearms by the 213 English, in the Fifteenth Century XI. The ancient Family of Wyche, or De la 245 Wyche, of Cheshire XII. Wilmslow Church, in Cheshire 253 XIII. Handford Hall and Cheadle Church, in 267 Cheshire XIV. Part 1. The Office of Keeper of the 283 Royal Menagerie in the reign of Edward IV. Part 2. The probable period of the 287 Extinction of Wolves in England APPENDIX NO. I. Extract from the Act of Attainder of 301 1st Edward IV., passed in 1461 II. Extract from the Act of Attainder of 308 14th Edward IV., passed in 1475 III. Extract from the Act of Attainder of 309 1st Henry VII., passed in 1485 IV. Proclamation for enforcing Order and 310 Discipline, and Extract from a Journal of the March and Proceedings of Henry VII., previously to the Battle of Stoke V. Extract from the Act of Attainder of 315 3rd Henry VII., passed in 1487 VI. Extract from the Act of Attainder of 317 11th Henry VII., passed against Lord Lovel in 1495 VII. Letter from William Cooper, Esq., 318 Clerk of the Parliament of 9th August, 1737 ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTER I. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY. {1a}