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The Battle of Bosworth Field took place #OnThisDay in 1485 in Leicestershire. During the ultimate battle of the 'War of the Roses', Richard III was killed & Henry Tudor took the throne. Richard's remains were mutilated, then quietly buried, until recovered & identified in 2013. 
Fun fact, there was one more battle after Bosworth. In 1487, a pretender called Lambert Simnel, posing as Edward, Earl of Warwick, was installed at the head of an army by Plantagenet interests.
The battle of Stoke Field was a bloody brawl near East Stoke on the 16th of June.
The battle of Stoke Field was a bloody brawl near East Stoke on the 16th of June.
You'd think Simnel's army would have won - it was full of mercenaries with terrifying things called 'guns'.
Still, faster to fire arrows than a gun at this time - the Tudor army riddled them with arrows.
Simnel was captured, but Henry VII spared him - even gave him a job!
Still, faster to fire arrows than a gun at this time - the Tudor army riddled them with arrows.
Simnel was captured, but Henry VII spared him - even gave him a job!
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