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Tewkesbury, battle of
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Tewkesbury, battle of, 1471. The last and one of the bloodiest battles of the Wars of the
Roses. Queen
Margaret, still defending the claims of her husband Henry VI, landed at Weymouth the same day that Edward IV defeated
Warwick at
Barnet. She moved towards Wales and the north-west to collect support, with Edward marching from Windsor to intercept her. Yorkist supporters denied her a crossing of the Severn at Gloucester, obliging her to make for Tewkesbury. Her troops were caught before they could safely cross and forced to give battle on 4 May 1471, facing south. An attack by the duke of Somerset on the right failed and in the subsequent flight
Edward, the young Lancastrian prince of Wales, was killed, near the abbey mill. Somerset was executed, Queen Margaret captured, and Henry VI murdered the same month. The slaughter is commemorated in the name Bloody Meadow and the Lancastrian cause never recovered from the disaster.
J. A. Cannon
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Tewkesbury, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Tewkesbury, battle of, 1471. The last and one of the bloodiest battles of the...before they could safely cross the Severn and forced to give battle at Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471. Edward , the young Lancastrian prince of Wales, was killed...
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Tewkesbury, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Tewkesbury, Battle of (4 May 1471) A battle in the Wars of the ROSES fought between EDWARD IV fresh from his victory as BARNET and the Lancastrian forces of Margaret of Anjou. Margaret's forces were defeated and her son, Prince Edward, was among those killed.
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