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Another ‘War of the Roses’ Battlefield found!

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Pic of Richard Nevill, Warwick the Kingmaker

The site of the Battle of Edgecote, fought between King Edward IV and Warwick the Kingmaker is located, causing problems for the HS2 rail link, Read about it here.

Pic of Richard Nevill, Warwick the Kingmaker
Warwick the Kingmaker

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Pic of King Edward IV
King Edward IV

Edward IV image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKing_Edward_IV_from_NPG_(2).jpg

Warwick the Kingmaker image credit (link to page): https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neville#/media/File:Warwick1.jpg

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  1. Richard Unwin Avatar
    Richard Unwin

    I notice that the Kingmaker was forward for his time and managed to find himself Elizabethan garb!

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    1. super blue Avatar
      super blue

      Quite. If you look at the small statues on the fron of Leicester Cathedral, Richard’s great-great-great-nephew Henry of Huntingdon is similarly clad.

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    2. timetravellingbunny Avatar
      timetravellingbunny

      He probably didn’t wear facial hair either, it wasn’t fashionable at the time, and his portrait in the Rous Roll shows him without facial hair.

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      timetravellingbunny

      Those dreadful stuffed hoses were typical of the 16th century.

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