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Towton battlefield – the future

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As you can see from this post, the protected area near Tadcaster has now been extended by Historic England. This means that, every time it rains or snows near March 29, the annual re-enactment  can be cancelled for health and safety reasons in the knowledge that it can go ahead on future occasions and that further archaeological discoveries are possible:

Information board near the battlefield

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5 responses to “Towton battlefield – the future”

  1. A CASTLE SAVED AT CODNOR | murreyandblue

    […] but he then changed his allegiance to the House of York and fought loyally for the Yorkists at Towton, Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth. Later, he served Henry Tudor and fought at Stoke […]

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  2. The Touchet/Audley Family in the Fifteenth Century. – murreyandblue

    […] his companions, he immediately defected to York, and as well as fighting at Mortimer’s Cross, Towton, Barnet and Tewkesbury on Edward’s side, he became a firm favourite of Edward IV. Indeed, he […]

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  3. An Abbey in Dublin Unearthed – murreyandblue

    […] The abbey had one notable burial–that of James Butler, 4th earl of Ormond, who had a huge ongoing feud with the Talbot family, in particular Richard Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin, who was the brother of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury; hence Richard was the uncle of Lady Eleanor Talbot, probably the secret wife of Edward IV. The feud eventually subsides and the hatchet was buried with the marriage of Butlers daughter, Elizabeth, to John Talbot’s son, John. He was the father of James Butler, the 5th earl, who was Earl of Wiltshire and a confirmed Lancastrian; however, he was notorious for running away from any battles he was involved in, but in the end his luck ran out, and he was executed after Edward IV’s victory at Towton. […]

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  4. THE ‘PRINCESS’ OF COLYTON – murreyandblue

    […] of her sons were killed in the Wars of the Roses. Thomas was taken prisoner after the Battle of Towton and executed in York by Edward IV, Henry was arrested for treason and executed in Salisbury in […]

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  5. ANNE OF YORK – DUCHESS OF EXETER – SISTER TO KINGS – murreyandblue

    […] separately although the date of separation is unknown.  Indeed after the Lancastrian defeat at Towton on the 29 March 1461 Henry had exited England and joined Margaret of Anjou first in Scotland and […]

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