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Battle of Stoke Field
The Battle of Stoke Field on the 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, since it was the last major engagement between contenders for the throne whose claims derived from descent from the houses of Lancaster and York respectively. The Battle of Bosworth Field, two years previously, had established King Henry VII on the throne, ending the last period of Yorkist rule and initiating that of the Tudors. The Battle of Stoke Field was the decisive engagement in an attempt by
the Roses that had ravaged England since the 1450s."
See also.
- St Oswald's Church, East Stoke
External links.
- Brown, 1896
- Battle of Stoke Field
- End of the War of the Roses with good map
- Image of the commemoration stone to the battle