 To signify his victory Henry raised his standard on Burham Furlong.The spot is marked by a stone memorial with the legend ""Here stood the Burrand Bush planted on the spot where Henry VII placed his standard after the Battle of Stoke 16 June 1487"" It is thought that several thousand combatants lost their lives in less than three hours.What remains clear is that "the Battle of Stoke Field effectively brought an end to that period of civil war known as The Wars of the Roses that had ravaged England since the 1450s."