Lord Clifford, the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Andrew Trollope, and Lord Scrope were all killed, along with about 40,000 foot soldiers, half the total men engaged in the fighting.
Lord Clifford, the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Andrew Trollope, and Lord Scrope were all killed, along with about 40,000 foot soldiers, half the total men engaged in the fighting. Fought on March 29, 1461, at a spot known as Bloody Meadow, the Yorkists under the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of York scored a decisive victory over the Lancastrians under the Duke of Somerset. The battle forced Henry VI to flee to Scotland and allowed York to be crowned as Edward IV. For ten points name this battle of the War of the Roses, the bloodiest ever fought on English soil.
Lord Clifford, the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Andrew Trollope, and Lord Scrope were all killed, along with about 40,000 foot soldiers, half the total men engaged in the fighting.
Battle of {TOWTON}