At the Battle of Stoke, a small group of loyalists tried to overtake the side who had won this battl
At the Battle of Stoke, a small group of loyalists tried to overtake the side who had won this battle. The leader of one faction during this battle had taken the throne two years earlier after the execution of his nephew and the declaration of his brother's marriage illegal. That leader made a charge toward (*) Ambion Hill where his forces clashed with a much smaller faction which was supported by Lord Stanley. The death of Richard III spelled the end for the ruling house in, for 10 points, what 1485 battle, the penultimate of the War of the Roses which featured the rise of Henry Tudor as King of England.
At the Battle of Stoke, a small group of loyalists tried to overtake the side who had won this battle.