Who's Who in Britain's Bloody Crown

A Guide to the Personalities in Channel 5’s Britain’s Bloody Crown

Published 18th January 2016

Chapter 10 : Battles of the Wars of the Roses

The interactive map below shows the locations of the battles of the Wars of the Roses. Lancastrian (and Tudor) victories are pinpointed in red, and Yorkist ones in yellow. If you click on each pin, they correspond to the list below.

The battles of the Wars of the Roses spanned some thirty years in total.

Date	Battle	Victor
22 May 1455	1^st Battle of St Albans	York
23 September 1459	Battle of Blore Heath	York
12 October 1459	Battle of Ludford Bridge	Lancaster
10 July 1460	Battle of Northampton	York
30 December 1460	Battle of Wakefield	Lancaster
2 February 1461	Battle of Mortimer’s Cross	York
17 February 1461	2^nd Battle of St Albans	Lancaster
28 March 1461	Skirmish at Ferrybridge	York
29 March 1461	Battle of Towton	York
25 April 1464	Battle of Hedgeley Moor	York
15 May 1464	Battle of Hexham	York
26 July 1469	Battle of Edgecote	Lancaster
12 March 1470	Battle of Losecote Field	York
14 April 1471	Battle of Barnet	York
4 May 1471	Battle of Tewkesbury	York
22 August 1485	Battle of Bosworth	Tudor
16 June 1487	Battle of Stoke	Tudor

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