Wars of the Roses Battles

This page will track refights of the battles from the Wars of the Roses. Before any of the refights can take place i'll need to paint some armies but to start there is a list of the battles, their size and main combatants. The details of each battle will be added as the refight is prepared with links to blog postings.

The details presented are under development and are being prepared as an aid to wargaming the period. The source for the details on this page is Philip A. Haigh's The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses.

The Battle of St Albans - 22 May 1455
Yorkist Forces - Duke of York, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Salisbury
Lancastrian Forces - King Henry VI, Duke of Somerset, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Northumberland,  and Lord Clifford - approx 2,000men

The Battle of Blore Heath - 23 September 1459

Yorkist Forces - Earl of Salisbury

Lancastrian Forces - Lord Audley

The Battle of Northampton - 10 July 1460

Yorkist Forces - Earl of March, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Fauconberg

Lancastrian Forces - King Henry VI, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Grey*
*Lord Grey switched side at the beginning of the battle helping the Yorkists into the Lancastrian fortifications and on to victory.

The Battle of Wakefield - 30 December 1460

Yorkist Forces - Duke of York, Earl of Salisbury

Lancastrian Forces - Duke of Somerset, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Clifford, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Devon

The Battle of Mortimer's Cross - 2 February 1461

Yorkist Forces - Earl of March, Walter Devereux, Sir William Herbert

Lancastrian Forces - Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Pembroke, Owen Tudor

The Battle of St Albans - 17 February 1461

Yorkist Forces - Earl of Warwick

Lancastrian Forces -

The Battle of Towton - 29 March 1461

Yorkist Forces - Edward IV, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Norfolk

Lancastrian Forces - Duke of Somerset, Earl of Northumberland, Duke of Exeter

The Battle of Hedgeley Moor - 25 April 1464

Yorkist Forces - Lord Montague

Lancastrian Forces - Duke of Somerset, Sir Percy, Lord Roos

The Battle of Hexham - 15 May 1464

Yorkist Forces - Lord Montague, Lord Willowghby, Lord Greystoke

Lancastrian Forces - Duke of Somerset, Sir Ralph Grey, Lord Roos

The Battle of Edgecote Moor - 26 July 1469

Yorkist Forces - 

Lancastrian Forces -

The Battle of Losecote Field - 12 March 1470

Yorkist Forces - 

Lancastrian Forces -

The Battle of Barnet - 14 April 1471

Yorkist Forces - Edward IV, Lord Hastings, Duke of Gloucester

Lancastrian Forces - Earl of Warwick, Earl of Oxford, Marquis Montague, Duke of Exeter

The Battle of Tewkesbury - 4 May 1471

Yorkist Forces - Edward IV, Lord Hastings, Duke of Gloucester

Lancastrian Forces - Duke of Somerset, Lord Wenlock, Prince Edward, Earl of Devon

The Battle of Bosworth - 22 August 1485

Yorkist Forces - Richard III, Earl of Northumberland, Duke of Norfolk

Tudor Forces - Henry Tudor, Earl of Oxford, Sir Talbot, Sir Savage, Lord Stanley

The Battle of Stoke - 16 June 1487

Yorkist Forces - 

Tudor Forces - Earl of Oxford