The approach to the battle on the morning of 12 March 1470. Sir Robert Welles and the rebels were advancing on Edward IV’s camp at Stamford when Edward’s scouts sighted them at Empingham. Welles then turned aside to seek a defensive position, near what is now Tickencote Warren.
From "The Battle of Losecoat Field" by Rupert Matthews.
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A book dedicated to the only battle ever fought in Rutland
- the Battle of Losecoat Field, a turning point in the Wars of the
Roses. In 1470 the Yorkist King Edward IV was apparently secure on his
throne, but unknown to him he was about to be betrayed by his own
brother, George of Clarence, and the powerful nobleman Richard Earl of
Warwick. The rebellion began in Lincolnshire with an uprising of
discontented peasanats egged on by fugitive Lancastrians, Edward hurried
north up the Great North Road with a small force unaware that he was
betrayed and that he would meet his enemies near Empingham in Losecoat
Field. This book follows the standard pattern set by others in the
Bretwalda Battles series. The reasons for and course of the war in
question are outlined, then detailed analyses of weapons, tactics and
strategies are given with particular reference to this battle. The
course of the battleis then followed, with comment on what there is to
see at the site today. Short biographies of the commanders are also
given. The aftermath of the battle, its effects and importance to the
progress of the war are then described. The "Bretwalda Battles" series
has been running with increasing success as ebooks for some time. Now
the first books in the series are being published in print format.
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