| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today 13:29 - Aug 22 with 2130 views | Keno |
I just thought I’d share that with y’all |  |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 13:35 - Aug 22 with 2097 views | _clive_baker_ |
Perhaps Factual can share some of his memories of it? |  | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 13:55 - Aug 22 with 2034 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 13:35 - Aug 22 by _clive_baker_ |
Perhaps Factual can share some of his memories of it? |
Although I don't think he'd have fought himself as I believe he was too old to be considered 'fighting age'. |  |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:21 - Aug 22 with 1977 views | factual_blue |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 13:55 - Aug 22 by ThisIsMyUsername |
Although I don't think he'd have fought himself as I believe he was too old to be considered 'fighting age'. |
I retired from active military service after serving in the battle of Taillebourg during the Saintonge War.
(You can look it up). [Post edited 22 Aug 2024 14:25]
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:25 - Aug 22 with 1952 views | BlueBadger |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:21 - Aug 22 by factual_blue |
I retired from active military service after serving in the battle of Taillebourg during the Saintonge War.
(You can look it up). [Post edited 22 Aug 2024 14:25]
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Bone spurs? |  |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:28 - Aug 22 with 1947 views | factual_blue |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:25 - Aug 22 by BlueBadger |
Bone spurs? |
I was wearing my finest ITFC replica chain mail. | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:55 - Aug 22 with 1919 views | Keno |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 13:55 - Aug 22 by ThisIsMyUsername |
Although I don't think he'd have fought himself as I believe he was too old to be considered 'fighting age'. |
Just image the posts on the Those Were The Battle forum in the lead to that
“That Henry doesn’t have a chance, doesn’t know what he’s doing surely we can’t use his cavalry like that” | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:57 - Aug 22 with 1913 views | BlueBadger |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:28 - Aug 22 by factual_blue |
I was wearing my finest ITFC replica chain mail. |
Ah, John Wark's second stint at ITFC. | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 16:53 - Aug 22 with 1824 views | WeWereZombies |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:55 - Aug 22 by Keno |
Just image the posts on the Those Were The Battle forum in the lead to that
“That Henry doesn’t have a chance, doesn’t know what he’s doing surely we can’t use his cavalry like that” |
Meanwhile in Scotland the signing of William Wallace is imminent dependant on the medical, an ITK poster (normally posts on the south side of Stirling Bridge using parchment and horse glue) says he saw the wife going in for an interview at the Arbroath poor house. |  |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 17:59 - Aug 22 with 1742 views | Churchman |
Tudor Park Avenue 1 Plantagenet North End 0.
Last game for Ricky 3 before retiring to a car park. That’ll teach him for getting rid of a couple of youth players. |  | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 18:00 - Aug 22 with 1732 views | factual_blue |
Won for Henry Tudor by local lad the Earl of Oxford. Who, of course, lived in Essex. | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 20:06 - Aug 22 with 1695 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 14:21 - Aug 22 by factual_blue |
I retired from active military service after serving in the battle of Taillebourg during the Saintonge War.
(You can look it up). [Post edited 22 Aug 2024 14:25]
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Oh cool, it must have been good to serve alongside Henry III in battle. Did you ever meet him properly?
You're lucky to have survived as I know the French beat you on this occasion. | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 20:21 - Aug 22 with 1661 views | Rocky |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 18:00 - Aug 22 by factual_blue |
Won for Henry Tudor by local lad the Earl of Oxford. Who, of course, lived in Essex. |
And the Earls of Essex lived in Hertfordshire.
History is quite confusing. |  | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 21:29 - Aug 22 with 1616 views | Churchman |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 20:21 - Aug 22 by Rocky |
And the Earls of Essex lived in Hertfordshire.
History is quite confusing. |
The Duke of Devonshire (Cobbold’s’ related) house is Chatsworth in Derbyshire. Window frames painted in gold leaf back in the day.
Nope, I don’t understand it either. | | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 21:36 - Aug 22 with 1605 views | Swansea_Blue |
Just up the road from where my grandparents used to live. It seems a bit out of the way for a scrap between two bunches of northerners. Couldn’t they have settled it somewhere more convenient, like Skipton? It must have cost a fortune to get down there on the trains. |  |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:28 - Aug 23 with 1497 views | DJR |
I studied the Tudors at A level and this thread brings to mind the main textbook "England under the Tudors" by G R Elton, the uncle of Ben. |  | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:37 - Aug 23 with 1476 views | Keno |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 21:36 - Aug 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Just up the road from where my grandparents used to live. It seems a bit out of the way for a scrap between two bunches of northerners. Couldn’t they have settled it somewhere more convenient, like Skipton? It must have cost a fortune to get down there on the trains. |
it was before the days when the FA would grab any money they could so were able to play at a neutral venue went central to attract a bigger crowd
nowadays they would have all had to travel to Wembley | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:39 - Aug 23 with 1468 views | solemio |
What on earth is the matter with the Duke of Bedford?
He lives in Bedfordshire. |  | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:41 - Aug 23 with 1459 views | Churchman |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:37 - Aug 23 by Keno |
it was before the days when the FA would grab any money they could so were able to play at a neutral venue went central to attract a bigger crowd
nowadays they would have all had to travel to Wembley |
Ahh but being a good administrator, would Richard 3rd have paid for the extra seat on the train for his horse? Before he lost it, of course. | | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:42 - Aug 23 with 1454 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 21:36 - Aug 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Just up the road from where my grandparents used to live. It seems a bit out of the way for a scrap between two bunches of northerners. Couldn’t they have settled it somewhere more convenient, like Skipton? It must have cost a fortune to get down there on the trains. |
I think it was ordered to be played on a neutral ground because of fears of crowd trouble. | | | |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:56 - Aug 23 with 1413 views | Keno |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:41 - Aug 23 by Churchman |
Ahh but being a good administrator, would Richard 3rd have paid for the extra seat on the train for his horse? Before he lost it, of course. |
I had a hunch someone would post that | |
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| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 09:31 - Aug 23 with 1369 views | WeWereZombies |
| 539th anniversary of the battle of bosworth today on 08:42 - Aug 23 by ArnoldMoorhen |
I think it was ordered to be played on a neutral ground because of fears of crowd trouble. |
An upside to the many diseases rife at the time was that many of attendees were shielding... | |
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