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First Battle of St. Albans
May 22, 1455
The first battle of the "Wars of the Roses" was fought out between the retinues
of King Henry VI's supporters and those of the Duke of York and his allies. The
latter, along with his kinsmen the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury, raised around
3.000 men and attacked Henry's army of 2,000 men who had barricaded themselves
inside the town of St Albans. After the Yorkist's initial attacks had been
repulsed, Warwick's men forced their way into the town and the King's forces
were overwhelmed in the street fighting that ensued. The Duke of Somerset, the
Earl of Northumberland, Lord Clifford, plus about 50 other notable Lancastrians,
were killed in the fighting.
With permission from the Lance and Longbow Society and their publication of "The Poleaxed Source Book" by Martin Stephenson, Dave Lanchester, & Pat McGill. - http://www.lanceandlongbow.com
Yorkists Lancastrians
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James Baskervillle of Eardisley, Herefordshire |
Ralph Babthorpe of Babthorpe, Yorkshire (killed in battle) |
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Edward Brooke of Holditch, Suffolk |
Edmund Beaufort, Somerset (killed in battle) |
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William Bourchier of Brampton, Devon |
Sir Henry Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, wounded |
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Edward Bouchier, Essex |
James Butler, Wiltshire |
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Henry Bouchier of Pleshey, Essex |
Thomas Clifford of Skipton Craven, Yorkshire (killed in battle) |
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Christopher Conyers of Sokebourne, Durham |
Richard Cotton of Hampstall Ridware, Staffordshire (killed in battle) |
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John de Clinton of Amington, Warwickshire |
Sir Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon, captured |
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Walter Devereux of Weobley, Herefordshire |
Bertine Entwisell of Entwisell, Lancashire |
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Ralph Fitzrandolph of Spennithorne, Yorkshire |
Robert Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford |
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Thomas Lumley of Lumley, Durham |
Richard Harrington of Westerley, Lancashire (killed in battle) |
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Richard Hamerton of Hamerton, Yorkshire |
Richard Harrowden of Harrowden, Northamptonshire (killed in battle) |
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Thomas Harrington of Hornby, Lancashire |
Henry Plantagenet, (Henry VI), captured |
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James Metcalfe of Nappa, Yorkshire |
William Neville, Lord Fauconberg, captured |
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John Middleton of Belsay Castle, Northumberland |
Thomas Packington of Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire |
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Christopher Moresby of Moresby, Cumberland |
Thomas Percy of Egremont Castle, Cumberland |
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Thomas Mountford of Hackforth, Yorkshire |
Henry Percy of Alnwick, Northumberland (killed in battle) |
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John Mowbray of Framlingham, Suffolk |
John Radcliffe of Smithills, Lancashire (killed in battle) |
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Richard Neville of Middleham, Yorkshire (Earl of Westmoreland) |
Thomas Roos of Rockingham, Northamptonshire |
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Richard Neville of Middleham, Yorkshire (Earl of Warwick) |
Ralph Shirley of Shirley, Sussex |
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William Neville of Skelton, Yorkshire |
Henry Stafford of Stafford, Staffordshire (killed in battle) |
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Robert Ogle of Choppington, Northumberland |
Lord Humphrey Stafford of Stafford, Staffordshire |
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William Oldhall of Hunsdon, Herefordshire |
Edmund Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire |
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William Parr of Carlisle |
John Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire |
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Thomas Parr of Kendal, Westmoreland |
Thomas Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire |
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John Parr of Westminster, Westmoreland |
Thomas Thorpe of Thorpe, Northumberland |
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James Pickering of Ellerton, Yorkshire |
Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond |
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Edward Plantagenet, (Edward IV), Middlesex |
Jasper Tudor of Hatfield, Anglesey |
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Richard, Plantagenet of Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire (Duke of York) |
John Wenlock of Wenlock, Shropshire |
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William Pudsey of Selaby, Durham |
Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk |
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Thomas Rempston of Warren, Huntingdon |
Richard West of Hempston-Cantilupe, Devon |
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Henry Retford of Lincolnshire |
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John Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire |
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James Strangeways of Whorlton, Yorkshire |
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Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmoreland |
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Thomas Vaughan of Hergest, Herefordshire |
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James Wandesford of Kirklington, Yorkshire |
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Richard Grey of Powis, Powis |
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