Roll Call of The Battle of Bosworth

22 August 1485

"it was showed that King Richard, late mercifully reigning upon us, was piteously slain and murdered, to the grete heaviness of this citie". York City Meeting Minutes, 1485

Yorkists                                                             Lancastrians

Richard III, King of England, killed in battle, later attainted by Henry VII as the Duke of Gloucester, in bill of attainder dated 21 August, 1485

Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, later Henry VII

William Allington, killed in battle

Adam ap Evan, rewarded after battle

Sir Ralph Ashton of Ashton Under Lyne, did not suffer forfeiture under Henry VII

Sir Thomas Arundel of Lanherne, Cornwall, knighted by Henry VII

Sir John Audley of Markeaton, Derbyshire

Richard Ashton

Sir John Babington of Chilwell

Richard Bagot of Blithfield, Staffordshire, killed in battle

John Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire, killed in battle

Sir William Berkeley* of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, knighted by Henry VII

Sir Humphrey Beaufort of Barford St. John, Oxfordshire, killed in battle

John Bicknell of South Perrott, Dorset

Sir Willialm Berkeley of Uley, Gloucestershire

Sir James Blount of Tutbury, Staffordshire, attainder under Richard III reversed

William Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, created a marquis by Henry VII

Sir Thomas Bourchier* of Horsley, Surrey

Sir Henry Bodrugan of Restronget, Cornwall, attainted

Sir William Brandon* of Soham, Cambridgeshire, killed in battle

Richard Boughton of Lawford, Warwickshire, killed in battle

Sir Reginald Bray of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire

William Bracher, executed after the battle

Alexander Bruce, created Valet of the Royal Chamber under Henry VII

Sir Robert Brackenbury of Denton, Durham, killed in battle

Arnold Butler of Dunraven, Glamorganshire

William Brampton, attainted

John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire, rewarded after battle

Sir Thomas Broughton of Broughton in Furness, Lancashire, attainted*

Sir Edmund Carew of Mohun’s Ottery, Devon

Sir John Buck of Harthill, Yorkshire, executed

William Case of South Petherton, Somerset

William Catesby of Ashby St. Legers, Northamptonshire, executed after the battle

Philibert de Chandee of Brittany, created Earl of Bath

Sir Richard Charlton of Edmonton, Middlesex, killed in battle

William Chetwynd of Ingestre, Shropshire

William Clerk, attainted

Sir John Cheyne of Falstone Cheney, Wiltshire, created Lord Cheyne after Bosworth*

Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire

Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Sir Marmaduke Constable* of Somersby, Lincolnshire, pardoned

Humphrey Cotes of Cotes, Staffordshire, killed in battle

Sir John Conyers of Hornby, Yorkshire

Sir Edward Courtnenay of Tiverton, Devon, created Earl of Devon by Henry VII

Sir William Conyers, killed in battle

Piers Courtenay, Bishop of Exeter

Lord Thomas Dacre of Gilsland, Cumbria

Matthew Cradock of Caerphilly, Glamorgan

Walter Devereaux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley of Weobley, Herefordshire, killed in battle

John Crokker, rewarded part of Clevedon, Somerset

John Lord Dudley, created Sheriff of Sussex by Henry VII

Sir Giles Daubeney of South Petherton, Somerset, became royal councillor under Henry VII

Sir John Ferrers, killed in battle

Sir Simon Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, rewarded after battle

Thomas Fiennes, Lord Dacre, did not suffer forfeiture under Henry VII

Hugh Eardswick

Thomas Fitzalan, Lord Maltravers, pardoned

Sir Richard Edgecombe of Cotehele, Cornwall, rewarded after battle

Richard Lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, Yorkshire, created chief lieutenant of the North under Henry VII

Sir John ap Ellis Eyton of Ruabon, Denbighshire

Edward Franke

Sir John Fortescue of Ponsbourne, Hertfordshire, attainder under Richard III reversed, knighted by Henry VII

Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire

Williamap Griffith ap Robin of cochwillan, Caernarvonshire

William Gilpin of Kentmire, Westmoreland, killed in battle

Sir Richard Guildford of Cranbrook, Kent, knighted by Henry VII

Sir Thomas Gower of Sittenham, Durham, killed in battle

Sir John Hallwell of Bigbury, Devon

Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent of Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Edmund Hampden of Hampden, Buckinghamshire

Lord Henry Grey of Codnor, Derbyshire

Sir Robert Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, rewarded after battle

Sir John Grey

John Hardwick of Lindley, Leicestershire

Ralph Lord Greystoke of Greystoke, Cumbria*, did not suffer forfeiture under Henry VII

Reginald Hassall

Sir Ralph Harbottle of Beamish, Durham

Thomas Havard of Caerleon, Monmouthshire

Sir James Harrington of Brearley, Yorkshire, attainted*

Sir Walter Herbert of Raglan, Monmouthshire, knighted

Sir Robert Harrington of Badsworth, Yorkshire

Philip ap Howel, given pension by Henry VII

Richard Hastings, Lord Welles

Richard ap Howel of Mostyn, Flintshire

John Howard, Duke of Norfolk* of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, killed in battle

Sir Walter Hungerford* of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, knighted, attainder under Richard III reversed

Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey of Ashwellthorp, Norfolk, imprisoned*

Thomas Iden of Stoke, Kent

Walter Hopton, attainted

Sir Roger Kynaston of Hordley, Shropshire

Sir John Huddleston, attainted

Sir Nicholas Latimer of Buckland in Duntish, Dorset

John Joyce of Windsor, Berkshire, killed in battle

Thomas Leighton of Stretton en le Dale, Shropshire

John Kendal, killed in battle

Sir Piers Legh of Lymm, Cheshire

Thomas Kendall of Smisby, Derbyshire, killed in battle

Morris Lloyd of Wydegada, Llanstephen, Carmarthenshire, rewarded after battle

George Lord Lumley of Lumley, Durham

Thomas Lovell of Barton Bendish, Norfolk

Thomas Lord Lumley, pardoned

John ap Meredith of Clenenney, Caernarvonshire

Christopher Mallory of Studley, Yorkshire

Sir Thomas Milbourn of Salisbury, Wiltshire

Sir Robert Manners of Etal, Northumberland

Sir John Morgan, rewarded after battle

Sir Thomas Markenfield of Markenfield, Yorkshire, created Sheriff of Yorkshire under Henry VII*

Sir John Mordaunt of Turvey, Bedforshire

Sir Thomas Maulever of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorkshire, fought for Yorkists at Battle of Stoke (1487)

John Mortimer of Kyre Magna, Worcestershire

Sir John Melton of Ashton by Sheffield, Yorkshire

Edmund Mountfort of Coleshill, Warwickshire

Thomas Metcalfe, attainted

David Myddleton of Denbigh, Denbighshire

Sir John Middleton of Belsay, Northumberland

John Mynde

Sir Robert Middleton of Dalton, Westmoreland, attainted

Richard Nanfan of Threthwell, Cornwall

Sir Thomas Montgomery of Faulkborn, Essex, did not suffer forfeiture under Henry VII

William Norris, rewarded after battle

Sir Christopher Moresby* of Windermere, Westmoreland, created Sheriff of Cumberland under Henry VII

Sir David Owen of Cowdray, Sussex, knighted by Henry VII

Robert Mortimer of Thorpe le Soken, Essex, killed in battle

Sir James Parker, awarded part of Clevedon, Somerset

William Musgrave of Penrith, Cumbria

Sir Thomas Perrott of Haroldston, Pembrokeshire

Sir John Neville* of Liversedge, Yorkshire

Sir Hugh Pershall of Knightley, Staffordshire, rewarded after battle

Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, pardoned

David Phillip of Thornhaugh, Northampshire

Owen Lord Ogle of Ogle, Northumberland

Philip ap Rhys

Sir William Parker of London

Ralph Ponthieu

Sir John Paston

Sir Edward Poynings* of Southwark, Surrey, knighted by Henry VII

Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland*, of Alnwick, Northumberland, imprisoned, then released

Robert Poyntz of Irton Acton, Glocestershire, appointed Sheriff of Southampton under Henry VII

Sir Robert Percy* of Scotton, Yorkshire, killed in battle

Rhys Fawr ap Maredudd of Voelas, Denbighshire

Sir Henry Pierpont of Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire

Richard ap Howell

Sir Thomas Pilkington* of Pilkington, Lancashire, attainted

Sir John Risley of Laenham, Suffolk, attainder under Richard III reversed

Sir Robert Plumpton of Plumpton, Yorkshire

Rydderch ap Rhys of Cilbronnau, Cardiganshire

John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, of Wingfield, Suffolk

Sir Brian Sandford ofThorpe Salvin, Yorkshire

Thomas Poulter of Downe,Kent, attainted

Sir John Savage* of Clifton, Cheshire, knighted, granted lands from attainted Yorkists

Sir John Pudsey of Arnford, Yorkshire

Sir Charles Somerset of Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Sir Richard Ratcliffe of Derwentwater, Cumbria*, killed in battle

George Stanley, Lord Strange, pardoned, became royal councilor under Henry VII

Andrew Ratt, attainted

Sir Humphrey Stanley, awarded part of Clevedon, Somerset

John Ratte

Thomas Lord Stanley of Lathom Lancashire, created Earl of Derby after battle

Richard Revel of Ogston, Derbyshire, attainted

Sir William Stanley* of Holt Denbighshire, created Chamberlain of Henry VII’s household

Sir Robert Ryther of Ryther, Yorkshire

Bernard Stuart, 3rd Siegneur of Aubigny of Aubigny, France, returned to France

Geoffrey St. Germain of Broughton, Northamptonshire, attainted

Sir Gilbert Talbot of Slottesden, Shropshire, knighted, granted lands from attainted Yorkists

John Sacherverel of Morley, Derbyshire, killed in battle

John ap Thomas of Aber Marlais, Carmarthenshire

Juan de Salazar

Rhys ap Thomas of Newton Carmathenshire, awarded Crown lordship of Brecknock and Chamberlain of Carmarthen and Cardigan

William Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire, attainted

Sir Roger Tocotes, created Sheriff of Wiltshire under Henry VII

Sir Martin del See, Barmston, Yorkshire

Sir John Treffry of Fowey, Cornwall

John Lord Scrope of Castle Bolton, Yorkshire, fought for Yorkists at Battle of Stoke (1487)

Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, created Duke of Bedford*

Thomas Lord Scrope of Masham, Yorkshire

Sir Richard Tunstall, rewarded after battle

William Staffertone of Windsor, Berkshire

John Turberville of West Knighton, Dorset

Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, Worcestershire, attainted

Sir William Tyler of Snarestone, Leicestershire

Thomas Stafford of Grafton, Worcestershire, attainted

Sir Christopher of Urswick of London

Sir Brian Stapleton of Carleton, Yorkshire

Roland de Veleville, became member of Henry VII’s household

Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh, Westmoreland

John de Vere, Earl of Oxford of Hedingham, Essex, created hereditary Great Chamberlain of England*

Gilbert Swinborne of Nattertone, Northumberland, killed in battle

Henry de Vere of Great Addington, Northamptonshire

George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, pardoned

John Waller the Younger, awarded part of Clevedon, Somerset

Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell, Yorkshire

John Lord Welles of Maxey, Northamptonshire, awarded property in East Deeping, Lincolnshire

Sir Percival Thirlwall of Thirlwall, Northumberland, killed in battle

John Williams of Burghfield, Berkshire

Sir Robert Ughtered of Kexby, Yorkshire

William Willoughby of Broke, Wiltshire

Henry Vernon

Sir Robert Willoughby of Beer Ferrers, Devon, granted Receivership of the Duchy of Cornwall and appointed Steward of all mines in Devonshire and Cornwall

Roger Wake, of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, attainted

Sir John Wogan of Wiston, Pembrokeshire

John Walsh, attainted

Sir Edward Woodville, rewarded after battle

Sir Christopher Warde of Givendale, Yorkshire

 

Richard Watkins, attainted

 

Richard Williams, attainted

 

Thomas Windsor of Stanwell, Middlesex

 

John Lord Zouche of Harringworth, Northampshire, imprisoned, attainted, then pardoned*

 

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Bosworth Field, 22 August 11485
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Bosworth Field, 22 August 11485
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