Wars Of The Roses Archive

Sir Walter Raleigh ‘Self-Portrait’ Discovered Behind Walls In The Tower Of London

AncientPages.com | November 5, 2018

AncientPages.com - Tower of London is today a great tourist attraction, but the castle built on the north bank of the River Thames has not always been a place

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On This Day In History: Mysterious Death Of White Queen Anne Neville – On Mar 16, 1485

AncientPages.com | March 16, 2017

AncientPages.com - On March 16, 1485, Anne Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Anne Beauchamp, died mysteriously at the age of twenty-eight. Did tuberculosis

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On This Day In History: George Plantagenet Privately Executed At The Tower Of London – On Feb 18, 1478

AncientPages.com | February 18, 2017

AncientPages.com - On February 18, 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, who conspired against his brother, Edward IV, during the Wars of the Roses, was convicted of treason and executed

On This Day In History: The Battle of Mortimer’s Cross – On Feb 2, 1461

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On This Day In History: The Battle of Mortimer’s Cross Was Fought – On Feb 2, 1461

AncientPages.com | February 2, 2017

AncientPages.com - On February 2, 1461, the battle was fought near Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire, at a site not far from the border with Wales. The young Edward,

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On This Day In History: ‘The Wars Of The Roses’ – Fighting For The Throne Of England At Tewkesbury – On May 4, 1471

AncientPages.com | May 4, 2016

AncientPages.com - One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses took place on May 4, 1471. It was the Battle of Tewkesbury, a historic riverside town in Gloucestershire. The