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Second Battle of St Albans: The second battle of St Albans, fought in and to the north of the City of St Albans, on 17 th February 1461.īattle of Towton: Edward IV’s crushing defeat of the Lancastrians on 29 th March 1461, leading to his coronation as King of Englandīattle of Barnet: King Edward IV’s victory over his erstwhile ally, the Earl of Warwick, on 14 th April 1471īattle of Tewkesbury: Final defeat of the Lancastrians on 4 th May 1471, with the death of Edward Prince of Wales and the murder in the tower of King Henry VI, leaving the Yorkist King Edward IV free to continue his reign unopposed.īattle of Bosworth Field: Henry Tudor’s historic victory over King Richard III on 22 nd August 1485, with the death of Richard and the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty as Kings and Queens of England.What were the causes of the War of Roses? Yorkists and Lancastrians taking white and red roses in the Inner Temple Garden: First Battle of St Albans, fought on 22nd May 1455 in the Wars of the Roses: allegorical picture from William Shakespeare by Henry Arthur Payneįirst Battle of St Albans: The First Battle of the Wars of the Roses, fought in the streets of St Albans on 22 nd May 1455.īattle of Blore Heath: The battle fought on 23 rd September 1459, at which the Earl of Salisbury’s Yorkist army defeated a larger Lancastrian army, enabling it to join the Duke of York at Ludlow.īattle of Northampton: King Henry VI, captured for a second time by the Yorkists, after the crushing defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton, fought on 10 th July 1460.īattle of Wakefield 1460: Queen Margaret of Anjou’s crushing defeat of the Yorkists on 30 th December 1460, with the death of the Yorkist leader, Richard, Duke of York and his young son, the Duke of Rutland.īattle of Mortimer’s Cross: Edward, Earl of March’s decisive defeat of Jasper Tudor, on 3 rd February 1461, on the Welsh Border