The little known Siege of London in 1471 was a turning point in the WOTR’s. The city was attacked for two days by rebel forces led by the Bastard of Fauconberg while Henry VI’s fate hung in the balance.

My new book from The History Press tells the intriguing story this autumn!

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Read the intriguing story of the 1471 Siege of #London and Henry VI’s last days in my brand new book published by the The History Press this autumn.

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#OTD Palm Sunday 1461 the battle of Towton was fought. ‘Violence seldom accomplishes permanent and desired results. Herein lies the futility of war’.
A. Philip Randolph

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Patrick Joyce, emeritus professor of history at the University of Manchester: ‘The history of peasants is one of their silence or being silenced.’ theguardian.com/books/2024/feb…

So excited The History Press have kindly agreed to publish my brand new #medieval #history book set in the #WarsoftheRoses .

The hardback edition will be available in autumn, but in the meantime you can follow me here and at historymondays.substack.com for more updates very soon.

Love this image of old London Bridge ‘falling down’. Historically speaking the bridge was in a state of falling and rebuilding most of its life, and it features strongly in my new #WarsoftheRoses book published this autumn by the The History Press

In the long, hot summer of 1381, the Peasants' Revolt erupted in England. Join Matthew Lewis as he explores the real men and women behind this extraordinary medieval rebellion.

Part 1 of 3 out now on History Hit 💥

1907 postcard of Edward IV’s Oak, Hadley Woods, near Barnet where legend says Warwick ‘The Kingmaker’ was killed on 14 April 1471. The WOTR’s battle of Barnet was a Yorkist victory in the fog, but it was really a soldier’s battle where commanders had little tactical involvement🥀

‘If you thrive well, bring them to Baynard's Castle;
Where you shall find me well accompanied
With reverend fathers and well-learned bishops’ ~ Richard III (Richard III, Act 3, Scene 5) #ShakespeareSunday Hollow Crown Fans Nutcracker

#OTD 1461 John Lord Neville’s contingents sacked the Hanse trading town of Beverley (E. Yorkshire) heralding an advance south by Queen Margaret’s Lancastrian army intent on freeing Henry VI. Reports of pillage were unusual in England but Beverley, it seems, was a prime target.

It’s one of my many regrets that I didn’t know Bernard Levin, who wrote this and so many other brilliant things, better than I did.

So excited The History Press have kindly agreed to publish my brand new #medieval #history book set in the #WarsoftheRoses .

The hardback edition will be available in autumn, but in the meantime you can follow me here and at historymondays.substack.com for more updates very soon.

Fascinating portrayals of the period…but didn’t the Normans use Gillette in those days? #historymaps

Get ready for my brand new #medieval #history book set in the murderous #WarsoftheRoses . I’m so excited The History Press have agreed to publish it in 2024!

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#OTD 1460 Richard Anson, mayor and MP for Hull, was killed at the Battle of #Wakefield fighting for the Lancastrian King Henry VI. Here's the record of his election as MP ('burgess') 21 September previous in the Bench Book [C BRB/1]. KRIII Visitor Centre Hull Museums Hull Libraries

The likely site of the battle of Wakefield Fought #OTD in 1460, taken from opposite the memorial commemorating where Richard Duke ofYork was slain (previously marked by three ancient willow trees according to Daniel Defoe c. 1660-1731).

Richard, Duke of York, was killed and his army destroyed by Lancastrian Henry VI's forces at the battle of Wakefield #OTD 1460. Afterwards Richard's head - wearing a paper crown - and those of his son and brother-in-law were displayed on pikes above York's Micklegate Bar.

30 Dec 1460 Battle of Wakefield. Richard duke of York leaves the safety of Sandal Castle to fight the Lancastrian army. It was a crushing defeat.York & his son Edmund are killed. His brother in law, the earl of Salisbury was executed the next day. (Image:BL Royal 2 B XIV f. 6v)