RICHARD III’S LAST STAND
Sep 30, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS: CHARLOTTE HODGMAN
BOSWORTH FACTS
Date: 22 August 1485
Richard III’s army: c10,000–15,000 troops
Henry Tudor’s army: 5,000 troops, including some 2,000 French mercenaries
Lord Thomas Stanley and Sir William Stanley: c6,000 men between them
Terrain: Open field, meadow and lowland moor/marsh
Losses: Henry Tudor: c100 Richard III: c1,000
THE THIRD ARMY AT BOSWORTH
Richard III boasted the larger army at Bosworth Field, outnumbering Henry Tudor’s by as many as three to one, but it was
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