Battle of Ludford Bridge

St Albans - Blore Heath - Ludlow - Northampton - Wakefield - Mortimer 's Cross - St Albans - Ferrybridge - Towton - Hedgeley Moor - Hexham - Edgecote Moor - Losecote Field - Barnet - Tewkesbury - Bosworth Field - Stoke

The Battle of the Bridge of Ludford was the most significant defeat of the Yorkists at the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.

After the victory at the Battle of Blore Heath, the Yorkists marched to Worcester. But when they came upon a strong army of Lancastrians, they entrenched themselves at the bridge of Ludford. Ludford is a small village before Ludlow, both separates only the river Teme.

On October 12, 1459 joined Sir Andrew Trollope, the commander of the contingent from Calais, the pages. King Henry VI. had offered him pardon. Trollope brought not only his men, but also valuable information on the plans and the Yorkist army. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, now faced a superior force of three to one. That same evening, he and his two sons decided together with Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, to flee from the battlefield. Richard Neville of Salisbury, and Edward, the eldest son of Richard Plantagenet, retreated to Calais, he himself with the other to Dublin in Ireland, where he, his second son, the only 16 -year-old Edmund, seriously injured followed. In the morning when the Yorkistische army noticed that she was leaderless, they broke up. The army of Lancastrians then plundered the now unprotected, sympathizing with the House of York Ludlow.

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