A few miles from the honour, James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, commanded Lancastrian forces and was killed. Yorkist victory opened the Wars of the Roses in earnest. The field is still a field. The writ walked off it with his son.


23 September 1459
A few miles from the honour, James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, commanded Lancastrian forces and was killed. Yorkist victory opened the Wars of the Roses in earnest. The field is still a field. The writ walked off it with his son.

