Tewkesbury 1471

YORKIST

Sir Henry Beaumont of Wednesbury, knighted after battle

Sir Maurice Berkeley of Beverstone, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Bingham of Welcome Bingham, knighted after battle

Sir Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, knighted after battle

Sir Edward Brampton, godson to Edward IV

Sir William Brandon of Sohan Court, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Brooke, Lord Cobham, knighted after battle

Sir George Browne of Betchworth, knighted after battle

Sir John Clay of Cheshnut, knighted after battle

Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet, knighted after battle

Sir Thomas Cornewall of Berrington, knighted after battle

John Courtenay of Exminster and Kenn, knighted and made a banneret at Tewkesbury

Sir Philip Courtenay of Kingston and Molland, knighted

Sir John Crocker of Lineham, knighted after battle, standard bearer to Edward IV

Sir Richard Croft of Croft, knighted after battle

Sir James Crowner of Tunstall, knighted on the field after battle

Sir John Donne of Kidwelly, knighted after battle

Sir Henry Ferrers of Peckham, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Ferrers, knighted after battle

Sir Robert Green of Hayes, knighted after battle

Sir Henry Grey of Crawdon, knighted and made banneret after battle

Sir Thomas Grey, Lord Ferrers, Marquis of Dorset, part command of the right wing

Sir Robert Harrington of Badsworth, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Harley of Brampton, knighted after battle

Sir Ralph Hastings of Harrowden and Wanstead, knighted at Tewkesbury and created banneret

Sir Richard Hastings, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir William Hastings, Lord Hastings, commanded the right wing

Sir John Heveningham of Heveningham, created knight banneret

Sir Roger Kynaston of Middle and Hordley, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Nicholas Latimer of Duntish, created knight banneret after Tewkesbury

Sir John Lingen of Sutton and Stoke Edith, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Nicholas Longford of Longford, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Thomas Montgomery of Faulkborn, joined Edward IV’s army at Nottingham, fought at Barnet and Tewkesbury, escorted Margaret of Anjou home to France

Sir Simon Montfort of Coleshill, created knight banneret after Tewkesbury

Sir Christopher Moresby of Scaleby and Windermere, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Williwm Motton of Pickleton, knighted at Tewkesbury

John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, hereditary Earl Marshall of England, presided over the trial of the Lancastrian prisoners with Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Sir George Neville, Lord of Abergavenny, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Parr of Westminster, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Henry Pierrepoint of Holbeck Woodhouse, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Pilkington of Pilkington and Sowerby. knighted at Tewkesbury

Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IV, commanded the Yorkist forces

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother to Edward VI and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, fought with the middle ward of the army

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III, brother to Edward IV and George, Duke of Clarence, commanded the left wing of the Yorkist army

Sir Poole, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Laurence Rainsford of Rainsford, Queen Margaret stayed at Gupshill Manor before the battle; afterwards the manor house was in the possession of the Rainsford family

Sir Richard Ratcliff, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Roger Ree of Woodham Ferrers, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Terry Robsart of Norfolk, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John St. Lo of Chew Magna, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir William Sandys of The Vyne and Andover, Hants, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Savage of Clifton, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Saunders, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Skrene of Essex, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir John Stanley of Elford, created knight banneret

Sir William Stanley of Holt, created knight banneret

Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Roger Tocotes of Bromham, created knight banneret

Sir James Tyrell of Gipping, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Thomas Vaughn, in exile with Edward IV, fought at Barnet and Tewkesbury

Sir John Willoughby, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Henry Wingfield, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Thomas Wingfield, knighted at Tewkesbury

Sir Edward Wodehouse of Kimberley, knighted at Tewkesbury

To the Victors the spoils  or in this case, the slaughter

Many of the other Lancastrian nobles and knights sought sanctuary in Tewkesbury Abbey.

King Edward IV attended prayers in the Abbey shortly after the battle. He granted permission for the (dead)  Prince of Wales and others slain in the battle to be buried within the Abbey or elsewhere in the town without being quartered as traitors as was customary.

åThe Abbey was not officially a sanctuary,  and it if had been it is doubtful whether this would have deterred Edward. Two days after the battle, Somerset and other leaders were dragged out of the Abbey, and were ordered by Gloucester and the Duke of Norfolk to be put to death after perfunctory trials. Among them were Hugh Courtenay, younger brother of the Earl of Devon, and Sir John Langstrother, the prior of the military order of St. John were also executed.

Dreadful and bloody vengeance was done in and around Tewkesbury that week in May 1471, as was customary after most battles of the time.  Following the violence done within its precincts the Abbey was reconsecrated a month after the battle.