History

[utopia38]

What changed hands for the last time in battle at Bosworth Field in 1485

[Pies]

A raisin and biscuit Yorkie?

[coyn]

The throne from Yorkist to Lancastrian?? this is a wild guess.

[Chessman]

Without checking up, i'm not 100% sure, but I think this is where the throne passed from Plantagenet to Tudor.

[coyn]

I just said that chessman, get off my cloud you bounder.

[jake-the-peg]

The Crown.

It was the last time that England's ruling dynasty changed in battle.

Although you could argue that it happened again during the civil war but as Cromwell never accepted the title of King when it was offered to him it's debatable

[rsd2525]

richard 111's head

[Octavius]

The English Crown is right.

It was on the battlefield of Bosworth that King Richard III met his death so brutally. In consequence the House of Plantagenet was replaced by the House of Tudor when the Earl of Richmond took the throne as Henry VII, and the 22nd of August 1485 is one of the most significant dates in English history. It was the last occasion when the Crown changed hands on the field of battle and it saw the last charge by mounted knights led by the King in person, the end of chivalry. Richard III ruled for only three years, but proved himself a wise statesman. There is a large amount of evidence to suggest he was a pious and kindly monarch, although he was described as a usurper and child-killer by Tudor historians who did everything possible to discredit his memory. It has never been proved that he instigated the death of the Princes in the Tower or even if they were actually murdered.

On the ride into battle Richard III's spur struck the bridge stone of the Bow Bridge; as he was being carried back over the back of a horse his head struck the same stone and was broken open. It is said that Richard's body was dragged naked through the streets before being buried at Greyfriars Church, Leicester. His bones were scattered during the English Reformation.

[Chessman]

I like being called a bounder coyn, and if I trespassed, I agolopise, but even if you meant it, and you were right in what you said, you said, Yorkist to Lancastrian, I said, from Plantagenet to Tudor, thats just a little bit different.