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“Curators at Bosworth Battlefield in Leicestershire have launched an international search for the descendants of the men who fought at the bloody battle for the English throne on August 22 1485.

Timed to coincide with the battle’s 525th anniversary and an extensive re-enactment at the heritage site, the call is designed to add some detail to the list of names already held at the Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre and enhance the growing knowledge of the Battle, which was the final chapter in the bloody episode in English history known as the Wars of the Roses.

Contemporary accounts of the clash, which effectively swept away the Plantagenet dynasty and ushered in the Tudors, suggest there were between 12,000 and 16,000 men fighting for King Richard, opposed by 5,000 fighting for Henry Tudor and between 5,000 and 7,000 in the army of the Stanleys.

The names of many men in these armies are held at the Visitor Centre but, as Curator Richard Knox concedes, there is much more to be done to flesh out their stories.” Read more

Battle of Bosworth Renactment on August 21 and 22nd! 10am-5:30pm.  Check out here: www.bosworthbattlefield.com for more details!