The Wars of The Roses & Match of The Day like you’ve never seen or heard before
Channel: Deep FACT Friar
Date: 2020-03-29

“War! huh! good God, what is it good for”
I’ll tell you what it’s good for, it’s great for teaching history class that’s what it’s good for so let’s dive in to today’s history lesson.

29/03/1340 Edward III raises tax to invade 🇫🇷 France 100 years war (Zzzzz)
29/03/1461 Wars of The Roses, THE Battle of Towton (now we’re talking) And finally 
29/03/1471 Edward lost it with Richard Neville, The Earl of Warwick at Gosford Gate, Coventry. Did I mention that Coventry is going to be the next UK City of Culture in 2021 so let’s get to it 

29/03/1340 Edward III raising tax is so dull we’re not even covering it. 

29/03/1461 The Battle of Towton was THE bloodiest and most gruesome in the Wars of the Roses. Yorkshire guys absolutely bossed it. Loads dead. 
Lots of videos on You Tube Re the actual Battle of Towton, well worth a watch. We found this nice little animation that explains it with a visor view.

https://www.towton.org.uk/the-battle-2/

29/03/1471 Edward arrived on the outskirts of Coventry after spending the night at Coombe Abbey Hotel which is particularly nice but wasn’t a hotel then. His army is spread out over Gosford Green where Coventry City Fans used to play fisticuffs with other fans. It is said that he rode down Far Gosford Street, he stood before the city walls and shouted out his defiance of Warwick who was inside’ but Richard Neville, The Earl of Warwick gave no answer. 
For three days heralds would come to Gosford Gate in Coventry and demanded entrance, but the only reply given by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick was, 

“that he had rather be like himself than like a false and perjured Duke and that he was fully determined never to leave war till he had either lost his own life or utterly subdued his enemies”.

Edward eventually got bored and being a big scaredy cat decided to head for the bright lights of London. THE END

Once again-full credit for today’s Coventry cultural fact goes over to my friend David McGrory and his book A History of Coventry. Thank you David I’m
Sure you are sat at home writing another book about how great Coventy is. 

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