The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
THE WARS or
THE ROSES
. Cade's rebellion showed the discomfort
by nlsgovernment and laid the way for

Cade's rebellion showed the discomfort
BY r1lsgovernment and laid the way for
ths long and bloody war known as the
This long and bloody war was fought
between betty the Houses ,s, OF Lancaster and
Lancas,rian side. The Earl OF ;,arw!cK,
s tbe most 1e OF The eas M this tins
was 80 called because OF the roses they
wore, the Lancastrians having red and
the Yorkists a white rose.
England. then the wealth,est and most
progressive part Of the. country. had
strongly supported Wycli1e in RS re-.
Duke Of York. The western part was for
the Lancastrians and the church. On the
other hand. It was a war Between the
ne 2bl for strife Of power ana wealth
the strife for power between Edmund,
Duke of Somerset, and Richard. Duke OF
York Each .ried 70 get eontro, 81 the
tector OF realm during Henry.s attack
OF insanity in l453. Soon Afterwards tne
Duke Of Somerset the kings tavorlte and
double charge. In fb, when Henry re-
covered. he released someFset and gave
him his office back. Richard objected, and
,.isi ~ n .,.ry IN ,l.hoitr' Esr.; ed to-.
The FIRST battle fought was at ST.; Al
bans in l4s5. The Yorkists. after half an
hours fshtng, gained complete VIC
tory. Somerset was slain.f5At BloreheAth.
again. the Yorkiats were victorious. The
third battle was at Northampton, where
the Yorkists were successful again. Henry
fed with the young Prince. Edward to
Scotland. Richard demanded the crown,
but Henry refused. Margaret raised an
whose forces We're superior to hers. had
cntrenched himself in his castle For a
while Margaret dared Richard 70 come
the battle OF Wakefield was fought. Mar
garet was victorious. Richard was slain
and the queen cut Off his head, put a
III! ape CHEF S9s gate OF the city Of YORK The
next year the Lancastrians were defeated
in the bloodiest battle of the war with
Sand soldiers were killed The Earl Of
Warwick placed Edward " on the throne.
Henry and Margaret lied to, Scotland. The
pear and as they did not, proclaimed them
traitors Four years later Henry was
taken prisoner, ana sent to the Tower. Of
London. The battle OF Barnet nesr tel-
was slain and about the same time Henry
died in the Tower. 4 few weeks after the
battle q barns n MasEafsbs sFms
Edward was slain, and Margaret taken
prisoner. She was released on the pay
inent OF large sum Ma and returned t, ,ral to
In lis5 the decisive battle of lne war was
fought at Bosworth Field. Richard went
out the evening before to Inspect the
ground. He found one OF his sentinels
slumbering at his post. Drawing his
sword, he stabbed him TO the heart. say
ing, II found him asleep and leave him
asleep" He spent a restless night, The
ghosts of his murdered victims. seemed
10 pass In procession before him.. he
confessed the murder Of the two princes.
At sunrise the battle began. His sol.
diers deserted him and he dashed forward
in the midst of the battle and uttered the
cry OF Treason! Treason!' He killed thu
standard bearer and flung the Lencastrlan
banner to the ground. He could go no
further and numbers overpowered him
and no Toll. During the battle he had
worn his crown. After 1t was all over
1t was found hanging on a hawthorne
bush and handed to the victor, who placed
1t on his head. The army then gathered
around Henry. thus crowned. and moved
by one impulse Joined in the exultant
hymn OF the Te Deum
Several other battles were fought OF less
Importance, Edgecot. Hexheum, MORT
mer's Cross and Hanbury. There were
fourteen battles In all,
The date Of the Wars OF the noses was
1455-14S5.
The result Of this great war was the
self-destructoH OF feudalism |. did away
with the quarrel Of the barons 1t final
ly lead to the union Of the houses of
Lancaster and York. A great many peo-
pie Of England were killed and cities de-
stroyed In this war.