Articles relating to the Wars of the Roses and online library

The following articles, listed by date of publication, relate specifically to the Wars of the Roses. They have been published in the Society’s journal The Ricardian over the past thirty years.  A selection of these articles are available on-line with the permission of the authors. The Richard III Society owns the copyright of these articles and they are published on this website for readers’ private purposes only. The articles may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Society.

Articles that are not online are available to members through the Barton Library.

Back copies of The Ricardian may be still be available in their original format and can be purchased by members and non-members. Please contact Judith Ridley

 ‘A Fine Armour … Bosworth’   by Frank Yeoman  - December 1974

‘The Battle of Bosworth’ by Brian A Jesson – December 1975

‘On the Prolonged Use of Fifteenth-Century Armour’ by Anthony BL Dove – June 1977

‘Four Southampton Rebels of 1483’ by Kenneth Hillier – March 1979

‘Tudor Heraldry at Bosworth by OD Harris’ – December 1979

‘A Rebel of 1483: Sir Thomas De La Mare’ by Kenneth Hillier – December 1979

‘Croyland at Bosworth’ by OD Harris – June 1981

'The Rebellion of 1483 A Study of Sources and Oppinions part 1' by Kenneth Hillier - 1982

The Rebellion of 1483 A Study of Sources and Oppinions part 2' by Kenneth Hillier -1983

‘The Yorkshire Rebellion of 1469’ by KR Dockray – December 1983

‘The Civil War of 1459 to 1461 in the Welsh Marches: Pt 1 The Rout of Ludford Bridge’ by
Geoffrey Hodges – March 1984

‘The Civil War of 1459 to 1461 in the Welsh Marches: Pt 2 The Campaign and Battle of
Mortimer's Cross’ by Geoffrey Hodges – June 1984

'A Place Mete for Two Battaylels to Encountre': The Dating of the Battle of Bosworth, 1485
by Daniel Williams – September 1985

' “… Even Here, in Bosworth Field”': A Disputed Site of Battle’ by OD Harris – March 1986

‘The Kaleidoscope of Treason: Fragments from the Bosworth Story’ by Margaret Condon – March 1986

‘The Battle of Bosworth: Further Reflections on the Battlefield Site’ by MJ Phillips – March 1987

‘Bosworth Field: A Footnote to a Controversy’ by Margaret Condon – March 1987

‘A Ricardian Riddle: The Casuality List for the Battle of Barnet’ by Livia Visser-Fuchs – March 1988

‘A Personal View of the Road to Bosworth Field’ by Arnold J James – June 1989

‘An Amended Itinerary to Bosworth Field’ by Arnold J James – June 1991

‘The Battle of Wakefield’ by Keith Dockray – June 1992

‘The Battle of Wakefield: The Topography’ by Richard Knowles – June 1992

‘Thomas Woodshawe, “Grasiour” and Regicide’ by Raymond J Skinner – June 1993

'Lambert Simnel and the King from Dublin' by Gordon Smith December 1996

‘Richard III and the Battle of Dunesmore’ by Colin Richmond – September 1997

‘Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrian March on London, 1461’ by B M Cron – December 1999

‘Richard was Late’ by Livia Visser-Fuchs – December 1999

‘’A Review of the Sources for the Battle of Barnet by Peter J Watson – June 2000

‘The Buckinghamshire Six at Bosworth’ by Lesley Boatwright – 2003