The Battle of Towton

The Battle of Towton
The Wars of the Roses - 9
March 29, 1461
x 2
Trollope
Somerset
x 1
Renshaw Wood
Towton
x 3
x 9
Bloody Meadows
x 6
Cock Beck
Warwick
Castle Hill Wood
Saxton Edward Dintingdale
HANDGUNNERS
Howard
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Historical Notes
After the skirmish at Ferrybridge the
Yorkist and Lancastrian armies drew up
for battle north of the Aire. Snow whipped
up driving into the face of the
Lancastrians, which made their archery
ineffective. Edward's archers on the other
hand inflicted great damage. But in terrible
hand to hand fight that lasted all day the
Lancastrians initially had the best of it,
including a successful ambush from men
concealed in woods to the Yorkist left. The
bodies piled high in the freezing cold, and
fresh troops had to climb over corpses to
reach the front lines. Edward's cause looked
almost lost, when reinforcements arrived in
the shape of men under the command of
the Duke of Norfolk. Now it was the
Lancastrians who were pushed back across
Bloody Meadows. Finally they broke and
ran. Towton was the bloodiest battle on
English soil and the Lancastrian cause
suffered an immense blow. Many of their
leaders were killed or captured, and King
Henry and Queen Margaret were forced to
flee north towards Scotland.
Leadership and Handgunner rules can be
found on the last page of the Campaign
Rules in the files section at
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Produced with permission, for non-commercial use only.
Sir Henry Beaufort
Duke of Somerset
Victory Conditions
X 4
7
WAR COUNCIL Level 0
Conditions of Victory
7 banners
Special Rules
All Yorkist (Standard camp) Bows are Longbows
and follow Longbow rules.
Medieval Lore rules are in effect.
Leadership rules apply to the units labelled
Warwick, Edward, Howard, Trollope, and
Edward IV
King of England
Victory Conditions
X 5
7
WAR COUNCIL Level 0
Somerset. Use a suitable marker to indicate units
with leaders. Leadership rules are explained in the
historical background.
Basic Landmark rules apply to the town hexes of
Saxton, Dintingdale, and Towton.
See Historical background for the Handgunner
rules.
LANCASTRIAN AMBUSH
The Lancastrian medium infantry unit labelled 'A'
may not be attacked by Yorkist units until it has
been ordered by the Lancastrian player.