After a four year survey, Dr Glenn Foard stands on the site believed to be where the Battle of Bosworth took place in 1485
Dr Glenn Foard stands on the site in Fen End believed to be where the Battle of Bosworth took place. The research commissioned by Leicestershire County Council took four years, during which several important archaeological finds were made. The crucial evidence, including badges of the supporters of both kings, sword mounts, coins and 28 cannonballs, was found in fields straddling Fen Lane in the Leicestershire parish of Upton, where no historian had looked before. "The fact that this little boar is Richard's personal emblem, and made in silver gilt, means that it can only have been given to one of the closest members of his retinue. The man who wore this would have fought and died at Richard's side," Foard said. (ref Guardian newspaper (19/2/2010)). Bosworth is a site of national historic significance, being the location of one of the three most important battles fought on British soil. It is the site where the Battle of Bosworth took place in 1485, and infamous as the place where King Richard III lost his life and crown to Henry Tudor and thus where the Tudor dynasty was born. Shakespeare immortalised Richard III, a King betrayed, unhorsed, surrounded by his enemies and finally calling out “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.”
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