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Quiz about Battles of the Wars of the Roses
Quiz about Battles of the Wars of the Roses

Battles of the Wars of the Roses Quiz


Depending on where you start and finish counting, there were 17 battles during the 30 year conflict knows as the Wars of the Roses. This quiz has a Yorkist slant and will probably not be too difficult for people who know the period well.

A multiple-choice quiz by gabbatoir. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
gabbatoir
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
328,326
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
8 / 20
Plays
852
Last 3 plays: Guest 90 (8/20), Guest 173 (5/20), Guest 207 (10/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. 1455 - Which three members of the nobility were killed at the first Battle of St Albans? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. 1459 - Which members of the nobility were taken prisoner after the Battle of Blore Heath?

Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. 1459 - What was the name of the leader of the Calais garrison who deserted the Duke of York's camp at Ludford Bridge? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. 1459 - Who was the only woman attainted at the 1459 Parliament of Devils after the flight from Ludlow? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. 1460 - What was George Nevill, Bishop of Exeter, given after the Battle of Northampton? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. 1460 - Why did the Duke of York leave the safety of Sandal Castle in December 1460? (leading to the Battle of Wakefield) Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. 1460 - How did the Earl of Salisbury die? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. 1461 - Who was captured after the second Battle of St Albans? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. 1461 - What phenomenon was seen in the sky before the Battle of Mortimer's Cross? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. 1461 - Owen Tudor, executed after Mortimer's Cross was once married to

Answer: (3 words)
Question 11 of 20
11. 1461 - Apart from Lord Fitzwalter, who does Edmund Hall say was killed at the Battle of Ferrybridge? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. 1461 - Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales, was killed at the Battle of Towton.


Question 13 of 20
13. 1464 - Who led the Yorkist forces at the Battle of Hedgeley Moor? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. 1464 - Which key Lancastrian leader was executed after the Battle of Hexham? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. 1469 - Robin of Redesdale, leader of the rebel force at the Battle of Edgcote was most probably who? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. 1470 - The Battle of Empingham, a resounding victory for the Yorkists, is also known as what?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 17 of 20
17. 1471 - John Nevill wore the colours of York underneath his Lancastrian livery at the Battle of Barnet.


Question 18 of 20
18. 1471 - What was Anne Nevill's title when she was widowed after the Battle of Tewkesbury? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. 1485 - Richard III was betrayed by Lord Thomas Stanley at the Battle of Bosworth. Who was Lord Stanley married to?

Answer: (She spent many years conspiring against Richard III)
Question 20 of 20
20. 1487 - John Earl of Lincoln was the leader of the rebels at the Battle of Stoke, where he lost his life. How was he related to Richard III? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 1455 - Which three members of the nobility were killed at the first Battle of St Albans?

Answer: Somerset, Northumberland, Clifford

Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset; Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Lord Thomas Clifford, all fighting on the side of Henry VI, were killed in the battle. Somerset, and possibly Northumberland, were targetted by York and his Nevill allies, the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick, though Clifford most likely died defending the barricades leading into the town.
2. 1459 - Which members of the nobility were taken prisoner after the Battle of Blore Heath?

Answer: Thomas and John Nevill

Salisbury's middle sons, Thomas and John, were captured after Blore Heath and imprisoned in Chester Castle. They were released after the Battle of Northampton.
3. 1459 - What was the name of the leader of the Calais garrison who deserted the Duke of York's camp at Ludford Bridge?

Answer: Andrew Trollope

Although the Calais garrison were loyal to Warwick, Captain of Calais, they were not prepared to take up arms against their king, Henry VI. When Henry offered pardons to all who would come to his side, Trollope led a sizeable number away from York's camp, leaving him sorely under-defended.

The Yorkists fled, York and his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland to Ireland, while Warwick, Salisbury and York's oldest son, Edward Earl of March, fled to Calais.
4. 1459 - Who was the only woman attainted at the 1459 Parliament of Devils after the flight from Ludlow?

Answer: Alice Montacute Countess of Salisbury

Alice Montacute may well have been at Ludlow Castle and left at the same time as her husband, son and the Duke of York. She was certainly in Ireland shortly after that. It isn't clear from the sources just why Alice was attainted, but it was quite possibly for raising troops on her husband's behalf.
5. 1460 - What was George Nevill, Bishop of Exeter, given after the Battle of Northampton?

Answer: The Great Seal of England

George Nevill, Salisbury's youngest son, became chancellor of England for the first time in 1460 at the age of 28. He continued in the role until personally sacked by Edward IV in 1465. In 1470, his brother, Warwick, reinstated him during the Readeption of Henry VI. ('Readeption' is the recognized historical term).
6. 1460 - Why did the Duke of York leave the safety of Sandal Castle in December 1460? (leading to the Battle of Wakefield)

Answer: It could have been any of these reasons.

While there is no proof that York was betrayed, and it is doubtful that he was quick tempered enough to respond to insults, either of these reasons could conceivably be correct. The most likely reason (though also by no means proven) was that he rode out to protect a group of returning foragers.
7. 1460 - How did the Earl of Salisbury die?

Answer: Lynched by a mob at Pontefract Castle.

The Earl of Salisbury survived the Battle of Wakefield and was taken to Pontefract Castle where he was to be placed in captivity. Possibly with the connivance of Robert Holland, Bastard of Exeter, he was seized by the mob and beheaded - also possibly by Holland.
8. 1461 - Who was captured after the second Battle of St Albans?

Answer: John Nevill Lord Montagu

John Nevill was captured after the second Battle of St Albans and imprisoned, with several others, in York when Queen Margaret led her army in retreat to the north of England. He was freed after the Battle of Towton.
9. 1461 - What phenomenon was seen in the sky before the Battle of Mortimer's Cross?

Answer: A parhelion

A parhelion is an optical illusion where it appears there are three suns in the sky. Edward Earl of March used this to convince his troops that God and the Trinity were on their side. He later adopted the Sun in Splendour as a personal badge.
10. 1461 - Owen Tudor, executed after Mortimer's Cross was once married to

Answer: Katherine de Valois

Owen Tudor had been married to Henry V's widow, Katherine de Valois. Their sons (Edmund, Jasper and Owen) were Henry VI's half-brothers. Edmund Tudor was the father of Henry Tudor (later Henry VII).
11. 1461 - Apart from Lord Fitzwalter, who does Edmund Hall say was killed at the Battle of Ferrybridge?

Answer: Thomas Nevill Bastard of Salisbury

Though this is just about the only mention of him, Hall says that Thomas Nevill, illegitimate brother of Warwick, was killed at Ferrybridge.
12. 1461 - Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales, was killed at the Battle of Towton.

Answer: False

Edward was killed ten years later at the Battle of Tewkesbury. In 1461, he was 7 years old.
13. 1464 - Who led the Yorkist forces at the Battle of Hedgeley Moor?

Answer: John Nevill Lord Montagu

John Nevill led the Yorkist forces to victory at Hedgeley Moor.
14. 1464 - Which key Lancastrian leader was executed after the Battle of Hexham?

Answer: Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerset

Somerset, who had briefly been in the confidence of Edward IV, defected after a short time and returned to support Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. He was taken prisoner by John Nevill after Hexham and beheaded.
15. 1469 - Robin of Redesdale, leader of the rebel force at the Battle of Edgcote was most probably who?

Answer: John Conyers

John Conyers had been a staunch supporter of the Nevills for some years, serving as Steward of Middleham Castle and marrying Alice, the daughter of William Nevill, Lord Fauconberg.
16. 1470 - The Battle of Empingham, a resounding victory for the Yorkists, is also known as what?

Answer: Losecote Field

The rebels, led by Henry Lord Fitzhugh, discarded their armour so fast in the defeat and rout that the battle earned the nickname Losecote Field.
17. 1471 - John Nevill wore the colours of York underneath his Lancastrian livery at the Battle of Barnet.

Answer: False

This is romantic nonsense dreamed up by people who couldn't (or can't) accept that John Nevill changed sides. In stripping him of the Earldom of Northumberland, Edward IV raised John's anger and disappointment. Feeling that his loyalty had not gone rewarded, he joined his brother Richard Earl of Warwick, in rebellion.

There was no privacy in a medieval army camp and anything of this nature would have been spotted very quickly by sharp eyes and John wouldn't have made it to take the field alive.
18. 1471 - What was Anne Nevill's title when she was widowed after the Battle of Tewkesbury?

Answer: Princess of Wales

Anne Nevill, younger daughter of Richard Earl of Warwick, was married to Edward Prince of Wales who was killed either during or immediately after the Battle of Tewkesbury.
19. 1485 - Richard III was betrayed by Lord Thomas Stanley at the Battle of Bosworth. Who was Lord Stanley married to?

Answer: Margaret Beaufort

Thomas Stanley's first wife was Richard's cousin, Alianor Nevill. After her death, he married Margaret Beaufort.
20. 1487 - John Earl of Lincoln was the leader of the rebels at the Battle of Stoke, where he lost his life. How was he related to Richard III?

Answer: nephew

John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, was the oldest son of Richard III's sister Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk. Although never officially recognised as such, after the death of Richard's son Edward Prince of Wales, Lincoln was seen as his heir presumptive.
Source: Author gabbatoir

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