The Battle of Bosworth Field

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1. Apart from a few minor skirmishes, Bosworth Field was the final battle of which war? The Wars of the Roses Thirty Years' War English Civil War Hundred Years' War

2. On which day was the Battle fought? August 22, 1485 March 29, 1461 April 14, 1471 May 22, 1455

3. The victor at Bosworth was a man born in Wales who was proclaimed King shortly after the battle.Who was he? Edward IV Henry VI Henry VII Richard III

4. After the end of the Wars of the Roses the Houses of York and Lancaster were united in a single family. True False

5. One of the reasons given for Richard's defeat was the refusal of two brothers to commit their armies to the King. Who were these traitors? Lord Thomas and Sir William Stanley The Earl of Oxford and his brother Stephen Sir Robert and William Brackenbury The Earl of Northumberland and his brother Richard

6. After the battle Richard's naked and bloody corpse was taken to Leicester and displayed for all to see that he was truly dead. Richard was later buried at Grey Friars, but that was not his final resting place. Where were his bones finally moved to? Windsor Castle The River Soar The Tower of London York Minster

7. Many myths and legends have sprung up since the battle. One of these involves Richard's spur striking a particular place on leaving Leicester on the eve of the battle. Where did his spur hit? It caught on his horse's armour A church door Bow Bridge One of his men

8. Although both Richard and Henry were descendants of Edward III, Richard had the much stronger claim to the throne. True False

9. When Henry Tudor crossed back from his exile in France to seize the throne of England, where did his invasion force land? Pembrokeshire Hampshire Kent Dorset

10. According to Shakespeare, Richard was a deformed hunchback, and in his final minutes called out 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse'. Most of the accounts of Richard come from other Tudor propaganda. His final words are however documented. What were they? Treason, treason, treason. To my death I am King. Stanley, where art thou? I go to meet my God.