The Grand Old Duke of York's Final Battle

Explore York Library Learning Centre
Sunday 19 August 2pm to 3pm

Cost: £4.00

Revisit and explore this epic War of the Roses battle, which saw a decisive Lancastrian victory and Richard, Duke of York killed and his army destroyed.

On 30th December, 1460, the veteran warlord Richard, Duke of York, led his army to catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Wakefield. The reason for his suicidal decision to engage the much larger Lancastrian army has been hotly debated ever since.

Was York simply a poor commander, deservedly mocked in nursery rhyme? Or an heroic failure who gallantly attempted to rescue a foraging party or avenge insults to his honour?

Local Historian, Helen Cox has her own theory and in this illustrated lecture on ‘The Battle of Wakefield Revisited’, will present a different and more convincing explanation of the Duke’s conduct in his ill-fated northern campaign.

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