Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field

My Representation of Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field

Having completed King Richard the Third's element I still had left over castings in Project Lead Mountain for the War of the Roses period. The castings are old Gladiator Figures that I purchased three owners ago. I don't plan to create a totally historic Tudor Rebels Army for 1485 but it was fun doing the research to create these specific elements.

Whilst Henry was basically put into a position of trying to contest the throne of England by his Uncle Jasper Tudor in 1485 he had no legal titles. He was formally the 2nd Earl of Richmond at the 7th Creation and had been awarded arms by his uncle King Edward VI. These arms were identical to Jasper Tudors arms, who was Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke, except for the small charges arranged around the blue border. When Henry Tudor was attained in 1461 he lost the right to carry these arms. The title was then awarded to George Plantagenet in 1461, [8th creation] when he was executed in 1478 it then passed to Richard Duke of Gloucester - later to become King Richard the Third. So at Bosworth Field there were in effect two Earl's of Richmond present.