On the early morning of the 22nd August
1485, Richard III and Henry Tudor finally faced each other in
battle near the town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. The
short battle, lasting only a couple of hours, ended in the death of
Richard III and the ascendancy of the newly proclaimed Henry VII
and his new House of Tudor. Bosworth has become etched in the
public memory as the definitive…
John Churchill circa 1685-1690. John
Churchill was born at Ashe House in Devon on 26th May 1650. His
father, Winston, became impoverished after supporting the Royalist
cause during the English Civil Wars. Despite these humble
beginnings, John Churchill would come to serve…
