Battlefields Trust East Midlands Quiz

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Battles, battlefields and sieges in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland.

1. Who led Henry VII's vanguard at both Bosworth in 1485 and Stoke Field in 1487?

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John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln

Sir William Stanley

John de Vere, Earl of Oxford

Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke

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2. Which besieged garrison were the Royalists trying to relieve when they became involved in the Battle of Winceby on 11 October 1643?

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Newark

Old Bolingbroke

Gainsborough

Lincoln

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3. Which Yorkist leader was seen fleeing the field at Stoke Field in 1487, but his ultimate fate is unknown, although a mysterious skeleton was found more than 200 years later?

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John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln

Lambert Simnel

Sir Thomas Fitzgerald

Francis, Viscount Lovell

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4. Which Royalist commander was killed by friendly fire whilst being transported by boat to Hull on 25 July 1643, just before the Battle of Gainsborough?

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Robert Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

Charles Cavendish

John Meldrum

Sir Richard Byron

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5. Where is this Civil War fortification (above) ?

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Worcester

Oakham

Newark

Kings Lynn

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6. What is the alternative name for the Battle of Empingham, fought on 12 March 1470?

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Battle of Edgecote

Battle of Stamford

Battle of Losecote Field

Battle of Rutland

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7. What happened to the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel following his capture at the battle of Stoke Field?

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He was spared and became a turnspit in the royal kitchens

He was brutally executed after the battle

He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and died there

He escaped from his captors and made his way back to Ireland

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8. Which battle does this memorial commemorate (above)?

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Winceby, 11 October 1643

Stoke Field, 16 June 1487

Gainsborough, 28 July 1643

Chesterfield, 15 May 1266

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In 2009 which archaeologist, supported by the Battlefields Trust, discovered the location where the Battle of Bosworth was actually fought?

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Sam Wilson

Glenn Foard

Richard Buckley

Phil Harding

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Who broke the second siege of Newark on 21 March 1644, when the town was surrounded by around 7000 Parliamentarians?

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle

Henry Hastings, Baron Loughborough

John, Baron Byron

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