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Northumberland,^ Francis, Viscount liOvel," John, Lord Zoucli,' Walter, 

 Lord Ferrers of Chartley,* Sir Richard Ratcliffe,* Sir Gervase Clifton,* 

 and Sir Robert Brackeubury;' all the four last meutioned commanders 

 were slaiu in the battle. 



The principal commanders on Henry's part were the Earl of Pem- 

 broke,^ the Earl of Oxford,^ Sir William Brandon,^'' who was Henry's 



» Henry Percy, fourth Earl of Northumberland of that name, was the son and heir cf 

 Henry Percy, third Earl of Northumberland, slain at the Battle of Towton. At the 

 Battle of Bosworth he commaRvled the rear of Kichard's army, but he is considered to 

 have been luke warm aud indifferent, and his forces are said not to have struck a blow ; he 

 immediately submitted to Henry, aud was taken into favour by him, aud was made one of hi» 

 privy council, and was slain in the fourth year of his reign, at a place called Cock Edge, 

 near Thirsk, in Yorkshire, by the populace, in an insurrection, ou account of a tax imposed 

 by Parliament, which the king had ordered him to levy. 



* Francis, Viscount Lovel, escaped from Bosworth Field, and fought at the Battle of 

 Stoke in US7, and was slain there, or at least never appeared afterwards. 



" John, Lord Zouch, was attainted lor taking part with Richard at the Battle of Bosworth, 

 but his attainder was reversed in 4th Henry VII. See Rot. Pari. 4, Henry VII. (ad. 1488), 

 vol. vi., fo. 24; and llth Henry VII. (a.d. 1496), vol. vi., fo. 484. He died in the fourth or 

 fifth year of Edward VI. 



* Sir Walter Devereux, in twenty-si.tth year of Henry VI., married Anne, sole daughter 

 and heiress of William, Lord Ferrers of Charlley, iu Staffordshire, she being then aged 

 eleven years and eight months; had livery of her lands, and in 1st Edward IV. he was ad- 

 vanced to the dignity of a baron, by the title of Lord Ferrers. At his death at Bosworth 

 Field he left by his wife Anne a son, John, who succeeded him in his title and honours. 



* Probably of the family of the Ratcliffes, Barons Fitzwalter. 



' Sir Gervase Clifton was of an ancient family in Nottinghamshire, of which the memberi 

 still remain settled in that county. His father, Sir Gervase Clifton, fought ou the Lan- 

 castrian side at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and was afterwards eiecuted there. 



' Sir Robert Brackenbury was Constable of the Tower of London and Master of the 

 Mint. He stood high in the estimation of Richard III., who employed him ia several 

 matters of importance. 



« Jasper (called of Hatfield), Earl of Pembroke, afterwards Duke of Bedford. He, with 

 his nephew, the Eai-1 of Richmond, commanded the main body at the Battle of Bosworth. 



» Jolin De Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford. lie was the son of John De Vere, Earl of 

 Oxford (beheaded in the first year of Edward IV.), and of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir 

 John Howard, the younger ; and was a staunch Lancastrian, fought on the part of 

 Henr/VL at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, afterwards held St. Michael's Mount, ou 

 the coast of Cornwall, against Edward IV., and on its surrender was sent prisoner 

 to the Castle of nammes, in Pickardy. He was attainted in the fourteenth year of 

 Edward IV. He afterwards escaped from Hammes, and joined Henry, Earl of 

 Richmond, whom he accompanied to England in 1485, and commanded the van of 

 Richmond's army, consisting principally of archers, at the Battle of Bosworth. After 

 the accession to the throne of llenry VII. he was restored to his rank and possessions, 

 was joint commander with Jasper, Duke of Bedford, against the Earl of Lincoln at 

 the Battle of Stoke, and also held a joint command with him of the forces sent by 

 Ilenry VII. in aid of the Emperor Maximilian against the French ; and was also, in 

 the twelfth year of Henry VII,, one of the chief commanders against Lord Audley 

 and the insurgents at the Battle of Blackheath. In the first year of Ilenry VIII. he 

 obtained a confirmation of the office of Lord Chamberlain. He married first Margaret, 

 daughter of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, and secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir 

 Richard Scope, and widow of William, Viscount Beaumont, and died on the 10th 



