The Legendary Ten Seconds - Tewkesbury Tale 1471

An old man told me of deeds he had done,
Of Tewkesbury Field fourteen seventy one.
King Edward the Fourth and his brothers two,
One Richard of Gloucester, his Lord that he knew.

T’was after Barnet’s morning mist,
King Edward’s army he did dismiss.
Then came the news of a Queen from France;
For the fate of her son, she would take a chance.

Margaret of Anjou she had returned.
Of this grave news, King Edward had learned.
A call to arms in the Cousins’ War
And a frantic march to battle once more.

The Duke of Somerset, close by her side,
Queen Margaret of Anjou she did decide
To march from the West into Wales,
With Jasper Tudor she might prevail.

At Tewkesbury Field the armies engaged
And Edward the Fourth unleashed all his rage.
Somerset smashed in Lord Wenlock’s head,
And Margaret’s son was killed when he fled.
And so ends this Tale of Tewkesbury
Where Richard of Gloucester fought so bravely.

Written by:
IAN CHURCHWARD

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