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Battle of Wakefield 1460

Queen Margaret of Anjou’s crushing defeat of the Yorkists on 30th December 1460, with the death of the Yorkist leader, Richard, Duke of York and his young son, the Earl of Rutland

Murder of the Duke of Rutland by Lord Clifford, at the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses: picture by Charles Robert Leslie

Murder of the Earl of Rutland by Lord Clifford, at the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses: picture by Charles Robert Leslie

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Battle:  Wakefield

War: Wars of the Roses

Date of the Battle of Wakefield: 30th December1460

Lancastrians view Sandal Castle: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Lancastrians view Sandal Castle: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Place of the Battle of Wakefield:   At Sandal Castle, across the River Calder from Wakefield, in Southern Yorkshire

Combatants at the Battle of Northampton: Lancastrians against the Yorkists

Richard, Duke of York: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Richard, Duke of York: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Commanders at the Battle of Wakefield:   Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, commanded the Lancastrian army, with the Earl of Clifford.

Richard, Duke of York, commanded the Yorkist army.

Size of the armies at the Battle of Wakefield:  The Lancastrian army probably comprised some 15,000 men, the Yorkist army some 4,000 men.

Winner of the Battle of Wakefield:  Queen Margaret and her Lancastrian army resoundingly defeated the Yorkists, killing the Duke of York and many of his senior subordinates.

Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Wakefield:  The male commanders and their noble supporters and knights rode to battle on horseback, in armour, with sword, lance and shield.

Their immediate entourage comprised mounted men-at-arms, in armour and armed with sword, lance and shield, although often fighting on foot.

Both armies relied upon strong forces of longbowmen.

Handheld Firearms were beginning to appear on the battlefield but were still unreliable and dangerous to discharge.

Sandal Castle: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Sandal Castle: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Artillery, although widely used in warfare, was heavy, cumbersome and difficult to move and fire.

There is no indication that artillery was used at the Battle of Wakefield.

The end of the Hundred Years War caused numbers of English and Welsh men-at-arms and archers to return to their home countries from France. The wealthier English and Welsh nobles were able to recruit companies of disciplined armed retainers from these veterans, forming the backbone of their field armies.

Queen Margaret of Anjou and Edward, Prince of Wales: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Queen Margaret of Anjou and Edward, Prince of Wales: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Background to the Battle of Wakefield:  Following the Battle of Northampton on 10th July 1460, the Duke of York returned from Ireland and attempted to persuade the English Parliament to accept his claim to the throne of England, in place of King Henry VI, in thrall to the Yorkists following his capture at the Battle of Northampton.

The Duke of York’s move to take the throne was rejected by Parliament, but an enactment was passed whereby York would become king on the death of King Henry VI.

King Henry VI’s wife, Queen Margaret of Anjou, reacted angrily to this dispossessing of her son, the Prince of Wales and began assembling a Lancastrian army in the North of England.

In this process, the Lancastrians harried the estates of the Duke of York and other prominent Yorkists in the north of England.

In the autumn of 1460, the Duke of York hurried north from London, with his closest supporters and a small army of some 5,000 men.

York reached his manor of Sandal, on the south side of the River Calder from the Yorkshire City of Wakefield, on 21st December 1460 and spent Christmas in Sandal Castle, his army billeted in the neighbouring villages.

York’s son, Edward, Earl of March, was on the move from his estates on the Welsh Borders to support his father with an army.

Queen Margaret of Anjou, with her Lancastrian army, spent Christmas at Pontefract Castle, some 12 miles from Wakefield.

Immediately after Christmas Day, Queen Margaret marched to Wakefield to confront the Duke of York.



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Map of the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses: map by John Fawkes

Map of the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses: map by John Fawkes

Account of the Battle of Wakefield: 

Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

The question posed in relation to the 1460 Battle of Wakefield is ‘Why did the Duke of York leave Sandal Castle to fight a more numerous Lancastrian army?’

Any day, York’s son Edward, Earl of March, would arrive at Sandal with substantial reinforcements and Queen Margaret did not have the train to mount a regular siege of Sandal Castle.

York had only to sit tight in Sandal Castle, to force the Lancastrians into a humiliating withdrawal or face probable defeat on March’s arrival.

It is said that Queen Margaret sent the Duke of York a number of insulting messages, saying that he was too cowardly to come out of his castle and give battle to an army led by a woman.

Part of the Lancastrian army was immediately outside the castle. The rest were positioned out of sight of the battlements, among the surrounding hills, leading York to underestimate the numbers he faced and to believe that he would win a battle.

On the approach of the Lancastrian army, the Yorkist troops billeted in the neighbouring villages were forced into Sandal Castle, leading to a severe shortage of rations in the castle.

Whatever the reasons he considered most important, the Duke of York was determined to leave Sandal Castle and attack Queen Margaret’s army.

York held a Council of War on 29th December 1460. At the Council, the Duke of York’s senior subordinates, the Earl of Salisbury, Sir Thomas Nevill, Sir David Hall, Sir John Parr, Sir John Mortimer, Sir Hugh Mortimer and several other experienced soldiers urged him to remain within Sandal Castle and await his son March with the reinforcements he was bringing.

In spite of this advice, the Duke of York was determined to sally out and attack the Lancastrian army.

On the morning of 30th December 1460, the gates of Sandal Castle were thrown open. The Yorkist army marched out and attacked the Lancastrian troops in the immediate vicinity of the castle.

The Lancastrians were taken by surprise by the attack. The Duke of York inspired his men to fight with great ferocity and initially the Lancastrians were driven back in disorder.

But the Lancastrians were in greater numbers than the Yorkists and more of Queen Margaret’s army appeared from the woods and hills around Sandal Castle.

The critical moment came when the Earl of Clifford brought the main body of Lancastrian troops up from Sandal Common, where they were encamped and attacked the Yorkists.

Death of the Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Death of the Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

From then on, the Yorkists were facing defeat.

The Duke of York was wounded several times and lost control of his army. Panic spread through the Yorkist ranks, leading to a final collapse.

Clifford’s troops surrounded the dwindling Yorkist army and captured the survivors, including the wounded Duke of York.

The Lancastrians occupied Sandal Castle, left by the emerging Yorkists without a garrison.

The few Yorkist troops not taken by the Lancastrians fled into the countryside and the battle was over.

Casualties at the Battle of Wakefield:  2,900 Yorkist soldiers were killed and most of the rest of the Duke of York’s army taken prisoner.

Among the prominent Yorkists killed in the Battle of Wakefield were Sir Thomas Harrington, Sir David Hall, Sir Hugh Hastings, Sir Thomas Nevil, Sir John Mortimer and Sir Hugh Mortimer.

Among the captured Yorkists was the Earl of Salisbury.

Lancastrian casualties are not known but were probably significant.

Follow-up to the Battle of Wakefield:  The most notable casualties of the battle were the Duke of York, the leader of the Yorkist cause and a pressing aspirant to the Throne of England and his young son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

The Battle of Wakefield is particularly remembered for the incident in which the Earl of Rutland, was killed by the Earl of Clifford, purportedly in revenge for the death of Clifford’s father at the First Battle of St Albans.

As the Yorkist army burst out of Sandal Castle and attacked the Lancastrians assembled outside, the Earl of Rutland, aged seventeen years, was taken by his tutor towards Wakefield in an attempt to escape.

Wakefield Bridge and Chantry Chapel: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Wakefield Bridge and Chantry Chapel: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses: picture by Philip Reinagle

Clifford caught Rutland and his tutor about to cross the bridge into Wakefield and killed Rutland.

Duke of York in the mock coronation before being beheaded after the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Duke of York in the mock coronation before being executed after the Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Some accounts of the battle have the Duke of York killed in the fighting. Others, including Shakespeare, have York captured and subject to a mocking coronation by Queen Margaret and Clifford, a paper crown placed on York’s head, before having him executed. Clifford’s last act was to present York with a handkerchief soaked in his son, Rutland’s, blood.

The captured Earl of Salisbury was taken to Pontefract Castle by the Lancastrians and executed.

The Duke of York’s head was taken to York and displayed on the Micklegate, as Shakespeare commented, ‘that York might overlook York.’ The Earl of Rutland’s and the Earl of Salisbury’s heads were also displayed.

The Duke of York’s eldest surviving son, Edward, Earl of March (subsequently King Edward IV), took up the Yorkist cause and advanced on York, fighting the Battle of Towton on Palm Sunday, 29th March 1461.

Coat of Arms of the Duke of York: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Coat of Arms of the Duke of York: Battle of Wakefield on 30th December 1460 in the Wars of the Roses

Emblems of the Battle of Wakefield: The Duke of York’s emblem was a Falcon Volant Argent with a Fetterlock Or. The falcon in the emblem was shown attempting to force a lock, being symbolic of York’s attempts to acquire the English Crown. The emblem is not the same as his coat of arms.

Anecdotes and traditions from the Battle of Wakefield:

  • The Battle of Wakefield has been given prominence through the death of the Yorkist leader, Richard, Duke of York and the murder of his young son, the Earl of Rutland. Shakespeare portrays the death of the Earl of Rutland in ‘King Henry VI’ Act I, Scene 3. The murder has been the subject of several paintings.
  • Sandal Castle was held for King Charles I in the English Civil War by Colonel Bonivant. The castle was besieged by General Poyntz and bombarded into submission in October 1645. With the end of the war, Sandal Castle was dismantled on the orders of Parliament and little of the castle now remains.
  • It is said that one, Anthony Trollope, joined the Sandal Castle garrison and persuaded the Yorkists to march out, Trollope having secretly changed sides to the Lancastrians.
  • Many of the fleeing Yorkists were killed in Bridge Street, Wakefield, leading to the road being nicknamed ‘Fall Ings’.
  • King Edward IV endowed the Chantry Chapel, at the end of Wakefield Bridge, in memory of his father, the Duke of York, and his brother, the Earl of Rutland, both killed at the Battle of Wakefield.

References for the Battle of Wakefield:

Battle of Wakefield 1460 by Philip Haigh

Battlefield Walks in Yorkshire by David Clark

Battles in Britain by William Seymour

Wars of the Roses by Michael Hicks

Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses

British Battles by Grant

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      • Battle of Monmouth
      • Siege of Savannah
      • Siege of Charleston
      • Battle of Camden
      • Battle of King’s Mountain
      • Battle of Cowpens
      • Battle of Guilford Courthouse
      • Battle of Yorktown
      • Siege of Gibraltar
      • Battle of Cape St Vincent 1780
    • Anglo-Mysore Wars
      • Storming of Seringapatam
  • Wars of 1800
    • Second Mahratta War
      • Battle of Assaye
      • Battle of Laswaree
    • Peninsular War
      • Battle of Roliça
      • Battle of Vimeiro
      • Battle of Sahagun
      • Battle of Benavente
      • Battle of Cacabelos
      • Battle of Corunna
      • Battle of the Douro
      • Battle of Talavera
      • Battle of the River Coa
      • Battle of Busaco
      • Battle of Barrosa
      • Battle of Campo Maior
      • Battle of Redinha or Pombal
      • Battle of Sabugal
      • Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
      • Battle of Albuera
      • Battle of Usagre
      • Battle of El Bodon
      • Battle of Arroyo Molinos
      • Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo
      • Storming of Badajoz
      • Battle of Villagarcia
      • Battle of Almaraz
      • Battle of Salamanca
      • Battle of Garcia Hernandez
      • Battle of Majadahonda
      • Attack on Burgos
      • Retreat from Burgos
      • Battle of Morales de Toro
      • Battle of San Millan and Osma
      • Battle of Vitoria
      • Storming of San Sebastian
      • Battle of the Pyrenees
      • Battle of San Marcial
      • Battle of the Bidassoa
      • Battle of the Nivelle
      • Battle of the Nive
      • Battle of St Pierre
      • Battle of Orthez
      • Battle of Tarbes
      • Battle of Toulouse
      • Sortie from Bayonne
    • Napoleonic Wars
      • Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797
      • Battle of the Nile
      • Battle of Alexandria
      • Battle of Copenhagen
      • Battle of Trafalgar
      • Battle of Maida
      • Battle of Quatre Bras
      • Battle of Waterloo
    • First Afghan War
      • Battle of Ghuznee
      • Battle of Kabul and the retreat to Gandamak
      • Siege of Jellalabad
      • Battle of Kabul 1842
    • First Sikh War
      • Battle of Moodkee
      • Battle of Ferozeshah
      • Battle of Aliwal
      • Battle of Sobraon
    • Second Sikh War
      • Battle of Ramnagar
      • Battle of Chillianwallah
      • Battle of Goojerat
    • Crimean War
      • Battle of The Alma
      • Battle of Balaclava
      • Battle of Inkerman
      • Siege of Sevastopol
      • Indian Mutiny
      • Siege of Delhi
    • American Civil War
      • First Battle of Bull Run
      • Battle of Shiloh
      • Battle of Antietam
      • Battle of Fredericksburg
      • Battle of Chancellorsville
    • Abyssinian War
      • Battle of Magdala
    • Second Afghan War
      • Battle of Ali Masjid
      • Battle of Peiwar Kotal
      • Battle of Futtehabad
      • Battle of Charasiab
      • Battle of Kabul 1879
      • Battle of Ahmed Khel
      • Battle of Maiwand
      • Battle of Kandahar
    • Zulu War
      • Battle of Isandlwana
      • Battle of Rorke’s Drift
      • Battle of Khambula
      • Battle of Gingindlovu
      • Battle of Ulundi
    • War in Egypt and Sudan
      • Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
      • Battle of El Teb
      • Battle of Tamai
      • Battle of Abu Klea
      • Battle of Atbara
      • Battle of Omdurman
    • First Boer War
      • Battle of Laing’s Nek
      • Battle of Majuba Hill
    • Great Boer War
      • Battle of Talana Hill
      • Battle of Elandslaagte
      • Battle of Ladysmith
      • Battle of Belmont
      • Battle of Graspan
      • Battle of Modder River
      • Battle of Stormberg
      • Battle of Magersfontein
      • Battle of Colenso
      • Battle of Spion Kop
      • Battle of Val Krantz
      • Battle of Pieters
      • Battle of Paardeberg
      • Siege of Mafeking
      • Siege of Kimberley
      • Siege of Ladysmith
    • North-West Frontier of India
      • Black Mountain Expedition 1888
      • Black Mountain Expedition 1891
      • Waziristan 1894
      • Siege and Relief of Chitral
      • Malakand Rising 1897
      • Malakand Field Force 1897
      • Mohmand Field Force 1897
      • Tirah 1897
  • Wars of 1900
    • First World War
      • British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
      • Battle of Mons
      • Battle of Mons (2nd Day): Elouges
      • Battle of Landrecies
      • Battle of Le Cateau
      • Battle of Le Grand Fayt
      • Battle of Étreux
      • Battle of Heligoland Bight
      • Battle of Néry
      • Battle of Villers Cottérêts
      • Battle of the Marne
      • Battle of the Aisne
      • Texel Action
      • Battle of Coronel
      • Battle of the Falkland Islands
      • Battle of the Dogger Bank
      • Gallipoli Part I: Naval Attack on the Dardanelles
      • Gallipoli Part II: Genesis of the land attack on the Gallipoli Peninsula
      • Gallipoli Part III: ANZAC landing on 25th April 1915
      • Gallipoli Part IV: First landings at Cape Helles and Y Beach on 25th April 1915
      • Battle of Jutland Part I: Opposing fleets
      • Battle of Jutland Part II: Opening Battle Cruiser action on 31st May 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part III: Clash between British and German Battle Fleets during the evening 31st May 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part IV: Night Action 31st May to 1st June 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part V: Casualties and Aftermath
  • British Battles