TOWTON

Meaning of TOWTON in English

County: North Yorkshire

Post Code: LS24

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TOWTON, BATTLE OF — (March 29, 1461), battle fought on Palm Sunday, near the village of Towton about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of …
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HAWKE (OF TOWTON), EDWARD HAWKE, 1ST BARON — born Feb. 21, 1710, London, Eng. died Oct. 17, 1781, Sunbury, Middlesex British admiral whose naval victory in 1759 put …
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BATTLE OF TOWTON — Битва при Таутоне
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YORK, HOUSE OF — younger branch of the house of Plantagenet (q.v.) of England. In the 15th century, having usurped the throne from the …
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WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, 1ST EARL OF, 2ND EARL OF ... — born Nov. 22, 1428 died April 14, 1471, Barnet, Hertfordshire, Eng. byname The Kingmaker English nobleman called, since the 16th …
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SOMERSET, HENRY BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF, 2ND EARL OF DORSET — born 1436 died May 15, 1464, Hexham, Northumberland, Eng. leading Lancastrian in the English Wars of the Roses. He was …
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ROSES, WARS OF THE — (145585), in English history, the series of dynastic civil wars whose violence and civil strife preceded the strong government of …
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RIVERS, RICHARD WOODVILLE, 1ST EARL, BARON RIVERS — died Aug. 12, 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng. Woodville also spelled Wydeville, Wydville, or Wydevill father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward …
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PERCY FAMILY — English family renowned in history and ballad for its role in medieval, Tudor, and Stuart times. The family was founded …
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MARGARET OF ANJOU — later Queen Margaret daughter of Reignier, duke of Anjou and titular king of Naples, later the wife of King Henry …
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HENRY VI — king of England in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3. Henry is …
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FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN — born c. 1385, , Norris, Somerset, Eng. died c. 1479, , Ebrington, Gloucestershire jurist, notable for a legal treatise, De …
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БИТВА ПРИ ТАУТОНЕ — Battle of Towton
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