I reviewed the flags and standards that I have from Pete’s Flags and from the Perry Miniatures’ plastic sets, and made a plan for the various factions.
Lancastrian forces
Queen Margaret of Anjou will take to the field with a force of French mercenaries armed with long spears (pikes), hand gunners, crossbowmen, and artillery.
Edward Prince of Wales, Duke of Lancaster, will lead a small retinue of men-at-arms in full harness.
The main army will comprise:
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford
leading The Flower of Craven, a mounted unit of men-at-arms, spears, and archers.
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock
Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor
Sir Robert Baynton
All except Clifford will lead retinues of men-at-arms, archers and bill men.
The alchemist Henry Grey might even conjure mythical beasts!
Yorkist forces
Edward IV, accompanied by his brother Edmund Earl of Rutland, will field a retinue of men-at-arms in full harness, archers, and artillery, the latter commanded by John Judd, Master of The King’s Ordnance.
The main army will comprise:
John Radcliffe, Lord Fitzwalter
leading a mounted unit armed with spears and bows
Sir John Howard, Duke of Norfolk
William Neville, Earl of Kent, Lord Fauconberg
Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
John Tuchet, Baron Audley
Retinues will comprise archers, bill men and men-at-arms of various strengths. Since he was one of the wealthiest men in England, Hastings may field more figures in full harness. Fauconberg may lead a unit comprising mainly or exclusively archers.
I’ll need flags for Fitzwalter.
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Pete’s Flags for Somerset, Wenlock, and Norfolk. |
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