Dispute over the legitimacy and fitness of Henry VI, head of the House of Lancaster boiled over into armed struggle as Richard, Duke of York contested the throne at St Albans. Thirty years, many famous battles and five Kings later the Battle of Bosworth saw the death of Richard III (of York), the final crowning of Henry VII and the start of the Tudor line. Fighting continued after 1485 but the result was no longer in doubt.

• First Battle of St Albans 22 May 1455
• Blore Heath 23 September 1459
• Northampton 10 July 1460
• Wakefield 30 December 1460
• Mortimer's Cross 02 February 1461
• Second battle of St. Albans 17 February 1461
• Towton 29 March 1461
• Hedgeley Moor 25 April 1464
• Hexham 15 May 1464
• Bamburgh Castle 25 June 1464 - 30 June 1464
• Edgecote 26 July 1469
• Empingham 12 March 1470
• Barnet 14 April 1471
• Tewkesbury 04 May 1471
• Bosworth Field 22 August 1485
• Stoke Field 16 June 1487