PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF BLORE HEATH. [21]

CHAPTER III. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF NORTHAMPTON. [39a]

CHAPTER IV. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD. [53a]

CHAPTER V. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF MORTIMER'S CROSS. [67a]

CHAPTER VI. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF TOWTON. [81a]

CHAPTER VII. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY. [131a]

CHAPTER VIII. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH. [157a]

CHAPTER IX. THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF STOKE. [177a]

THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM.

THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF BARNET.

CHAPTER X. ON THE GENERAL USE OF FIREARMS BY THE ENGLISH, IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. [213]

CHAPTER XI. THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF WYCHE, OR DE LA WYCHE, OF ALDERLEY, CHESHIRE. [245a]

CHAPTER XII. WILMSLOW CHURCH, CHESHIRE. [253a]

CHAPTER XIII. HANDFORD HALL AND CHEADLE CHURCH, CHESHIRE. [267a]

CHAPTER XIV. PART I. THE OFFICE OF KEEPER OF THE ROYAL MENAGERIE, IN THE REIGN OF EDWARD IV. [283a]

APPENDIX. No. I.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. [321]

INDEX. A.

FOOTNOTES.

Battlefield Church

VISITS
TO
FIELDS OF BATTLE,
IN
ENGLAND,
OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
SOME MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS AND PAPERS UPON
ARCHÆOLOGICAL SUBJECTS.

BY
RICHARD BROOKE, ESQ., F.S.A.

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