![]() Meanwhile, at White Moors Henry was readying his army. From Ambion Hill Richard could see the Stanleys and their army of 6,000 men, a concern for Richard as no one knew who Stanley or his brother would fight for. The army were separated into three clear groups Norfolk led the first to the right protecting the 1,200 archers and cannons, Richard was in the middle that comprised of 3,000 infantry and finally on the left was Northumberland with 4,000 men. On the morning of 22 nd August Richard’s Yorkist army, which stood at approximately 10,000 men, left Ambion Hill. Meanwhile the following night Lord Stanley’s army camped on a hill nearby north of Dadlington and Henry and his army camped at White Moors. Richard’s army moved past Sutton Cheney towards Ambion Hill where they camped for the night. Richard instructed his army to march west and to cut the Tudor army off before they reached London. On 20 th August Richard arrived in Leicester and was informed that Henry and his army were nearby. The Stanley’s would not commit either way as was typical of the Stanley family, they always assured that they had a member of the family on the winning side. The second of these meetings was at Atherstone, Warwickshire. Henry had two secret meetings with Stanley as he continued marching his army towards London. Henry’s decision to slow his army down was a tactical one as he wanted to gain more supporters in particularly he was hoping to recruit his step father Lord Stanley to his cause. Henry’s army slowly moved towards Staffordshire, Henry was delaying the inevitable meeting with Richard and his army. With Henry Tudor taking the town of Shrewsbury and the army rested they set out once again eastwards picking up more and more followers and deserters from Richard’s army. News of Henry’s arrival on Welsh soil reached King Richard on 11 th August but there was a delay in messengers notifying of the King’s plans but finally on 16 th August the Yorkist army began to gather with armies setting off for a meeting point at Leicester. By the 16 th August Henry’s army crossed into England at Shrewsbury. ![]() ![]() Henry began his march towards Aberystwyth but before he did he was able to persuade Rhys ap Thomas, King Richard’s Lieutenant in West Wales to join his side and set him on a southerly route to gather more Welshmen to the army. As the army progressed another Welsh figure, Rhys Fawr ap Maredudd also joined Henry. As the army moved King Richard III lieutenant in South Wales, Sir Walter Herbert failed to move the King’s army against Henry and eventually two of Herbert’s men, Richard Griffith and Evan Morgan defected to Henry’s army. The army set off towards Haverfordwest and Pembrokeshire. Henry and his army set up camp at the newly captured Dale Castle upon their landing few Welsh joined Tudor’s army as it set off on its march inland. Henry and Jasper set sail from Harfleur on 1 st August 1485 and landed on at Mill Bay, Dale in Wales on 7 th August 1485. Henry became a figurehead for the Lancastrians cause in the Wars of the Roses. ![]() Henry Tudor had spent most of his life living in exile in France with his uncle, Jasper. ![]()
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