Bosworth Field

[ boz-werth ]

noun

1. a battlefield in central England, near Leicester, where Richard III was defeated and slain by the future Henry VII in 1485.

Bosworth Field

/ -wəθ; ˈbɒzwɜːθ /

noun

1. English history the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII

Example Sentences

Despite this revision, the Bosworth Field Visitor Center will remain in the village where it is, closer to the wrong site.

From The Daily Beast

What if Richard had succeeded in killing Henry at Bosworth Field?

From The Daily Beast

Of Bosworth Field, one book is finished, another just began.

From Project Gutenberg

But he had hardly risen to greatness when he fell fighting by Richard's side at Bosworth Field.

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Richmond used them with effect at Bosworth Field, and in the sixteenth century we read of Sheffield knives and whittles.

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But the town never took kindly to him, and warmly welcomed Richmond on his avenging march to Bosworth Field.

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It is curiously carved, and the king rested upon it the night before the battle of Bosworth Field, where he was killed.

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