Clifford's End

John, Lord Clifford, at Dintingdale before the Battle of Towton - print from a painting by Graham Turner

Clifford's End Ref: Gic-G360

Almost within sight of the main Lancastrian army formed up near Towton, Lord Clifford and his company are cut off by a Yorkist force at Dintingdale.

For 25-year-old John, Lord Clifford - 'beyng in lusty yought, & of francke corage' - the Wars of the Roses were intensely personal. The death of his father at the Battle of St. Albans in 1455 would come to dominate the rest of his short life, as he sought vengeance on those that he held responsible. As a teenager he was involved in the skirmish at Heworth Moor, taking the side of the Percy family in their feud with the Nevilles, and, after he inherited his father's title and the family seat at Skipton Castle, he firmly attached himself to King Henry and Queen Margaret's cause. Finally, at Wakefield (where he was knighted by the duke of Somerset before the battle) he was at last able to quench some of his thirst for revenge with the deaths of duke of York and earls of Salisbury and Rutland; responsibility - or credit - for the latter being laid squarely at his door and the story, heavily embroidered with each retelling, earning him the sobriquet 'Butcher Clifford' long after the event.

Having successfully delayed the Yorkist army at Ferrybridge, Clifford's small force were forced to withdraw to avoid being outflanked, and they 'departed in great haste' back towards the main Lancastrian army at Towton, Yorkist horsemen in hot pursuit. In a shallow valley called Dintingdale, tantalisingly close to Towton and relief, Clifford's men were caught and butchered; 'the lord Clifforde, either from heat or payne, putting of his gorget, sodainly w(ith) an arrowe (as some say) without an hedde, was striken into the throte, and incontinent rendered hys spirite, and the erle of Westmerlandes brother (John Neville, the turncoat at Wakefield) and all his company almost were there slayn, at a place called Dintingdale, not farr from Towton.' (Hall's Chronicle)

The subsequent battle of Towton, fought on Palm Sunday, 29th March 1461, is widely considered to be the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.

Giclée Print published from a gouache painting by Graham Turner.

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THE MEDIEVAL ART OF GRAHAM TURNER - Signed by Graham Turner

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The Wars of the Roses

The period of civil strife in the second half of the 15th century now known as the Wars of the Roses was one of the most dramatic and turbulent in English history. Since first being inspired by a visit to Bosworth battlefield nearly 30 years ago, Graham Turner has immersed himself in the period to create a unique and comprehensive series of meticulously researched paintings that bring to life this colourful but unsettled chapter in our past and our ancestors who lived their lives through it.

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THE FIRST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS, 1455

THE BATTLE OF BLORE HEATH, 1459

THE BATTLE OF LUDFORD BRIDGE, 1459

THE BATTLE OF NORTHAMPTON, 1460

THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD, 1460

THE BATTLE OF MORTIMER'S CROSS, 1461

THE SECOND BATTLE OF ST ALBANS, 1461

THE BATTLE OF TOWTON, 1461

THE BATTLE OF HEDGELEY MOOR, 1464

THE BATTLE OF HEXHAM, 1464

THE BATTLE OF EDGCOTE, 1469

THE BATTLE OF EMPINGHAM, 1470

THE BATTLE OF BARNET, 1471

THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY, 1471

THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH, 1485

THE BATTLE OF STOKE, 1487

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