Gilbert Talbot (soldier)
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Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, KG, was an English Tudor knight, and younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and 2nd Earl of Waterford, and Elizabeth Butler.
Tomb of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton's first wife, Lady Elizabeth Talbot (née Greystoke, died 1490)
Arms of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton's granddaughter Elizabeth as wife of Sir John Lyttelton
Tomb of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton's son John and his wives in St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove.
Battle of Bosworth Field
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The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England and Wales in the
Gilbert Talbot (soldier)
…the Garter in 1495 and Lord Deputy of Calais in 1509, where he continued in a joint appointment with Richard Wingfield. Talbot supported Henry Tudor at Bosworth, where he commanded the right wing. He was given the Grafton estates in Worcestershire after Sir Humphrey Stafford was executed in 1486 for his part…
19th-century depiction of the battle
Elizabeth of York: rumours of her marriage launched Henry's invasion.
A stained-glass window in St James's Church, Sutton Cheney, commemorates the Battle of Bosworth fought nearby and the leaders of the combatants, Richard III (left) and Henry VII (right).
Finding Richard's circlet after the battle, Lord Stanley hands it to Henry.