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  1. On the 30th of December in 1460 after the Battle of Wakefield, Edmund Earl of Rutland, the son of Richard Duke of York was executed in an act of revenge. It is said that he was captured on a bridge in the town where the Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin stood.

    #15thcentury #yorkshire #wakefield #sandalcastle #castle #warsoftheroses #richarddukeofyork #battlefields #medieval #revenge

  2. In the afternoon of the 30th December 1460, the Battle of Wakefield took place, this battle brought an end to the lives of Richard, Duke of York and his second eldest son Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

    #15thcentury #yorkshire #wakefield #sandalcastle #castle #warsoftheroses #richarddukeofyork #battlefields #medieval