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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Wars of the Roses Foot Knights: Baron Audley

James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, was a noted veteran of the Hundred Years War. He raised troops from his estates, and supported the Lancastrian cause. He commanded the Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Blore Heath ( September 23, 1459), where he was killed. 


His son, John, 6th Baron Audley, was captured by the Earl of Warwick in Calais in 1460. While he was there, he met the future Edward IV, and was persuaded to defect to the Yorkist cause.  


Sir John fought for Edward's cause at the battles of Mortimer's Cross, Barnet, and Tewkesbury.


Sir John was appointed Lord High Treasurer by Richard III in 1484, and died in 1490. 



Awesome banners are by Pete's flags - still drawn from the batch I purchased last year.


Arms of Tuchet: Ermine, a Chevon Gules
By Wikimandia - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54372918


Figures are Old Glory, and are meant to represent Household troops in plate, a category I was somewhat short on. I have more of these to paint, as well as some more Archers, artillery crew, and even some peasants to use for "Very Inferior" troops. 

14 comments:

  1. These are some wicked-looking axemen.

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    1. Definitely wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those choppers! One of the accounts I read of Audley's death at Blore Heath said that he was literally hacked to death.

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  2. Splendid looking armoured retainers! Quite large numbers of the English nobility were literally hacked to death in that conflict, I tend to think of them as being closer to current drug cartel mobsters in their brutally and pursuit of ultimate power in England.
    Best Iain

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  3. Great work Peter and those axemen look particularly dynamic. I would not like to see them coming at me on a battlefield.

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence. These figures are from Old Glory but are actually part of the even earlier "Revenge" line of late Medieval figures.

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  4. Rather vicious looking lot indeed ! great flag

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    1. Thank you, Gary. I presume the device is meant to be a Wyvern.

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  5. Very nicely done and the flag really is very nice indeed, Peter. Brutal looking warriors for what were undoubtedly brutal times.

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    1. Thanks, Keith. Not that we don't have plenty of brutality in the here and now, of course, but it seems like it was pretty much par for the course for the Wars of the Roses! There's a reason George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones was inspired by that conflict!

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  6. Beautiful figures as always Peter.

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  7. Nice unit Peter! Late 15century is my favourite period in history. I can't wait to finishe the Brunswickers and finally move to the Burgundian wars project.

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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    1. Thanks, Jan! The Burgundians are a glaring gap in my own collection as well!

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