'The Battle of Wakefield' by Graham Turner
The Battle of Wakefield
On December 30th, 1460, the heirs of the Lancastrian Nobles killed at St. Albans
found themselves able to avenge their father's deaths when their army trapped the
Duke of York and Earl of Salisbury in Sandal Castle, near Wakefield. Lured out
from the safety of the castle walls and into open battle, York's heavily
outnumbered force found themselves surrounded and in the fierce melee that
followed, York and many of his followers lost their lives, his son, Edmund,
amongst them.
The Earl of Salisbury was captured and taken to Pontefract by the Duke of
Somerset where he was summarily executed, his head joining those of the other
Yorkist leaders over the gates of York.
However, the Lancastrian triumph was to be short lived, for they were almost
totally annihilated three months later at the battle of Towton.
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