Qualla: Battle of Ferrybridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Ferrybridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge Battle of Ferrybridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge/ It was the end of March 1461. Edward IV had been proclaimed king, but the crown still belonged - depending on who you asked - to Henry VI, whose army was waiting in Yorkshire behind the Aire River. The bridge at Ferrybridge had been broken by the Lancastrians, the river was running winter-cold, and the Earl of Warwick was about to try to cross it anyway with planks and stubborn men. Three days of fighting would follow. It would end at Towton, in a snowstorm, in the largest battle ever fought on British soil.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-ferrybridge-wp/gcx1-battle-of-ferrybridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Ferrybridge: The Crossing https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge/ On 27 March, Warwick - leading Edward's vanguard - reached the broken bridge at Ferrybridge. A small but determined Lancastrian force held the far bank. Warwick's men set planks across the gaps the Lancastrians had cut, working under a hail of arrows while comrades fell into free...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-ferrybridge-wp/gcx1-battle-of-ferrybridge-the-crossing.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Ferrybridge: The Ambush at Dawn https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge/ Early the next morning - 28 March 1461, traditionally, though some historians now think it may have been before dawn on the 29th - a large Lancastrian party under Lord Clifford and John, Lord Neville, attacked Warwick's camp. The Yorkists were caught completely off guard. Casualt...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-ferrybridge-wp/gcx1-battle-of-ferrybridge-the-ambush-at-dawn.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Ferrybridge: Lord Clifford's Arrow https://qualla.com/battle-of-ferrybridge/ Edward arrived with the main Yorkist army and joined Warwick at the ruined bridge. They sent Warwick's uncle, Lord Fauconberg, upstream with the cavalry to ford the Aire at Castleford and circle round. Fauconberg caught up with Clifford in sight of the main Lancastrian army and b...

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