The Night Before Towton (Palm Sunday Eve, 1461) old

It's now Palm Sunday Eve.

It’s strange to think that on this night in 1461, the men at Towton would have been preparing themselves… knowing what was coming with the dawn.

No certainty.
No escape.
Only the knowledge that morning would bring a fight to the death with no prisoners taken. The losing side were stripped naked in the snow, had their ears and noses cut off by daggers, then butchered with Halberds, swords, war hammers and axes.

After visiting Towton and Saxton, that thought sits differently with me. Those fields don’t feel empty — they feel remembered.

Tonight, I give my utmost respect to all those men who fought… and to those who endured what came after.

See my films on Towton and John Clifford here

Towton : https://youtu.be/TU2ojFL-oIU

John Clifford : https://youtu.be/aBPtGYYnyWI

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