THE BATTLE O F BOSWORTH FIELD, BETWEEN RICHARD THE THIRD AND HENRY EARL OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 22, 1485. WHEREIN IS DESCRIBED THE APPROACH OF BOTH ARMIES, WITH PLANS OF THE BATTLE, ITS CONSEQUENCES, THE FALL, TREATMENT, AND CHARACTER OF RICHARD. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE TILL HE ASSUMED THE By W. HUTTON, F.A.S.S. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, LONDON: PRINTED BY AND FOR NICHOLS, SON, AND BENTLEY, RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET STREET, [ii] ADVERTISEMENT. HAVING requested Mr. Hutton's permission to re-publish his interesting Account of the Battle of Bosworth Field, illustrated by some Engravings from the "History of Leicestershire;" and having asked whether he had any additions to make; my venerable Friend, in a very kind Answer, says, “I paid a visit in July 1807 to Bosworth Field; but found so great an alteration since I saw it in 1788, that I was totally lost, The manor had been inclosed; the fences were grown up; and my prospect impeded. King Richard's Well, which figures in our Histories, was nearly obliterated; the swamp where he fell become firm land; and the rivulet proceeding from it, lost in an under-drain; so that future inspection is cut off. I wished to sleep in the room, at the Three Tuns in Atherstone, that was the last in which Henry the Seventh slept prior to the Battle (see p. 61); but was not permitted." my In a subsequent Letter, he says, "I have no other remarks to make upon last visit to Bosworth Field, than those already communicated to you, but am pleased with your Additions to it. I cannot tell by what mistake the wood came to be 4 or 500 acres (see p. 69); nor can I now call to mind what I conjectured it to be; so make |