Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- East Stoke
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1987
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
St Oswald Church
Church Lane
East Stoke
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG23 5QF
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 74792 50061
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR HEADSTONE STYLE MONUMENT A rectangular headstone style monument in churchyard. It appears to be a replica of this memorial - "A memorial stone marks the spot on private farmland where Henry VII’s standard was raised".
- Inscription
- TO COMMEMORATE/ THE DEAD AT STOKE FIELD/ 16TH JUNE 1487/ JOHN DE LA POLE/ EARL OF LINCOLN/ SIR THOMAS GERALDINE/ COL. MARTIN SCHWARTZ/ AND 7000 OTHERS/ ENGLISH IRISH AND GERMAN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- De La Pole, (earl Of Lincoln), John
Geraldine, Sir Thomas
Schwartz, Martin
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, title
Order of information: Undefined
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 75MM, height 1000MM, width 700MM
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- English Heritage Battlefield Report: Stoke Field 1487 historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/listing/battlefields/stoke-field/
- Re-enactors raise king’s standard on 530th anniversary of Battle of Stoke Field nottstv.com/re-enactors-raise-kings-standard-530th-anniversary-battle-stoke-field/
- Elston Heritage Project - The Battle of Stoke elstonheritage.org.uk/index.php?id=23
- Battlefields Trust - Battle of Stoke Field www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/warsoftheroses/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=42
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