Battle of Preston (1715) a siege rather than a pitched battle, so the Battle of Sedgemoor fought in 1685 is also a contender for the title of the last battle, as is the skirmish at Clifton Moor near Penrith in Cumbria on 18 December 1745 during the 'Forty-Five' Jacobite rebellion. However, there was a great deal of savage fighting in streets all over the town during the Battle of Preston, far more than in most sieges. It was as much of a battle as, for example, the Battle of St Albans (1455) in the Wars of the Roses, which was also fought in the
The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) House of York The Commons The French The House of York The House of Lancaster Reconcilers of the Two Houses The Commons In 1966, the production was repeated on BBC 1 where it was re-edited into eleven episodes of fifty minutes each. In June 2016, Illuminations Media released the series on DVD for the first time. Presented in the original three-play format, the box-set also included a new "Making of" featurette, featuring interviews with David Warner and Janet Suzman. The Wars of the Roses (adaptation) The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical