History of Hertfordshire Kings Langley. He gave the alm of a groat to the poor. Henry Chichele, the Archbishop of Canterbury, visited Barnet in 1423. No bells rang, and the archbishop took offence at his poor welcome. When he returned in 1426, the church doors were sealed against him. Three important battles of the Wars of the Roses took place in Hertfordshire. At the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455, which was the first major battle of the Wars of the Roses, Richard of York and Neville the Kingmaker defeated the Lancastrians, killed their leader, Edmund Beaufort and captured King
Roses in the Hospital edit of the song, being replaced by a reiteration of the title. The song's closing refrain of "Forever, ever delayed" would eventually provide the title for the band's greatest hits compilation ("Forever Delayed"), an album on which "Roses in the Hospital" itself would not make an appearance. Roses in the Hospital "Roses in the Hospital" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 1993 by record label Epic as the third single from their second album, "Gold Against the Soul". At the end of the song James Dean Bradfield can be heard singing