Succession to the British throne branch of the royal house of Lancaster, the House of Beaufort, assumed the English crown as Henry VII, after defeating Richard III, who was killed at the battle of Bosworth when leading a charge against Henry's standard. Richard was the last king of the House of York, and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. Henry declared himself king retroactively from 21 August 1485, the day before his victory over Richard at Bosworth Field, and caused Richard's "Titulus Regius" to be repealed and expunged from the Rolls of Parliament. After Henry's coronation in London in October that year, his first parliament,
Speak English or Die sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The album was re-released by Megaforce in August 1995 and a platinum edition of the album was released in February 2000. In August 2014, "Revolver" placed "Speak English or Die" on its "14 Thrash Albums You Need to Own" list. Al Jourgensen, frontman of industrial metal band Ministry, describes "Speak English or Die" as an influential album that inspired him to add thrash metal guitar riffs to the band's music starting with 1989's "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste". He adds that "Speak English or Die" is ""one of the best records