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21 August 1485, the day before his victory over Richard at Bosworth Field, and caused Richard's "Titulus Regius" to be repealed and expunged from the Rolls of Parliament.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,
The Last Battle (band) The Last Battle (band) The Last Battle are a Scottish Alternative Indie Folk band who formed in Edinburgh in 2009 around the songs of singer/songwriter Scott Longmuir. Their name derives from a C.S Lewis novel. In 2010 they released their debut album "Heart Of The Land, Soul Of The Sea" to a wonderful reception from Scottish print and media. They have since received plaudits from sources including The Sunday Herald, The Guardian, The List and The Skinny. In early 2009, after the disbandment of their old group, singer/songwriter Scott Longmuir, and bassist Paul Barrett decided to take a D.I.Y. approach