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21 August 1485, the day before his victory over Richard at Bosworth Field, and caused Richard's "Titulus Regius" to be repealed and expunged from the Rolls of Parliament.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) to play the Fence Records annual Home game, and have made appearces at other notable events including Acoustic Gathering in Scarborough. In 2012 The Last Battle entered the studio to record their second album. They have made a number of live appearances in 2013, including a show for the BBC at the Edinburgh Fringe and Aberfeldy Festival. Their new album is due for release in 2014. 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