In April 1455 Somerset had prevailed on the King to call a great council to be held at Leicester. Richard of York believed that at the meeting Somerset would bring charges against him. He therefore decided to disrupt Somerset’s plans by intercepting the king’s party on its way to Leicester. He gathered a force, including his brother-in-law Richard Neville, the Earl of Salisbury and his son Richard, Earl of Warwick, and moved south towards London with a force of between 5,000 and 7,000 men.
Henry, Somerset and Somerset’s Lancastrian supporters reached St Albans with a mere 2,000 to 3,000 men. Richard attempted to negotiate a settlement, but after several hours of fruitless exchanges of letters and messages by heralds, he resolved to bring the issue to a head and ordered an attack.
The following files contain a PDF of the scenario and our battle report from the first play test.
The following files contains the PDFs of John's excellent townscape, including the barricades and 'slots' to hold them up. The pictures were printed and stuck onto card, then trimmed along the roofline to create the city streets as featured in the above pictures.