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Do any guides mention the Wars of the Roses during their tours? Recently, a visitor asked me why I had not mentioned it. My response was that to ordinary York people it had little daily impact – maybe apart from the changing heads dispayed on the city entrances. Was I right?
I would welcome views on this.
Mike Young -
As the war was between the House of York and the House of Lancaster rather than the towns of Lancaster and York I tend to not mention it, unless asked specifically about it.
I think that many associate it with the two towns….. -
I do because Edward III was married in York Minster 1328 and its his descendances that are involved later, dividing into 2 factions. It is my belief that York was a Lancastrian city. Yorkist power being in London generally. Edward IV was barred entry to Walmgate bar because he was not recognised as king, but gains entry as Duke of York pledging allegiance to the prince of Wales. (see Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part III, Act IV, Scene VII; ‘Gates of York’)
Jeff Lane
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