The end of the Hundred Years War caused numbers of English and Welsh men-at-arms and archers to return to their home countries from France. The Yorkist artillery was the larger and the better served. Some of the Lancastrian cannon were taken by a raiding party from the Gloucester garrison. Handheld firearms were beginning to appear on the battlefield but were still unreliable and dangerous to discharge.Īrtillery, although widely used in warfare, was heavy, cumbersome and difficult to move and fire.īoth sides possessed artillery. Their immediate entourage comprised mounted men-at-arms, in armour and armed with sword, lance and shield, although often fighting on foot.īoth armies relied upon strong forces of longbowmen. Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Tewkesbury: The commanders and their noble supporters and knights rode to battle on horseback, in armour, with sword, lance and shield. Duke of Gloucester: Battle of Tewkesbury on 4th May 1471 in the Wars of the Roses
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