Thursday 2 March 2023

From LeeH - Sir Robert Brackenbury (38 Points)

Sir Robert Brackenbury of Denton was a man on the ascendant. He had grown up not far from Richard III (then the Duke of Gloucester) and had become a close associate and later, Treasurer, to the Duke before his rise to the Throne. 


Brackenbury was made a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Richard III and was the Constable of the Tower of London. This means he was in charge when the Princes ‘disappeared’. Richard's young Nephews - the deposed King Edward V aged 12 and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, aged nine - were never seen again and it is widely held that Richard III had them killed to eliminate a possible threat to his reign. The young princes certainly would have made a good rallying point for Lancastrian opponents of Richard, so it is likely (but not entirely proven) that the King had them eliminated as a threat. If this is true, then Sir Robert Brackenbury, as Constable of the Tower, was either directly involved in their murder, or at best did nothing to prevent their deaths.


Brackenbury was recorded as also being Constable of Tunbridge Castle in 1485 and on news of Henry’s invasion, hurried to the King's side. He commanded Richard III’s Knights of the Body at Bosworth. Like the Duke of Norfolk whom I presented last week, Brackenbury was in the thick of the fighting in the Vanguard and is also recorded as having taken part in the final charge on Henry where he was killed by Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh, fighting beside his friend and benefactor Richard III.


Points Estimate
Brackenbury’s Command Stand - 2x6mm Mounted = 2 points
Brackenbury’s Men-at-arms, Retinue Billmen & Archers - 72 x6mm Infantry = 36 points
Total 38 points

10 comments:

  1. Still loving the project Lee. When is the Bosworth refight planned for?

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    1. I don't have a date yet. I'll still have several companies to paint at the end of the challenge, but once they are done I'll focus on playtesting the rules before running a game with my group. Hopefully by late summer, around the time of the battle itself.

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  2. I too am enjoying seeing this project come along. Great work on the wee chaps, Lee! :)

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  3. I have enjoyed a lot seeing the progress of the project Lee. Youy've made an excellent work here

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  4. Its always good to see progress in this project

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  5. Great brushwork on those tiny figures.

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