Peace with Honour mb-code 00520986 The Battle of Towton (1461)

The Battle of Towton (1461) took place near Towton in Yorkshire and was one of the bloodiest ever battles fought in Britain

Gray's Inn Hall

Bedfordshire

Interior view of the Four Percent Reduced Annuity Office at the Bank of England

Raised over the bodies of those slain in a battle between Edmund Ironside and Canute

Peace with Honour mb-code 00520986 The Battle of Towton (1461)Peace with Honour, 1881. Britannia wears full mourning in honour of Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield. The former Conservative Prime Minister died on 19th April 1881. He was interred at Hughenden on 26th April and a monument to his memory was erected in Westminster Abbey. From Punch, or the London Charivari, April 30, 1881.