August

1	2	3	4 August 1483 Richard visits Tewkesbury Abbey for the last time and gave the abbot a gift of £310	5 August 1483 Richard visits Worcester	6	7 August 1485 Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven in Wales
8	9	10 August 1439 Anne Plantagenet, Richard's oldest sister, born at Hatfield or Fotheringhay	11	12	13	14
15	16	17 August 1473 Richard Duke of York and son of Edward IV born in Shrewsbury	18 August 1478 Mary of Burgundy marries Maximilian, son of the Holy Roman Emperor	19	20	21
22 August 1481 Richard creates knights and bannerets at Berwick, including Francis Lovell 22 August 1485 Battle of Bosworth. Richard III is killed. The Middleham Standard will fly at half mast at Middleham Castle every 22 August to commemorate Richard's death.	23	24 August 1482 Richard's army captures Berwick from the Scots 24 August 1483 Edward (son of Richard III and Anne Neville) created Prince of Wales	25	26 August 1470 Richard appointed Warden of the West March	27 August 1483 Richard grants Buckingham the Hereford inheritance	28
29 August 1475 Peace agreed between England and France at Picquigny	30	31	August 1964 Plaque at well at Bosworth to cover and replace original plaque