ZeaBed wrote:Am I to understand then that Bolingbroke led two rebellions? One in 1387 and a second after he returned from banishment in 1399? Are you sure the date of this battle is 1387? Anyway, thanks for the scenario. Looks interesting.
Yes, that's right, Zeabed. After this first rebellion, the rebel nobles called a new Parliament, which is known now as "The Merciless Parliament", and it instituted a thorough purge of Richard's administration. Many were executed. Richard II then changed his ways for a number of years, but he became increasingly autocratic again after the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia in 1394. Things came to a head in 1399 and Henry Bolingbroke returned from exile and deposed Richard II, who had been campaigning in Ireland.
Regarding the scenario, I still have a bit more labelling to do - I am currently trying to research where the men who constituted the two armies came from. The loyalist army was largely made up of Cheshiremen. The FOG aspect of it that I still have a question mark in my notebook about is whether the loyalist spearmen should be "offensive spear" as I have currently depicted them. The default position for English spearmen is of this period is as "defensive spearmen", but I have given them "offensive" status as their position is desperate and they need to fight their way out of the trap. In the real "battle", just three people were apparently killed, including Sir Thomas Molineux, but around 800 of the loyalist army drowned in the Thames!
