Battle of Bosworth and Richard's well?

Hello All,

With the recent talk here concerning the location of the battle of
Bosworth, I had a question about the legend of Richard getting a drink
of water from a well during the battle. To me this makes little
sense. The battle itself has been considered short. Michael Bennet
has it at about 2 hours. By most accounts Richard was positioned on
top of the hill (Ambion Hill?) observing/commanding the battle. That
is until he took off on his fatal charge. To me it makes no sense
that he would leave this position to get water from a well. I would
think he would have a squire, page, or somebody to bring a drink to
him on top of the hill so he could continue to monitor the battle and
Tudor. It even makes less sense to me considering how short the
battle lasted. Maybe before the battle, on the way up to the hill, he
stopped for a drink. Even that is a stretch.

Has anybody actually been to the site? Is the well relatively close
to the hill? Here is a link to a picture of the well.

http://www.r3.org/bosworth/img2/well1.html

I know this might seem trivial, but for those researching battlefield
locations, they could rule out having a well nearby.

I seem to recall something about his big brother Edward drinking from
a well or stream and casually socializing with common foot soldiers
during a break during one battle. But, now that I think about it, I
think it was in Penman's Sunne in Splendour.

Just an opinion,
Howard

The more I read and think about Bosworth the less I think of it as a
battle, and the more as an elaborately staged assassination.

http://www.r3.org/bosworth/texts/jones.html

http://www.richard111.com/bosworth-the%20new%20look.htm



--- In , "Howard Heller"
<howard_heller@...> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> With the recent talk here concerning the location of the battle of
> Bosworth, I had a question about the legend of Richard getting a drink
> of water from a well during the battle. To me this makes little
> sense. The battle itself has been considered short.