Ring found at site of Battle of Wakefield

As a young boy growing up in Sandal nr Wakefield, I heard stories about a ring being found still attatched to the owners finger reputed to be that of the Duke of York killed during the battle and a cross placed on the site.
The finger /ring was found in the roots of a hawthorne bush close to the monument and recovered during the building of a new school on that site.
Can anyone tell me if this is true and what has happened to the ring

Thanks

According to Philip A Haigh in his book from Wakefield to Towton, a ring was found on the spot where Richard Duke of York was supposed to have died. There was no reference to it being on anyone's finger. It was inscribed with "pour bon amour" on the inside. On the outside were effigies of Christ, the Virgin Mary and two saints. Nobody knows where the ring is today.

--- In , "gbutterf1" <gbutterf1@...> wrote:
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> As a young boy growing up in Sandal nr Wakefield, I heard stories about a ring being found still attatched to the owners finger reputed to be that of the Duke of York killed during the battle and a cross placed on the site.
> The finger /ring was found in the roots of a hawthorne bush close to the monument and recovered during the building of a new school on that site.
> Can anyone tell me if this is true and what has happened to the ring
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> Thanks
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Thank you for the information,The information I received was from my grandfather to my father so it was within my family I also remember hearing about the finger from 2 seperate sorces so I have every reason that there is a grain of truth coming back over hundreds of years. Shame the ring has been lost no dought in the dusty draw of a museum!

The other interesting fact about this area, was the chantry chapel build on the River Calder where lots of the Yorkists fleeing were caught the original chapel face was "restored" by the victorians and the original placed as a monument near Newmillerdam.

On Oct 8, 2012, at 11:53 AM, angela <amertzanis@...> wrote:

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>> As a young boy growing up in Sandal nr Wakefield, I heard stories about a ring being found still attatched to the owners finger reputed to be that of the Duke of York killed during the battle and a cross placed on the site.
>> The finger /ring was found in the roots of a hawthorne bush close to the monument and recovered during the building of a new school on that site.
>> Can anyone tell me if this is true and what has happened to the ring
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>> Thanks
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