the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
Bosworth Field in American English
(ˈbɑzwərθ)
field in Leicestershire, England: scene of the final battle (1485) in the Wars of the Roses, in which Richard III was killed; the crownpassed to the victor, the Earl of Richmond (Henry VII)