Mind you - I am these days living in Pontefract, which , although only about 50 miles the East coast of Yorkshire, belongs to the Dutchy of Lancaster.
The Roses Wars had sod-all to do with the concerns of the Common People anyway, so unless you were rich or had titles it was mostly just a pain in the neck getting robbed, displaced, burned-out or even killed for someone else's benefit. The people of Pontefract, at least, had the sense to see that the only reason they were part of battles was that they had a pretty smart castle. The thought -"Sod that for a game of Billiards", knocked it down themselves and built a sweet factory. What a good example to the rest of the World! Perhaps the USA should plant George Bush a few feet down, and replace him with a Licorice Bush?
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.