Events from 1485

Court of Chancery fully established - equity jurisdiction formalized under Chancellor as 'keeper of king's conscience'

Ivan III adopts title 'Sovereign of All Russia' - claims inheritance of Byzantine Empire after marrying Sophia Paleologus

Death of Queen Anne Neville - Richard III's wife dies, rumors he poisoned her to marry niece

Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven - with 2,000 French mercenaries, marches through Wales gathering support

Battle of Bosworth Field - Richard III killed, Tudor dynasty begins

Battle of Bosworth Field - Richard III killed fighting, crown found in hawthorn bush, Henry VII proclaimed on battlefield

End of Plantagenet dynasty - after 331 years and 14 kings, last Plantagenet king dies crying 'Treason! Treason!'

Henry VII crowned - Tudor dynasty begins, marries Elizabeth of York to unite roses