ABSTRACT
The footsore companies must trudge the extra ten, hot and exhausting miles to Tewkesbury. It was at Prinknash that the host moved off the ancient upland track, the Portway, and, passing through Birdlip, entered Cheltenham perhaps an hour after the Lancastrians had reached Tewkesbury. The campaign of Tewkesbury was in many ways more complex than that of Barnet; the marches were more extended and detailed, the ground, in some ways less certain, but the objectives of both sides remained crystal clear. The Yorkists had steadied and Gloucester could be reinforced without hindrance. The Bastard had undoubtedly opened negotiations for his surrender after his repulse. On 26 May, after the bulk of the royal army marched in the wake of Gloucester's division, Fauconberg formally submitted, surrendering his still impressive fleet of nearly fifty assorted vessels. As the Bastard was bending his knee, the King was at Canterbury, opening an enquiry into the recent troubles.
