Later authors broadly follow Hutton when they discuss Bosworth, even Brooke in 1857, who makes significant contributions to the understanding of other battles of the fifteenth century.³³ Other writers elaborate or modify the detail, as with Barrett’s battle plan of 1896, while in the same year Gairdner adds a marsh on the slopes of Ambion Hill.³⁴ This is taken up without question by Burne in 1950 (Figure 1.12), even though on other battlefield he critically assesses the evidence and, after careful analysis of the ground, proposed new interpretations.³⁵