Appendix 3

Approximate Timetable for Monday 22 August 1485

All times are BST.
06.00	Prime.
06.10	Sunrise. Richard III gets up.
06.40	Mass begins in the royal tent.
07.10	Richard III starts his breakfast; meanwhile his esquires arm him.
07.30	Richard III leaves his tent to address his army.
08.00	The battle commences.
09.00	Terce. Richard III starts his charge towards Henry ‘Tudor’.
09.15	Death of Richard III.
10.00	The battle ends.
11.00	Richard III’s body, together with his crown, are brought to Henry ‘Tudor’, who is proclaimed king, has lunch, and conducts various urgent business.
12.00	Sext.
13.00	Henry VII orders his men to make ready to march to Leicester.
14.00	Henry VII’s army leaves the battlefield.
15.00	None.
18.00	Vespers. The tail end of Henry VII’s baggage train, including Richard III’s dead body, arrives in Leicester. Richard’s body is washed and embalmed(?), ready to be placed on display the following morning.
19.55	Sunset.