However, Trollope had lied, and the Lancastrians won the battle handily.
Anyone who loves both Heyer and Trollope is clearly a kindred soul.
However, due to a betrayal by Andrew Trollope, the Yorkists lost the Battle of Ludford Bridge.
Trollope and Northumberland were killed in the battle,
while the Earl of Devon was executed shortly afterwards.
According to the histories, Andrew Trollope reached out to Richard of York prior to the battle.
Andrew Trollope, war veteran and turncoat,
would eventually be knighted after the Second Battle at St. Albans turned into a Lancaster victory.
Henry VI commanded his young son to knight Trollope, despite the fact that his participation in the battle had been
stalled by his stepping on a spike driven into the ground to stop charging horses.