Heritage England Rugby Shirt 1871 Vintage

The first can be traced back to the Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose). This is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the Tudor dynasty. Henry VII brought the end of the ‘Wars of the Roses’ between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Henry’s mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; in January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together and adopted the Tudor rose badge conjoining the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. Therefore, the English rose is not red, but half red and half white. However, subsequent monarchs (such as Elizabeth I) continued to be associated with the red rose because they were descended from the House of Lancaster.