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	Boroughbridge
		Whole days of pleasure may be spent about Boroughbridge and Aldborough – together they form a little centre of their own, wherein the lover of the past finds an abundance of interest and delight.
		A battlecross, erected in Boroughbridge to commemorate the battle, was moved to to Aldborough in 1852.
		Boroughbridge Hall was the birthplace, in 1831, of Isabella Bird.
	www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk /boroughbridge.htm (3403 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Battle of Manzikert (Byzantine Empire), crushing defeat of Byzantine army led by the Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes inflicted by the Seljouks of Alp Arslan
		Battle of Aljubarotta (Portugal), victory for John, master of Avis, establishing him as king of Portugal.
		Battle of Arbedo (Italy), defeat of an invading Swiss army by Milanese forces.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /periodframe.html (1192 words)

	Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Glossary of Terms
		Barnet, Battle of: Important battle in the Wars of the Roses, in which Richard Neville, the ‘Kingmaker’, was slain on 14 April, 1471.
		Boroughbridge, Battle of: (1322) The battle in Yorkshire in which Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was slain after a truce had been declared the night previously.
		Battle which ended in the death of the last Plantagenet ruler, Richard III at the hand of Henry Tudor.
	www.chronique.com /Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_b.htm (2436 words)

	EXCHEQUER - LoveToKnow Article on EXCHEQUER
		Matilda had landed in England in the winter of 1139-1140; for a year her partisans made steady progress against the king, and on the 2nd of February 1141 Stephen was defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln.
		The 13th-century jury was a rough and primitive institution, which acted at once as accuser, witness and judgebut it was at any rate preferable to the chances of the red-hot iron, or the club of the duellist.
		His son Prince Edward, who had been victorious on his own flank of the battle, and had not been caught in the rout, gave himself up next morning, wishing to share his fathers fate, and not to prolong a civil war which seemed to have become hopeless.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EX/EXCHEQUER.htm (22771 words)

	Battle of Boroughbridge - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Battle of Boroughbridge was a small but important battle in the conflicts between Edward II of England and his rebellious barons.
		The battle took place near at important bridge across the Wye called Boroughbridge, northwest of York.
		Early in 1322, king Edward took forces north in England to subdue his cousin Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Boroughbridge (190 words)

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		He held the office of Marshall of England.He was killed at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 Roger Clifford, 2nd Lord of Skipton He was involved in a rebellion against King Edward I's favourite Huge Lord de Despencer, and ultimately against the King him self.
		The rebel forces were brought to battle by the King's forces in Boroughbridge in March 1322 at which Roger Clifford received severe wounds.
		He was one of the chief commanders in the battle of Flodden against the Scots in 1513 Henry Clifford, 11th Lord Of Skipton and 1st Earl Of Cumberland A close Friend of Henry VIII, Known for his extravagant lifestyle.
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	Boroughbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Boroughbridge was developed as one of William the Conqueror's "new towns".
		In 1318 and again in 1319, the town was pillaged by the Scots, and three years later, at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Sir Andrew Harclay defeated the Earl of Lancaster who then sought refuge at the church.
		It is uncertain whether the Manor House in Boroughbridge was used again by any of the Tancred family but one historian refers to the house in Boroughbridge as a Dower House and there is a record of Thomas Tancred of Boroughbridge being created Baronet in 1662 by Charles II.
	www.fretwell.kangaweb.com.au /Genealogy/The%20Fretwell%20Connection/Orphans/boroughbridge.htm (1876 words)

	Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the battle of Bannockburn, he charged alone at Robert the Bruce, only to be felled and held for ransom for the Bruce's wife.
		In this battle his nephew Henry de Bohun was also killed by Bruce.
		Humphrey was killed while fighting Andrew de Harclay, at the Battle of Boroughbridge in a particularly gory manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humphrey_de_Bohun,_4th_Earl_of_Hereford (375 words)

	Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg139 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Humphrey de BOHUN [Parents] was born in 1275 in Of, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England.
		The cause of death was Battle of Boroughbridge.
		He fought and was captured at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and was exchanged by the Scots for Robert Bruce's wife, who had been imprisoned in England.
	www.ishipress.com /pafg139.htm (879 words)

	Dunstanburgh Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was built by Thomas, second Earl of Lancaster between 1313 and 1316 as a refuge.
		Unfortunately he was captured at the battle of Boroughbridge, declined to take advantage of his refuge and was subsequently executed.
		He was defeated at the battle of Hexham and the castle was finally Yorkist.
	www.thebournes.demon.co.uk /uk_dunst.htm (262 words)

	Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion: Battles & Wars: B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Battle in the War of the Spanish Succession in which British and Austrian forces, under the Duke of Marlborough, defeated the French and Bavarian armies near the Bavarian village of Blindheim [Blenheim].
		The main battle was between around 600 Hurricanes and Spitfires of the RAF, and the Luftwaffe's 800 fighters and 1,000 bombers.
		Battle between the combined forces of Wessex and Mercia led by Æthelstan and a mixed force of Picts, Scots, Irish Norsemen and Britons, led by the King of the Scots.
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	LMB Re: battle of Boroughbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		LMB Send private responses to: "J.E Scott" Thank you, Geoffrey, for your information about the battle; it is most appreciated.
		What is rather disappointing, is that on the Northern side of the river is a small car park and picnic area just perfect for an information board with a concise note of the battle site and map, yet nothing exists at all.
		This site is a few miles from where I live, so I undoubtedly see it as perhaps more important than it was, but even so you'd have thought something other than a plate on the bridge could be organised to commemorate the event.
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	The Age of Chivalry - 14th Century AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Edward II defeats Thomas of Lancaster at battle of Boroughbridge.
		Andronicus III defeated by Ottoman Turks at battle of Pelekanon.
		Serbians and allies under Lazar defeated at the battle of Kosovo by Ottoman Turks; Murad I killed and Lazar is executed in retaliation.
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	This is Bradford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It’s said to commemorate the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 in which Edward II’s loyal supporter Sir Andrew Harclay defeated the rebel Earl of Lancaster, dragged him out of the church in which he had taken sanctuary, and took him off to York to be tried as a traitor and beheaded.
		The Battle Cross used to stand in Boroughbridge Market Square but was moved to its present site to make way for the war memorial.
		Back in Aldborough, next to the stocks on the flagpoled village green, is a memorial to a more recent episode in the history of the area: the village’s near-escape from disaster during the last war when the heroic pilot of a blazing RAF plane managed to steer it clear of houses before crashing.
	www.thisisbradford.co.uk /bradford__district/leisure/walks/boroughbridge.html (571 words)

	Battle of Boroughbridge -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Battle of Boroughbridge was a small but important battle in the conflicts between (Click link for more info and facts about Edward II of England) Edward II of England and his rebellious barons.
		The battle took place near at important bridge across the Wye called Boroughbridge, northwest of (The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose) York.
		Early in 1322, king Edward took forces north in England to subdue his cousin (Click link for more info and facts about Thomas, Earl of Lancaster) Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_boroughbridge.htm (208 words)

	YORKSHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on YORKSHIRE
		At the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 Harold Hardrada, who had seized York, and Earl Tosti were both defeated and slain by Harold of England.
		In 1322, at the battle of Boroughbridge, the rebel barons were defeated by the forces of Edward II.
		Northallerton acquired representation in i298, Boroughbridge in 1300, Kingston-on-Hull and Ravensburgh in 1304.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Y/YO/YORKSHIRE.htm (6584 words)

	Photographs of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
		Lord Baldesmere was hung drawn and quartered after the Battle of Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire on 16 March 1322.
		He was at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and the Battle of Herrings in 1429.
		The oldest monument in the church is the fine effigy of Sir Walter de Dunstanville with his feet on a lion, his hand on a drawn sord indicating death in battle and legs crossed at the knees symbolising that the went on two crusades.
	www.thornber.net /england/htmlfiles/castlecombe.html (772 words)

	WARS OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The war began in earnest with Edward I's sacking of Berwick in March 1296, followed by the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Dunbar and the abdication of John Balliol in July.
		After being defeated in battle he was driven from the Scottish mainland as an outlaw.
		At this time, the Scots followed a plan of avoiding pitched battles and evacuated the inhabitants of the lowlands as much as possible, moving them to the safety of the hills.
	www.abait.com /Wars_of_Scottish_Independence (3547 words)

	ALDBOROUGH AND BOROUGHBRIDGE Aldborough is a simply delightful village
		In 1299 the burgesses of Aldborough and Boroughbridge were given the right to return two MPs for each town to the Parliament of 1300, one of the very early Parliaments.
		In 1318 Boroughbridge was pillaged and burned by the Scots.
		Close to Boroughbridge is Newby Hall and Fountains Abbey is not far away.
	www.dalesview.fsnet.co.uk /aldborough (811 words)

	Humphrey de Bohun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was one of the leaders who deposed King Edward II's favorite Piers Gaveston.
		He fought at the Battle of Bannockburn, where he was captured by the Scots.
		He was killed at the Battle of Boroughbridge, while leading another rebellion against the king.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humphrey_de_Bohun (486 words)

	Battle of Boroughbridge, 16 March 1322 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thomas felt he had been snubbed by Edward, and denied his true place as the king's main advisor, due to him as the king's cousin, and had found allies in the welsh marches, alienated by the actions of the king's favourites.
		By the time of Boroughbridge, Edward had defeated the marchers, leaving the northern rebels isolated.
		Thomas of Lancaster was executed after the battle, and a popular cult soon grew around him.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_boroughbridge.html (105 words)

	InDixie.Com - Descendants of Bernard "The Dane" De Harcourt
		He was at the Battle of Hastings and received a grant of 100 manors by Duke William, mostly in the county of Leicestershire.
		John Frederick was defeated and captured by Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg on the Elbe, 24 April, 1547.
		At the Battle of Leipzig (16-18 October, 1813), when Napoleon was completely defeated, the greater part of the Saxon troops deserted to the allied forces.
	indixie.com /genealogy/newberry/datafile/descendants_of_bernard_the_dane_de_harcourt.htm (16652 words)

	Kidwelly Castle
		During the rising which followed the death of Henry I, the Battle of Maes Gwenllian was fought a short distance away from the castle (1136).
		In 1291 the marriage of the young heiress was granted to the king's brother, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, for the use of his second son, Henry, the union being celebrated in 1298.
		The prominent part taken by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in the civil wars of Edward II's reign led to his execution after the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, but the forefeited title and estates were later restored to his younger brother, Henry.
	www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk /CastleGuide/CastleTown.htm (4375 words)

	Monarchs Biographies
		The naval battle of Sluys (1340) gave England control of the Channel, and battles at Crecy (1346) and Calais (1347) established English supremacy on land.
		The Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 left Richard III slain in the field, York ambitions routed and Henry proclaimed king.
		The early part of Henry's reign, however, saw the young king invade France, defeat Scottish forces at the Battle of Flodden Field (in which James IV of Scotland was slain), and write a treatise denouncing Martin Luther's Reformist ideals, for which the pope awarded Henry the title "Defender of the Faith".
	yeomenoftheguard.com /biographies.htm (14142 words)

	Image Gallery - Images of Monuments and Memorials
		The monument to the Battle of Towton, on the Tadcaster to Sherburn-in-Elmet road.
		A monument to the commander of the Cornish foot, Colonel Sir Bevile Grenvile, and the battle of Lansdown Hill (5th July 1643) positioned at the top of...
		The monument to the Battle of Marston Moor, on the Tockwith to Long Marston road.
	www.clash-of-steel.co.uk /gallery/sub_index.php?index=monument (893 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Earl Humphrey De Bohun HEREFORD, VIII ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
		At this critical stage of the struggle it must have occurred to Edward that the pattern of the battle of Hastings was being repeated.
		The north bank of the river, and the approaches to the bridge, were held in force by the levies of Cumberland and Westmoreland which Harclay had summoned at the king's request, in order to prevent a junction between the Lancastrians and the Scots.
		Boroughbridge was one of the great civil battles of English history; immediately after it Lancaster and Badlesmere were executed.
	www.geneal.net /880.htm (8372 words)

	Talbot
		On 16 March 1321/2 he was captured in the battle of Boroughbridge, but was allowed to make a fine for his life and his lands.
		Taken captive by the King Edward II's forces with his father at the battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1321/2, he was recorded as about to cross the sea with Edward III on 14 April 1329.
		He fought in the 2nd division at the Battle of Crecy on 26 Aug. 1346, and was a knight in the retinue of the Earl of Lancaster during the siege of Calais in 1347.
	todmar.net /ancestry/talbot_main.htm (2006 words)

	Boroughbridge, B&B, Welcome To Arncliffe Bed and Breakfast
		Boroughbridge has a long history thought to date back to the Bronze Age period.
		The picture on the right shows two of the remaining 'Devils Arrows', huge monoliths that stand on the outskirts of the town close to the new by-pass.
		The third can be seen to the left of the road that runs from Boroughbridge to Roecliffe.
	www.stayatarncliffe.co.uk (280 words)

	A History of Europe, Chapter 9
		In 1325, Edward sent his queen, Isabella, and their son, Edward III, to pay homage to the queen's brother, King Charles IV of France; according to feudal law, the king of England was still a vassal of the French king, and this duty was required to keep the duchy of Aquitaine in English hands.
		The only battles which lasted more than a day were sieges, and a siege was something to avoid if at all possible, since the attacker often suffered more than the defender whose castle he was trying to take.
		In the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, Warwick was slain, and Henry was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he died (presumably murdered).
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /europe/eu09.html (19084 words)

	The First Castles Paper
		In 1914 the town and castle were attacked by German battle cruisers, resulting in demolition of much of the remaining structure.
		He was killed at the battle of St Albans, the first battle of the War of the Roses in 1455.
		He was one of the chief commanders in the battle of Flodden against the Scots in 1513.
	www.worldforge.org /project/newsletters/June2002/Castles (3745 words)

	Bromley Survey of 1609 Introduction
		His defeat at the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 and his subsequent execution brought to a close a stormy career.
		The death of Eleanor two years later (3 October 1399), and of her only son in the same year complicated the question of the share of the former Bohun inheritance which might legitimately be claimed by her daughter, Anne, wife of Edward, Earl of Stafford.
		On his death at the battle of Northampton (1460), he was succeeded by his grandson, Henry, second Duke of Buckingham, beheaded at Salisbury in 1483 for his part in the conspiracy against Richard III.
	www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk /Surveys/1609/Introduction.htm (12073 words)

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