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	Battle of Towton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1st St Albans – Blore Heath – Ludford Bridge – Northampton – Wakefield – Mortimer's Cross – 2nd St Albans – Ferrybridge – Towton – Hedgeley Moor – Hexham – Edgecote Moor – Lose-coat Field – Barnet – Tewkesbury – Bosworth Field – Stoke Field
		The Battle of Towton in the Wars of the Roses was the bloodiest ever fought on British soil, with casualties believed to have been in excess of 20,000 (perhaps as many as 30,000) men.
		The battle took place on a snowy 29 March 1461 (Palm Sunday) on a plateau between the villages of Towton and Saxton in Yorkshire (about 12 miles southwest of York and about 2 miles south of Tadcaster).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Towton (877 words)

	Battle of Hexham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Hexham (May 15, 1464) marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV.
		The battle was fought near the town of Hexham in Northumberland.
		After the battle of Hedgeley Moor, the Lancastrians failed to prevent the Yorkists concluding peace negotions with Scotland in 1463, and it was soon found that their northern base of operations was now threatened.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Hexham (672 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Hexham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Battle of Blore Heath Conflict Wars of the Roses Date September 23, 1459 Place Blore Heath Result Yorkist victory The Battle of Blore Heath was the first major battle in the English Wars of the Roses and was fought on September 23, 1459, at Blore Heath, two miles east of...
		The Battle of Ferrybridge, 28 March 1461, was a small engagement between the houses of York and Lancaster before the larger battle of Towton, during the period know as the Wars of the Roses.
		Hexham is the birthplace of the well-known poet, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, the son of a distinguished citizen and one of a clever family which includes the lady who is best known by her maiden name, Elizabeth Gibson.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Hexham (1979 words)

	History of Northumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		About the end of the 6th century Bernicia was first united with the rival kingdom of Deira under the rule of Æthelfrith of Northumbria, and the district between the Humber and the Forth became known as the kingdom of Northumbria.
		In 1388, Henry Percy was taken prisoner and 1500 of his men slain at the battle of Otterburn, immortalized in the ballad of Chevy Chase.
		In 1513, King James IV of Scotland was slain in the battle of Flodden Field on Branxton Moor.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Northumberland (2127 words)

	Hexham And Its Neighbourhood
		THE Battle of Hexham fought on Hexham Levels on May 8th, 1464, may be said to have ended the Wars of the Roses.
		With her son she managed to escape from the field of battle, but only to get lost in a thick wood, Dipton or Deepdene, which even to-day puts one in mind of a stronghold of robbers such as abounded in the fifteenth century.
		In the corner of the church-yard is a pele tower built in the fourteenth century and the residence of the early vicars and a place of refuge in the troubled times of the Scottish marauders.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/northumbria-24.shtml (2316 words)

	Hexham, Corbridge, Wylam and Tynedale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wilfrid's abbey at Hexham was regarded as one of the finest in the country and its beauty was particularly enhanced by the use of Roman stones taken from the ruins of Hadrian's Wall and the nearby Roman fort at Corbridge.
		Hexham abbey suffered badly at the hands of many Scottish raids, but centuries of continuous rebuilding, have ensured that a complete historic abbey, or more acurately, a priory church, still stand at Hexham today.
		A mile to the north west of Hexham the River Tyne is formed by the confluence of the South Tyne with the North Tyne.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /Tynedale.htm (1890 words)

	Newcastle Walks - Battles Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1464 at The Battle of Hedgley Moor near Wooler in Northumberland, Sir Ralph Percy a Lancastrian supporter, and son of The Duke of Northumberland was killed fighting a superior Yorkshire army.
		Although the battle continued into the next day the death of their King and the mass slaughter of their fellows led the Scots to surrender.
		The normal plundering by victors after a battle was minimal, an air of respect was felt and the Scots only took what was necessary to maintain their own welfare.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /newcastlewalks/battles.htm (1761 words)

	TimeRef - Medieval History Timelines - 10 Year Overview
		On the morning of the battle three bright lights were seen in the sky.
		The Yorkist army was split in two and during the battle sections of the Yorkists defected to the Queen's side.
		This was the bloodiest battle of the War of the Roses and was fought in a snowstorm at Towton in Yorkshire.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/y101460.htm (1059 words)

	Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Somerset fought at the First Battle of St Albans (1455), where he was seriously wounded and his father was killed.
		He was one of the principal Lancastrian commanders at the Battle of Wakefield, the Second Battle of St Albans, and the Battle of Towton, fleeing into Scotland after the last of these.
		He held out in the far north of England until the next May (1464), when he was defeated at the Battle of Hexham, and beheaded shortly afterwards.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Beaufort,_3rd_Duke_of_Somerset (355 words)

	BATTLE OF HEAVENFIELD
		On the night before the battle, while Cadwallon and his troops were in Hexham, Oswald erected a wooden cross on the high ground where the church now stands.
		Not much is known about the actual battle, but it is thought that Cadwallon had far superior forces and that he felt fairly complacent about victory.
		The battle re-established a Christian as king of Northumbria and one of Oswald's first acts was to invite the monks of Iona to set up a monastery in the Kingdom.
	www.roman-britain.org /hw/heavenfield.htm (748 words)

	Battle of Hexham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hexham was the last battle of the first chapter of the Wars of the Roses.
		Having been defeated at the decisive Battle of Towton, King Henry VI and his Queen fled north to Scotland.
		There is some controversy over which side of the road the Battle of Hexham took place, but it was certainly in the fields around the River, possibly on the slopes of Swallowship Hill.
	boogieknights.net /familytree/hexham.html (229 words)

	Richard III - Hexham
		It was a hopeless position from which to fight any sort of battle; the field was almost totally enclosed and too cramped to allow of free maneuver.
		Battle casualties were not great, but the executions that followed, including that of Somerset, were on a scale unparalleled even in these bloodthirsty times.
		Henry remained north of the Tyne during the fight and escaped to the Lake District, where he was among predominantly loyal subjects.
	www.richard111.com /hexham1.htm (232 words)

	The Lance and Longbow Society
		o make a viable wargame from this battle it is necessary either to accept that the numbers were fairly even or to impose some sort of victory conditions where the numbers are uneven.
		Montagu seems to have commanded the bulk of the troops, so the centre battle should number around 100 figures with 50 or so on each wing.
		The Lancastrians were split into three equal battles and the bulk of the force should be raw or inexperienced.
	www.lanceandlongbow.com /lls_article2pt3.html (276 words)

	Hexham
		On hearing that the Lancastrian army had reached Hexham, he decided go there with all his retainers to meet with the Lancastrians, without waiting for reinforcements.
		Somerset had no chance to move his troops into to an advantageous position, and was obliged to from a line at the base of a hill on which Montagu had already taken up position.
		Two weeks after his victory at Hexham, Montagu was rewarded for his services to Edwarded by being granted the Earldom of Northumberland.
	www.fifteenthcentury.net /hexham.html (490 words)

	Famous Historic Battles
		The greatest battles fought by soldiers and warriors who have become infamous and immortal as a result of the great victories they achieved; their bravery, perseverance, determination, cunning, tactics, sacrifices and fortitude have written the stories of their battles and their names on the sand and winds of time.
		After the Battle of St Albans attempts were made to achieve a permanent settlement of the grievances which had given rise to the conflict, and for a while the compromise of 1455 seemed to enjoy some success.
		She gained a major success at the Battle of Wakefield on December 301460, when the army of the Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury was destroyed.
	www.mystical-sites.stevenredhead.com /Warriors/battles.html (11518 words)

	Battle of Hexham - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Battle of Hexham - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Battle of Hexham contains research on
		Battle of Hexham, 1464, Battles of the Wars of the Roses and History of Northumberland.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Hexham (249 words)

	Battlefields Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 99)
		Many of the battles were fought throughout Britain in places far away from the actual border but, not surprisingly, a good number were actually fought in Northumberland.
		A highly significant battle, won by the Scots, which established the River Tweed as the northern boundary of Northumberland (which had originally stretched as far north as Edinburgh).
		This was an English civil war between the supporters of the House of Lancaster (the red rose) and the House of York (the white rose) in their battle to provide the King of England.
	www.northumberland.gov.uk /vg/rbattlef.html (748 words)

	The War of the Roses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the middle of the battle, Lord Grey, who commands a wing of the King's army, switches sides to the Yorkist cause.
		The earl of Salisbury and York's son are captured and executed, marking the beginning of a less chivalrous form of warfare that lasted until the end of the wars.
		Battle of Losecote Field: At the defeat of his forces at the battle of Edgecote Moor, Edward waits for another opportunity to strike.
	guweb2.gonzaga.edu /faculty/wheeler/War_of_Roses.html (2745 words)

	Ecorcheur Online - the Wars of the Roses
		Once battle raged they surrounded the Yorkists, cutting of their retreat, and within half an hour the Yorkists had been defeated and 2-3000 men lay dead.
		After the Battle of Barnet, Edward returned to London where he learned of the landing of Margaret of Anjou and a Lancastrian expeditionary force at Weymouth on the 14 April.
		Significantly the Prince of Wales was killed either during the battle of during the rout thus ending the Lancastrian claim to the throne.
	www.planetsimon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /ecorcheur/wars.htm (3393 words)

	Medieval Wars
		The Norman Conquest of England led to the battle of Hastings in 1066.
		The French had deployed their cavalry first which trudged through the mud towards the English lines, taking heavy casualties at the hands of the archers and those that made it to the line were cut down by axes and swords.
		This is the story of battles and valour, greed and piety, folly and baseness that mark the first major clash of Christianity and Islam.
	www.warprints.co.uk /medieval.htm (2201 words)

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		After the battle of Hexham in May 1464, where the last important Lancastrian resistance was crushed, John Neville was given the earldom of Northumberland, the hereditary title of the Percy family.
		A battle was out of the question and, wisely, Edward dispersed his army and allowed himself to be captured by Warwick.
		Warwick imprisoned the king and sought to govern in his name, but was unable to find support in Parliament and, with government crumbling, he began to incur the wrath of the populace for imprisoning their sovereign.
	www.historyincoins.com /ed4.htm (2111 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines
		Although this battle was small it left the Duke of Somerset dead along with Lord Nothumberland and Clifford.
		In the battle Audley was killed and although two of Salisbury's sons were captured they were quickly released.
		In the battle known as Empingham (or Lose-Coat), Sir Robert was captured and confessed that the rebellion had been master-minded by the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hstt58.htm (3838 words)

	Wars of the Roses North East England Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yorkists are victorious in a heavy snowstorm at the Battle of Towton.
		Richard "the Kingmaker" Neville is killed fighting King Edward IV at the Battle of Barnet.
		Richard III is killed at The Battle of Bosworth Field and the victorious Welshman Henry Tywdr (Tudor) is crowned Henry VII, King of England.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /page54.htm (962 words)

	John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1461 he was made a Knight of the Bath.
		He fought on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Hexham in 1464.
		In 1469 he was made Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall for life; that year or the next he was created Earl of Wiltshire; in 1471 he was made Chief Butler of England, and in 1472 a Knight of the Garter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stafford,_1st_Earl_of_Wiltshire (173 words)

	North Tynedale History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of Northumbria's first recorded battles;- `the Battle of Heavenfield' (635 A.D), took place in the vicinity of the North Tyne, near to where it was crossed by Hadrian's Wall at Chesters.
		Surprisingly, unlike most Northumbrian battles this was fought not between the English and the Scots, but between the Northumbrians and the Welsh, who were a great enemy of the Kingdom of Northumbria in early times.
		Oswald assembled his men for battle to the north of Hexham on high ground in the vicinity of the North Tyne, close to Hadrian's Wall.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /NorthTynedale.htm (1994 words)

	The Lance and Longbow Society
		he battle of Hexham on 15th May 1464 brought to a close the phase of the Wars of the Roses that had begun in 1459 at Ludford Bridge.
		From there he set out for Hexham on 14th May, which suggests that Henry had by then moved on from Bywell, but whether he had joined Somerset at Hexham or had fled further afield beforehand, possibly into Cumbria, is unknown.
		All that is clear is that Henry was not captured in Hexham after the battle, but near Clitheroe in Lancashire in July by Sir Thomas Talbot.
	www.lanceandlongbow.com /lls_article2pt1.html (802 words)

	Battle of Barnet, War of the Roses
		The Battle of Barnet was fought in a heavy mist, on Easter Sunday 14th April 1471.
		The centre of the battle (as depicted here) was fought at close quarters, a mass of struggling knights and men at arms with comrade fighting comrade, their vision of the battle obscured by mist.
		In the Final battle of the Civil war in 1485 at Bosworth, King Richard was killed and the thrown was taken by The earl of Richmond King Henry VII.
	www.military-art.com /dhm706.htm (904 words)

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