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The course of the battle itself is not well documented either. The action seemingly followed the course of many medieval battles where armies and generals were evenly matched: a violent melee in the centre of the field, with little tactical direction. Northumberland is said to have positioned his men
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was mortally wounded early in the action and later died. Very few of his soldiers escaped the pursuit and returned to Scotland. Northumberland’s body was hanged, drawn, and quartered; his head was placed on London Bridge, with other parts of his anatomy displayed elsewhere (as was the custom at the
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Seeking to safeguard to his ailing Treasury, and also to impose his authority on Northumberland, which was ruled as almost a private fief by the Percys, King Henry demanded the handover of the hostages, offering only a token payment. Northumberland, infuriated, declared his support for a different
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army by an English force led by Northumberland which succeeded in capturing a large number of Scottish nobles. As was the tradition of the day, a captured nobleman could buy his freedom though a ransom, and Northumberland stood to make a large sum of money from his success. However, King Henry was
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killed. Retreating to Scotland, Northumberland emerged again in 1405 to a further defeat, before attempting one last time to seize the throne, gathering together an army of lowland Scots and loyal Northumbrians and marching south once more toward
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carefully and awaited Rokeby's arrival at 2:00 pm, when battle was instantly joined. It is likely that as with other battles of the era between primarily English and Scottish forces, the outcome was largely decided by English use of the
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The Bardolf estates were forfeited, and the power of the Percy family was shattered. The north of England became the domain of their political rivals, the Neville family, whose leader
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time for people who were deemed to be traitors). Eventually the parts of his body were reunited in his burial in York Minster.
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and Scotland, and the disobedience of several parts of England and Wales still loyal to the deposed (and murdered) Richard II.
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Northumberland was defeated, and the Earl himself died fighting a furious rearguard action as his army was routed. His ally
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The battlefield site is 1.2 miles (2 km) south of Bramham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Tadcaster.
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suffering a financial crisis, due to the chaotic state of affairs following the coup,
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After the battle, a number of the rebels were executed, including the Abbot of
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had become a preferred royal ally and was strengthened by being created
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levies and noble retinues which had been hastily assembled, led by the
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to thin the enemy ranks before charging with their main body.
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Bramham Moor
Yorkshire
England
Kingdom of England
House of Percy
Thomas Rokeby
Earl of Northumberland

Baron Bardolf

Percy Rebellion
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
England
Henry IV
coup d'etat
King Richard II
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
Battle of Homildon Hill

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