Battle of Losecoat Field

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The Battle of Losecoat Field was a 1470 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which King Edward IV crushed a Lincolnshire rebellion, helping to temporarily secure his Yorkist rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Empingham ⓘ
Battle of Losecote Field ⓘ
associatedWith George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ⓘ
belligerent Yorkists ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces

rebellious Lancastrian supporters ⓘ
category 1470 in England ⓘ
Battles of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
Conflicts in 1470 ⓘ
cause Lincolnshire rebellion against Edward IV ⓘ
combatant forces loyal to King Edward IV ⓘ
rebels led by Sir Robert Welles ⓘ
commander King Edward IV ⓘ
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles ⓘ
Sir Robert Welles ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 12 March 1470 ⓘ
effect exposure of Warwick and Clarence’s involvement in rebellion ⓘ
temporary strengthening of Edward IV’s rule ⓘ
followedBy Readeption of Henry VI ⓘ
defection of Warwick the Kingmaker to the Lancastrian side ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Rutland ⓘ
near Empingham ⓘ
militaryTactics rapid royal advance to surprise rebels ⓘ
monarchInvolved Edward IV of England ⓘ
notableEvent execution of Sir Robert Welles after the battle ⓘ
flight and capture of rebel leaders ⓘ
outcome rebellion crushed by Edward IV ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Roses ⓘ
partOfReignOf Edward IV of England ⓘ
precededBy Lincolnshire Rebellion of 1470 ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
result Yorkist victory ⓘ
significance helped Edward IV temporarily secure Yorkist rule ⓘ
undermined domestic support for Warwick the Kingmaker ⓘ
year 1470 ⓘ

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Battle of Barnet → precededBy → Battle of Losecoat Field ⓘ
Sir John Woodville → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Edgecote Moor ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Losecoat Field
Battle of Brandy Station → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fleetwood Hill ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Losecoat Field
Battle of Losecoat Field → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Losecote Field ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Losecoat Field
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu → battle → Battle of Hedgeley Moor ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Losecoat Field
Yorkist forces → foughtIn → Battle of Losecoat Field ⓘ