Battle of Hexham

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The Battle of Hexham was a decisive 1464 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which Yorkist forces crushed the Lancastrians in Northumberland, effectively ending organized Lancastrian resistance in northern England.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Hexham canonical 5
Northern campaign of 1464 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Neville family ⓘ
Percy family ⓘ
belligerent Lancastrians ⓘ
linked to: Lancastrian forces

Yorkists ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces
campaign Yorkist campaign to secure the north in 1464 ⓘ
casualties heavy Lancastrian losses ⓘ
chronologicalOrder fought after the Battle of Hedgeley Moor ⓘ
fought after the Battle of Towton ⓘ
combatant House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
commander Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu ⓘ
Lord Roos ⓘ
Ralph Percy ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 15 May 1464 ⓘ
describedAs decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
effect capture and execution of leading Lancastrian nobles ⓘ
collapse of organized Lancastrian resistance in northern England ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Hexham executions ⓘ
geographicalContext near the River Tyne region ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Hexham ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
monarchSupported Edward IV of England ⓘ
notableAftermath execution of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
execution of other Lancastrian leaders at Newcastle and York ⓘ
opposedMonarch Henry VI of England ⓘ
outcome consolidation of Yorkist control in northern England ⓘ
partOf Northern campaign of 1464 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hexham

Wars of the Roses ⓘ
politicalConsequence strengthening of Edward IV’s position on the throne ⓘ
weakening of Lancastrian cause in England ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Hedgeley Moor ⓘ
region Northern England ⓘ
result Yorkist victory ⓘ
decisive Yorkist victory ⓘ
significance effectively ended major Lancastrian military operations in the north ⓘ
strategicObjective to suppress Lancastrian resistance in the north ⓘ
theatre Northern England ⓘ
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
year 1464 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Towton → followedBy → Battle of Hexham ⓘ
Cousins' War → hasPart → Battle of Hexham ⓘ
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu → battle → Battle of Hexham ⓘ
Battle of Hexham → partOf → Northern campaign of 1464 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hexham
Yorkist forces → foughtIn → Battle of Hexham ⓘ