Battle of Blore Heath
The Battle of Blore Heath took place during the English Wars of the Roses on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath, Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely-populated area of farmland two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and close to the village of Loggerheads, Staffordshire.
Battle of Blore Heath | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Wars of the Roses | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
House of York | House of Lancaster | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Earl of Salisbury Sir Thomas Neville Sir John Neville |
Baron Audley † Baron Dudley | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,000 | 2,000 |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.