Battle of Blore Heath
1459 battle in the War of the Roses / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Battle of Blore Heath | |||||||
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Part of the Wars of the Roses | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
House of York | House of Lancaster | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Earl of Salisbury Sir Thomas Neville Sir John Neville |
Baron Audley † Baron Dudley [2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,000[3] | 10,000[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,000[5] | 2,000[6] |
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