Battle of Radcot Bridge
1387 battle in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Radcot Bridge was fought on 19 December 1387 in medieval England between troops loyal to Richard II, led by court favourite Robert de Vere, and an army captained by Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby. It took place at Radcot Bridge, a bridge over the River Thames, now in Oxfordshire, but then the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
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Battle of Radcot Bridge | |||||||
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Robert de Vere fleeing Radcot Bridge, from the Gruthuse manuscript of Froissart's Chroniques (c. 1475). | |||||||
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Royalists | Lords Appellant | ||||||
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Robert de Vere | Henry Bolingbroke | ||||||
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c. 4,000 | c. 4,500 | ||||||
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3 | None |
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