Battle of Boroughbridge
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The Battle of Boroughbridge was fought on 16 March 1322 in England between a group of rebellious barons and the forces of King Edward II, near Boroughbridge, north-west of York. The culmination of a l
Monument for the Battle of Boroughbridge in nearby Aldborough
Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, alternatively Andreas de Harcla, was an important English military leader in the borderlands with Scotland during the reign of Edward II. Coming from a knightly f
Battle of Boroughbridge
…were joined by the Earl's Secretary, Sir Robert de Holland, and the force he had raised in Lancashire. There they were cut off by the forces of Sir Andrew Harclay, a veteran of the Scottish wars, who had gathered the levies from the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. When Lancaster arrived at the town of…
Contemporary illustration of Harclay defending Carlisle Castle against the Scots in 1315.