BattlefieldsNorthern Rising — Northumberland Revolt Context 1569
Tudor

Northern Rising — Northumberland Revolt Context 1569

1569
Northumberland, England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Northern Earls
Forces
Royal army under Sussex
VS
Victor
Royal forces under the Earl of Sussex
Forces
Northern Earls c.5,000-6,000
Outcome
Northern Rising raised substantial force of 5,000-6,000 men; collapsed without major battle when royal army under Sussex advanced; earls fled to Scotland
The Battle

History & Significance

The revolt of Charles Neville Earl of Westmorland and Thomas Percy Earl of Northumberland in 1569 began with musters in the north in November when they raised their standards in Durham Cathedral. Percy's role in mobilising his Northumberland tenants and the mining communities of the northeast was crucial to the initial force of the rising. Percy himself fled to Scotland when the revolt collapsed, was eventually handed over and executed in 1572.

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