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Tudor

Suppression Executions at Doncaster 1570

1570
Yorkshire, England
Also known as: Northern Rising aftermath executions Doncaster 1570
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Northern rebel participants
Forces
c.700+ Northern Rising participants executed judicially.
VS
Victor
Elizabeth I (crown)
Forces
Crown executioners/officials
Outcome
Mass executions of rebel tenants and commoners at Doncaster as crown makes examples across the Yorkshire towns that supported the rising
The Battle

History & Significance

The Doncaster and wider Yorkshire executions of 1570, numbering over 700 across the region, were the largest judicial massacre of the Tudor period.

Casualties & Losses

Hundreds hanged across the region

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Suppression Executions at Doncaster 1570

Wall of Roman fort
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Medieval settlement 170m north east of Cusworth Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Moat Hills moated site, Bentley
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Cusworth Motte Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Round About Moat, Arksey
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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