Gruffudd ap Llywelyn with Irish-Norse allies destroyed the English force at Hereford and burned the city including the cathedral. He briefly threatened Gloucester. Harold Godwinson had to be sent to restore order and build a new fortification. Ralph the Timid earned his nickname by ordering his English soldiers to fight on horseback in the Norman style, resulting in their rout. Hereford's sack was the most dramatic Welsh success on English soil since the seventh century.
Cathedral burned; significant English casualties
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