Fought in pre-dawn fog on Easter Sunday, Barnet was decided by misidentification — Oxford's returning troops were shot by Warwick's own men, who mistook the Oxford "star with streams" for Edward's "sun in splendour." Warwick, unmounted, was killed in the forest while fleeing. The Kingmaker who had made and unmade two kings died anonymous in a ditch. Edward IV marched immediately to meet Margaret of Anjou at Tewkesbury.
c.1,500–4,000; Warwick and his brother killed
This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: EHB16.
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