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Tudor

Dacre Rebellion — Border Skirmishing in Cumbria February 1570

1570
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Dacre
Forces
Lord Hunsdon royal force of approx 1,500
VS
Victor
Lord Hunsdon
Forces
Dacre with approx 3,000 borderers
Outcome
Dacre defeated at the Gelt; fled to Scotland; Cumbrian rebellion crushed.
The Battle

History & Significance

Leonard Dacre, after submitting to Elizabeth, rose again in February 1570 at the head of 3,000 border men. He defeated a force of royal horse under Hunsdon at the River Gelt but was soon overwhelmed by Hunsdons combined force and fled to Scotland.

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Scheduled Monuments near Dacre Rebellion — Border Skirmishing in Cumbria February 1570

Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
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