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Exeter Loyalist Rising against Yorkists 1455

1455
Devon, England
Also known as: Exeter rising 1455 · West Country Lancastrian muster 1455
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Devon, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Devon Lancastrians
Forces
Yorkist government officials
VS
Victor
Yorkists (nationally)
Forces
Devon gentry under Earl of Devon
Outcome
Lancastrian Devon gentry muster following First St Albans; unable to coordinate with northern forces; Yorkist control of government prevented effective response
The Battle

History & Significance

Illustrates the immediate regional response to First St Albans and extent of Lancastrian support network in the southwest during early phase of the conflict

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Exeter Loyalist Rising against Yorkists 1455

The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
St Nicholas' Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
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