The Earl of Leicester landed in Suffolk with a Flemish mercenary force and marched inland to join Hugh Bigod. Royal loyalist forces under Humphrey de Bohun and the Constable of England intercepted them near Fornham St Genevieve north of Bury St Edmunds. The Flemish infantry were routed, many drowned in the marshy ground. Leicester and his countess were captured. The victory was the decisive engagement of the English dimension of the revolt.
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