William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, marched north with a large Welsh army to confront Warwick the Kingmaker. At the Battle of Edgcote Moor near Banbury his Welsh infantry were routed. Herbert himself was captured and executed. His death was a catastrophe for Welsh Yorkism — the death of Edward IV's most loyal Welsh magnate in what was almost a Welsh tribal army wiped out a generation of Welsh military leadership. Wales was left without its dominant political figure.
Herbert executed; heavy Welsh infantry losses
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