The initial rebel muster of the Northern Rising took place at Brancepath Castle, the principal seat of the Neville Earl of Westmorland in County Durham, in November 1569. The Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland unfurled the banner of the Five Wounds of Christ at Brancepath and the great tenants of the northern nobility gathered to their lords. The muster at Brancepath demonstrated the continued feudal power of the northern magnates — but also, crucially, the absence of the great majority of northern gentry who had decided to remain loyal to Elizabeth.
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