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Northern Rising — Suppression Executions at Richmond and Ripon 1570

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Northern Rising rebels
Forces
Northern rebels
VS
Victor
Crown
Forces
Crown commissioners
Outcome
Terror pacification effective; no further armed resistance in North Yorkshire or Wensleydale.
The Battle

History & Significance

Royal commissioners ordered mass hangings at Richmond and Ripon to punish the rebel commons who had supported the earls. The executions were deliberately spread across the north to serve as examples; Sussex reported over 600 men hanged across the region.

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