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Simnel Supporters Dispersal

1487
Nottinghamshire, England
Also known as: Post-Stoke dispersal 1487 · Simnel remnants 1487
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Nottinghamshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Yorkist remnants
Forces
c. 300–800 scattered Yorkist remnants; dispersal.
VS
Victor
Henry VII
Forces
c. 1,000–2,000 Henry VII pursuers
Outcome
Surviving rebel forces scattered and pursued through the Midlands
The Battle

History & Significance

After Stoke Field the remaining Yorkist rebels were hunted down across the Midlands, effectively ending the military phase of Yorkist resistance.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Simnel Supporters Dispersal

Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
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