The rebel army approaching from the north passed close to Bramham Moor near Tadcaster, the same ground where the Earl of Northumberland had been defeated in 1408. Henry VII's forces were concentrating in the Midlands, leaving Yorkshire open. The approach demonstrated how vulnerable the north was when the Crown lacked a reliable noble base there.
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