Thetford in Norfolk lay on the route between rebel-held East Anglia and the royalist-controlled midlands. Minor fighting occurred around the town as royal forces patrolled against the spread of the rebellion and Hugh Bigod's Flemish mercenaries ranged across the county. The town had strategic importance as a crossing point of the Little Ouse.
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