Leonard Dacre assembled his border tenants and attacked the royal forces under Lord Hunsdon near the River Gelt in Cumbria on 20 February 1570. In a sharp engagement, Dacres men charged Hunsdons cavalry with lances and bills. Hunsdon's cavalry prevailed and Dacre was routed, fleeing to Scotland. The Gelt River action was the last battle of the Northern Rising and Dacre revolt cycle and the last medieval-style baronial revolt in English history.
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