BattlefieldsSkirmish at Peterborough
Medieval

Skirmish at Peterborough

1461
Cambridgeshire, England
Also known as: Peterborough 1461
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cambridgeshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
townspeople
Forces
Peterborough townspeople c.200-300. Disorder during northerner's southward march.
VS
Victor
Lancastrians
Forces
Lancastrians c.1,000-1,500
Outcome
Lancastrian foragers clashed with local defenders as army passed through
The Battle

History & Significance

Lancastrian forces pillaged through the Peterborough area on their march south in 1461, a pattern of disorder that strengthened Yorkist recruitment in the south.

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