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Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461

Q: When did Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461 take place?

Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461 took place in 1461, in Herefordshire, England. Decisive Yorkist victory; Lancastrian army routed. Owen Tudor and other Lancastrian commanders were captured and later executed at Hereford; Jasper Tudor escaped. The victory prevented Lancastrian Welsh reinforcements reaching the main army and contributed to Edward's accession as Edward IV weeks later.

Q: Who won Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461?

Yorkists (Edward, Earl of March) was victorious. The defeated side was Lancastrians (Jasper Tudor and Owen Tudor). Decisive Yorkist victory; Lancastrian army routed. Owen Tudor and other Lancastrian commanders were captured and later executed at Hereford; Jasper Tudor escaped. The victory prevented Lancastrian Welsh reinforcements reaching the main army and contributed to Edward's accession as Edward IV weeks later.

1461

Herefordshire, England

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Herefordshire, England

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated

Lancastrians (Jasper Tudor and Owen Tudor)

Victor

Yorkists (Edward, Earl of March)

Forces involved

Numbers are not reliably recorded; Battlefields Trust suggests 'possibly just 2-3,000 on each side', while other secondary sources give rough estimates (e.g. around 5,000 Yorkists), but contemporary sources do not give reliable figures.

Outcome

Decisive Yorkist victory; Lancastrian army routed. Owen Tudor and other Lancastrian commanders were captured and later executed at Hereford; Jasper Tudor escaped. The victory prevented Lancastrian Welsh reinforcements reaching the main army and contributed to Edward's accession as Edward IV weeks later.

The Battle

History & Significance

Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461 was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in the area of Herefordshire, England in 1461. Yorkists (Edward, Earl of March) prevailed over Lancastrians (Jasper Tudor and Owen Tudor). Decisive Yorkist victory; Lancastrian army routed. Owen Tudor and other Lancastrian commanders were captured and later executed at Hereford; Jasper Tudor escaped. The victory prevented Lancastrian Welsh reinforcements reaching the main army and contributed to Edward's accession as Edward IV weeks later.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461 lies on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.

Casualties & Losses

Not reliably recorded. Chronicler claims of around 4,000 Lancastrian dead are considered likely exaggerated by historians; no verified figure exists.

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Scheduled Monuments near Owen Tudor Captured at Mortimer's Cross 1461

Croft Ambrey (camp)

Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Croft Ambrey is a univallate hillfort of Iron Age date situated on a prominent ridge in the Mortimer Forest area of Herefordshire. The monument is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an area of approximately eleven acres, within which archaeological investigation has revealed e…

Jonathan Billinger / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wigmore Castle

Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Wigmore Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification located in Herefordshire, established in the late eleventh century as a stronghold of the Mortimer family, who held considerable power along the Welsh Marches. The castle comprises an impressive mound crowned with stone structures, surroun…

Humphrey Bolton / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Shobdon Arches

Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Shobdon Arches is a folly comprising three Norman arches relocated from the original twelfth-century church of Shobdon in Herefordshire. The arches, which date from around 1120–1140, are distinguished by their fine Romanesque decoration featuring zigzag moulding and other carved enrichments chara…

Outwivcamera / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Shobdon Castle mound

Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Shobdon Castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Herefordshire, England. The site consists of a substantial earthwork mound, characteristic of early Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with associated baileys forming part of the defensive struct…

Gill Stott / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wigmore Abbey

Scheduled monument · ~3.3 mi

Wigmore Abbey is a Augustinian priory founded in the late eleventh century in Herefordshire, established by the Norman noble Ranulf de Mortimer. The abbey developed considerable lands and resources throughout the medieval period and played a significant role in the religious and economic life of…

Lingen Castle

Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Lingen Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortress located in Herefordshire, situated near the Welsh border. The castle was established in the Norman period, likely in the late eleventh century, as part of the defensive network constructed to control the Marcher territories. The site comprises an earth…

Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton

Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles

Churchyard cross in St John the Baptist and St Alkmund's churchyard

Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles

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