When was the battle of shrewsbury

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Subscriber sign in You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Username Please enter your Username. Password Please enter your Password. In an effort to gain support and justify their actions the Percys now claimed that they had only supported Henry in on the understanding that he only sought to reclaim his confiscated lands and that they had no idea he intended to usurp the throne. They also accused Henry of starving Richard to death in his castle at Pontefract.

The Percys now supported the Earl of March as rightful heir to the throne. With a hastily mustered force, gathered largely in Cheshire, along with George, Earl Douglas a captive from the battle of Homildon Hill the previous year but now allied with Percy , Hotspur headed towards Shrewsbury to join forces with the other rebels. So, on the advice of the Scottish Earl of March, George Dunbar, the king headed north-west to intercept Hotspur before he could join forces with Glyndwr.

The race for Shrewsbury was won by the king, who reached the town shortly before Hotspur on the 20th September. Withdrawing from the town, Percy spent the night some 3 miles north-west of Shrewsbury at the village of Berwick. A battle was now inevitable. Hearing of the plot against him, the king had hurried to intercept Hotspur and both armies faced each other on 21 July When negotiations for a happy compromise failed, the battle finally started a few hours before dusk.

In a closely fought encounter Hotspur was killed, apparently shot in the face when he opened his visor as shown on the picture to the right. Bij een poging om Hendrik persoonlijk aan te vallen kwam Percy om het leven.

Toen de kreet 'Henry Hotspur is dood' door het leger ging, was de slag afgelopen. De strijd was zeer bloedig: meer dan De strijd zelf en veel van de belangrijkste betrokkenen worden ten tonele gevoerd in Shakespeares Henry IV, Deel 1.

Decisive royalist victory.