Battle of Ferrybridge

Battle of Ferrybridge
Part of Wars of the Roses
Date28 March 1461
Location
Ferrybridge in Yorkshire, England
53°42′45″N 1°16′25″W / 53.71250°N 1.27361°W / 53.71250; -1.27361
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
House of Lancaster House of York
Commanders and leaders
Baron Clifford 
Baron Neville 
Earl of Warwick
Baron Fauconberg
Baron FitzWalter (DOW)
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
3,000

The Battle of Ferrybridge, 28 March 1461, was a preliminary engagement between the houses of York and Lancaster before the larger battle of Towton, during the period now known as the Wars of the Roses.[1]

  1. ^ Christopher Gravett, Towton 1461:England's Bloodiest Battle, (Osprey, 2003), 32-39

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