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Battle of Shrewsbury

Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle fought on 21 July 1403 at Battlefield, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Glyndŵr Rebellion, which ran from 1400 to 1415. The recorded result: English royalist victory. Recorded strength: 14,000 against 10,000.

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Fought21 July 1403
WhereBattlefield, United Kingdom52.748N, 2.719W
OutcomeEnglish royalist victory
BelligerentsKingdom of EnglandagainstHouse of Percy; Principality of Wales; Kingdom of Scotland
Battlefield todayBattle of Shrewsbury battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000033, 108 ha
Part ofGlyndŵr Rebellion1400 to 1415

Where it sits in the Glyndŵr Rebellion

Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen, 1401Battle of Tuthill, 1401Siege of Harlech, 1402Battle of Usk, 1402Battle of Bryn Glas, 1402Battle of St Clears, 1403Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403Battle of Stalling Down, 1403Coity Castle Siege, 1404Siege of Caernarfon, 1404Battle of Campston Hill, 1404Battle of Pwll Melyn, 1405Battle of Milford Haven, 140514011405Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403
13 placed engagements of the Glyndŵr Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date21 July 1403
PlaceBattlefield, United Kingdom
52.748N, 2.719W
KindBattle, medieval
Strength14,00010,000
Commanders
  • Henry IV of England
  • Henry V of England
  • Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford
  • George Dunbar, 10th Earl of March
  • Henry Percy (Hotspur)
  • Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
  • Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
Battle of ShrewsburyBattle of Shrewsbury5 km52.748N, 2.719W
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Historic England registers this as the Battle of Shrewsbury battlefield (entry 1000033), 108 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Shrewsbury is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q166961, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shrewsbury, revision 1385238789, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.