Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset, 1436 to 1464

Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1460 and 1464: 5 battles, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 664 km apart end to end, 166 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Roses (5).

Battle of WorksopSecond Battle of St AlbansBattle of TowtonBattle of Hedgeley MoorBattle of HexhamBattle of WorksopSecond Battle of St AlbansBattle of TowtonBattle of Hedgeley MoorBattle of HexhamGlasgowBirminghamManchesterBelfastLeedsCardiffLiverpoolNottinghamMiddlesbroughStoke200 km53.613N, 1.218W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1460: 1 engagements1461: 2 engagements2 in 14611464: 2 engagements2 in 146414601464
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Worksop, 1460Second Battle of St Albans, 1461Battle of Towton, 1461Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 1464Battle of Hexham, 146414601464
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 December 1460Battle of WorksopWorksop, United KingdomLancastrian victory
17 February 1461Second Battle of St AlbansSt Albans, United Kingdom181 km SLancastrian victory
29 March 1461Battle of TowtonTowton, United Kingdom240 km NYorkist victory
25 April 1464Battle of Hedgeley MoorHedgeley Moor, United Kingdom186 km NYorkist victory
15 May 1464Battle of HexhamHexham, United Kingdom57 km SDecisive Yorkist victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.