Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Richard Neville

Battles of Richard Neville

jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury (1428-1471)

Richard Neville is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1455 and 1471: 7 battles, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 903 km apart end to end, 150 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Roses (7).

Battle of Ludford BridgeBattle of FerrybridgeFirst Battle of St AlbansBattle of NorthamptonSecond Battle of St AlbansBattle of TowtonBattle of BarnetFirst Battle of St AlbansBattle of NorthamptonSecond Battle of St AlbansBattle of TowtonBattle of BarnetBirminghamManchesterLeedsCardiffLiverpoolNottinghamStokeKingston upon HullBlackpoolLuton100 km52.753N, 1.190W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1455: 1 engagements1459: 1 engagements1460: 1 engagements1461: 3 engagements3 in 14611471: 1 engagements14551471
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of St Albans, 1455Battle of Ludford Bridge, 1459Battle of Northampton, 1460Second Battle of St Albans, 1461Battle of Ferrybridge, 1461Battle of Towton, 1461Battle of Barnet, 147114551471
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 May 1455First Battle of St AlbansSt Albans, United KingdomYorkist victory; Beginning of the War of the Roses
12 October 1459Battle of Ludford BridgeLudlow, United Kingdom220 km WLancastrian victory
10 July 1460Battle of NorthamptonNorthampton, United Kingdom126 km EYorkist victory
17 February 1461Second Battle of St AlbansSt Albans, United Kingdom64 km SELancastrian victory
28 March 1461Battle of FerrybridgeFerrybridge, United Kingdom227 km NIndecisive
29 March 1461Battle of TowtonTowton, United Kingdom14 km NYorkist victory
14 April 1471Battle of BarnetBarnet, United Kingdom252 km SYorkist 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, Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.