Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury

Battles of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury

English Earl, 1400 to 1461

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1455 and 1460: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 757 km apart end to end, 189 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Roses (4).

First Battle of St AlbansBattle of Blore HeathBattle of Ludford BridgeSiege of the Tower of LondonBattle of WakefieldFirst Battle of St AlbansBattle of Blore HeathBattle of Ludford BridgeSiege of the Tower of LondonBattle of WakefieldBirminghamManchesterLeedsCardiffLiverpoolNottinghamKingston upon HullBlackpoolLutonOxford100 km52.594N, 1.190W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1455: 1 engagements1459: 2 engagements2 in 14591460: 2 engagements2 in 146014551460
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of St Albans, 1455Battle of Blore Heath, 1459Battle of Ludford Bridge, 1459Siege of the Tower of London, 1460Battle of Wakefield, 146014551460
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
23 September 1459Battle of Blore HeathBlore Heath, United Kingdom228 km NWYorkist victory
12 October 1459Battle of Ludford BridgeLudlow, United Kingdom64 km SLancastrian victory
1460Siege of the Tower of LondonLondon, United Kingdom205 km SEYorkist victory
30 December 1460Battle of WakefieldWakefield, United Kingdom260 km NLancastrian 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, 15th-century scribe / illustrator., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.