YORKSHIRE BATTLES. YORKSHIRE BATTLES. BY EDWARD LAMPLOUGH. AUTHOR OF "THE SIEGE OF HULL," "MEDIÆVAL YORKSHIRE," "HULL AND YORKSHIRE FRESCOES," ETC. HULL: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LIMITED, 1891. HULL: WILLIAM ANDREWS AND CO. PRINTERS, DOCK STREET. TO THE REV. E. G. CHARLESWORTH, VICAR OF ACKLAM, A CONTRIBUTOR TO AND LOVER OF YORKSHIRE LITERATURE, This Volume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. E. L. Contents. PAGE I.--WINWIDFIELD, ETC. 1 II.--BATTLE OF STAMFORD BRIDGE 15 III.--AFTER STAMFORD BRIDGE 36 IV.--BATTLE OF THE STANDARD 53 V.--AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD 75 VI.--BATTLE OF MYTON MEADOWS 83 VII.--BATTLE OF BOROUGHBRIDGE 101 VIII.--BATTLE OF BYLAND ABBEY 116 IX.--IN THE DAYS OF EDWARD III. AND RICHARD II. 131 X.--BATTLE OF BRAMHAM MOOR 139 XI.--BATTLE OF SANDAL 150 XII.--BATTLE OF TOWTON 165 XIII.--YORKSHIRE UNDER THE TUDORS 173 XIV.--BATTLE OF TADCASTER 177 XV.--BATTLE OF LEEDS 183 XVI.--BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD 187 XVII.--BATTLE OF ADWALTON MOOR 192 XVIII.--BATTLE OF HULL 196 XIX.--BATTLE OF SELBY 199 XX.--BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR 203 XXI.--BATTLE OF BRUNANBURGH 216 XXII.--FIGHT OFF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD 221 INDEX 227 Preface.