Qualla: Battle of Boroughbridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/5/battle-of-boroughbridge-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Boroughbridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge Battle of Boroughbridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge/ Photo credit Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Andrew Harclay had fought the Scots. He knew how they won battles: dismounted men holding a chokepoint, longbowmen pouring arrows into cavalry that could not close. On 16 March 1322, standing on the north bank of the River Ure at Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire, he deployed those same tactics against fellow Englishmen. It was the first time Scottish battlefield methods were used in a purely English conflict, and it would prove devastating.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/5/battle-of-boroughbridge-wp/gcx5-battle-of-boroughbridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Boroughbridge: A Kingdom Tearing Itself Apart https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge/ Photo credit Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Edward II was not his father. Where Edward I had conquered Wales and nearly subdued Scotland, his son lost battles, alienated his barons, and lavished power on favorites. The worst of these, in the eyes of the English nobility, was the Despenser family: Hugh the younger and his f...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/5/battle-of-boroughbridge-wp/gcx5-battle-of-boroughbridge-a-kingdom-tearing-itself-apart.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Boroughbridge: Trapped at the River https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge/ Photo credit Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Lancaster fled north, hoping to reach Scotland and continue the fight from beyond the border. His army reached Boroughbridge on 16 March and found Andrew Harclay already there, blocking the crossing with levies from Cumberland and Westmorland. Harclay had been a loyal servant of ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/5/battle-of-boroughbridge-wp/gcx5-battle-of-boroughbridge-trapped-at-the-river.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Boroughbridge: A Paper Crown of Another Kind https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge/ Photo credit Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Lancaster was taken to Pontefract Castle, which had already fallen to the king. There, before a gathering of earls and barons, he was subjected to a show trial. The sentence was death. On 22 March 1322, six days after Boroughbridge, Lancaster was led from the castle and beheaded ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/5/battle-of-boroughbridge-wp/gcx5-battle-of-boroughbridge-a-paper-crown-of-another-kind.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Boroughbridge: Everyone Loses https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughbridge/ Photo credit Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Harclay was richly rewarded: created Earl of Carlisle, granted lands worth a thousand marks a year. But he was no great admirer of the king. As Warden of the Scottish Marches, he grew frustrated with Edward's refusal to deal with the Scottish threat, and eventually negotiated his...

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