Qualla: Battle of Hedgeley Moor https://qualla.com/battle-of-hedgeley-moor en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Hedgeley Moor https://qualla.com/battle-of-hedgeley-moor Battle of Hedgeley Moor: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-hedgeley-moor/ 'I have saved the bird in my bosom.' Sir Ralph Percy spoke those words as he died, deserted by his commanders, surrounded by Yorkist soldiers, on a stretch of Northumbrian moorland a couple of miles north of Powburn. No one has ever been quite sure what he meant. Some scholars read it as loyalty to the House of Lancaster, the bird being his honour. Others see a personal oath, a sworn promise kept to the end. Whatever Percy meant, his enigma has outlived the Wars of the Roses, the kings he fought for, and even the road that brought the armies to the moor.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/e/battle-of-hedgeley-moor-wp/gcye-battle-of-hedgeley-moor-spring-of-1464.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Hedgeley Moor: The Battle https://qualla.com/battle-of-hedgeley-moor/ Both armies opened with the customary exchange of archery. Montagu then advanced his line across fifteen hundred yards of open moor. He had to halt and re-form when the Lancastrian left flank, two thousand men under Ros and Hungerford, faltered, broke, and scattered before the li...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/e/battle-of-hedgeley-moor-wp/gcye-battle-of-hedgeley-moor-the-battle.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Hedgeley Moor: What the Battle Bought https://qualla.com/battle-of-hedgeley-moor/ Hedgeley Moor was not a decisive battle in the way that Towton or Bosworth would be. Its result was tactical: with the Lancastrian forces in Northumberland scattered, the Scottish negotiators could travel safely to York, and Edward IV's diplomats reached a settlement with Scotlan...

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