BATTLES OF THE EAST MIDLANDS, BY COUNTY

		0644	Cocboy	Penda, King of Mercia, bt Oswald, King of N'bria
Beds	Bedford	1220s	Bedford	Royalists, clearing up after the Barons War, besiege and take this castle.
Beds	Bedford.	0400+	Bedford.	Calchfynedd
Beds	Luton	0914-6	Luton	Locals bt Danes
Derbys	Atherstone	0061	Mancetter	Boudiccas defeat
Derbys	Derby	0917	Derby	Town stormed by the Mercians
Derbys	Derby	0917	Derby	AEthelflaed, "Lady of the Mercians" bt Danes
Leics		1645	.Naseby	Defeat of main Royalist army by a superior Parliamentary force, after Prince Ruperts cavalry deserted its own infantry
Leics	Leicester	0940	Leicester	Armies of OlafII and Edmund meet
Leics	Leicester	1645 (31 May)	Leicester	Lord Loughborough bt Locals
Leics	Market bosworth	1485	.Bosworth field	1485 (22 Aug) Bosworth Field 2m s Market Bosworth, Leics Henry VII (Tudor) bt Richard III
Lincs	Lincoln	1141	Lincoln	Stephen v matilda
Lincs	Lincoln	1217	Lincoln	William marshall defeats the rebel barons in the streets, on behalf of the young King Henry III
Lincs	Lindsey	1014	Lindsey	Aethelred bt Danes
Lincs	Sleaford	0490	Glen river	Arthur [possible site]
Lincs	Sleaford	0490	Linnuis	4 Arthurian battles against the Angles on the River Witham
Northants		1469	.Edgecote	Sir John Conyers bt Earl of Pembroke
Northants		1643	.Siege of Grafton Regis
Northants	Northampton	0917	Towcester	Danes repulsed
Northants	Northampton	0940	Northampton	Olaf repulsed by the Mercians
Northants	Northampton	1460	.Northampton	Wars of the Roses
Notts	Burton	0678	Trent river	Mercia defeats northumbria
Notts	Trent	0679	Trent	AEthelred, King of Mercia, bt Ecgfrith, King of N'bria

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