Battle of Hedgeley Moor

The Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 25 April 1464, took place during the Wars of the Roses. It was fought at Hedgeley Moor, north of the villages of Glanton and Powburn in Northumberland, between a Yorkist army led by John Neville, Lord Montagu and a Lancastrian army led by Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset.

The Battle of Hedgeley Moor was fought on 25 April 1464 in Northumberland between Yorkist forces led by John Neville and Lancastrian troops under Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. The Yorkists won a decisive victory, which weakened Lancastrian influence in northern England and contributed to the broader Yorkist consolidation of power during the Wars of the Roses.