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The Battle of Lewes

Monday April 18, 2005

Key facts about the Battle of Lewes
 (courtesy of: The Battlefield Trust)

14th May 1264

Name: Battle of Lewes
Type: battle 
Campaign: Lewes
War period: Medieval (Barons’ Revolt)
Outcome: Baronial victory; capture of Henry II and Prince Edward
Country: England
County: East Sussex
Place: Lewes
Location: approximate
Terrain: downland
Date: 14th May 1264
Start:
Duration:

Evesham national location map
MapInfo output - GF 26/06/2003
Copyright © The Battlefields Trust 2004
 

 Armies: Royal army under Henry III and Prince Edward (later king Edward I); rebels under Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester

Numbers:
Losses:
Grid Reference: TQ399111 (539988,111128)
OS Landranger map: 198
OS Explorer map: 122
 

 

 

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