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The Evesham battlefield obelisk
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Monday April 11, 2005
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The Obelisk in the grounds of Abbey Manor House, erected in 1821 by Edward
Rudge. It is now accessible by a permissive path via The Squires and the
Leicester Tower. Photo: G Foard 13/06/2004;
photo number: 073; Grid Reference:403356,245487
(Battlefield Trust) |
The
Obelisk monument was erected in 1845 by Edward Rudge. It does not
mark the site of the battle. Its location, and that of the Leicester
Tower, was determined by the landscaping considerations of the parkland
laid out around Abbey Manor House in the 19th century. However the obelisk
site would have given a good prospect of
Greenhill and of the site of the Battle Well before the trees of the
Wilderness existed to obscure the view. |
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The main inscriptions
read:
“Greate LE'STER
here expir'd with HENRY his brave Sonne,
When many a high exploit they in that day had done.
Scarce was there noble house of which those times could tell
But that some one thereof,on this or that side fell:
Amongst the slaughtered men,that here lay heap'd on pyles
BOHUNS and BEAUCHAMPS were, BASETS and MANDEVILL's:
HARDREDESHULL,CREPPINGS,LE DESPENSER,BALIOL,ROWELE,
INDE. TRECBY, EINEDYELD, ASTLEY, YORK, BERMINGHAM, TROSSELL,
SEGRAVES, and SAINT JOHNS,seeke,upon the end of all,
To give those of their names their christian buriall.
Ten thousand on both sides were la'n and slain that day;
PRINCE EDWARD gets the gule, and beares the palme away.
Drayton's Polyolbion”
"ON
THIS SPOT
In the Reign of HENRY III
THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM.
was fought August IV 1265
Between the Kings forces commanded by his eldest Son
PRINCE EDWARD
and
The BARONS under
SIMON DE MONTFORT. EARL of LEICESTER;
In which
The PRINCE by his Skill and Valour
obtained a complete Victory,
and
The EARL with his eldest son HENRY DE MONTFORT,
Eighteen Barons one hundred and sixty knights,
and
Four thousand Soldiers,
were slain in the Battle"
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Southwest
facing panel of the Obelisk
Photo: G Foard 13/06/2004; photo number: 053; Grid Reference:
403367,245499 (Battlefield Trust) |
Northwest panel of the
Obelisk
Photo: G Foard
13/06/2004; photo number: 055; Grid Reference: 403367,245499
(Battlefield Trust) |
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Northwest panel of the
Obelisk
Photo: G Foard 13/06/2004; photo number: 066; Grid Reference:
403367,245499 (Battlefield Trust)
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Northeast panel of the
Obelisk
Photo: G Foard 13/06/2004; photo number: 059; Grid Reference:
403367,245499 (Battlefield Trust) |
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