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Saw this today. Had not even heard of this battle but the last sentence made me laugh. Not so funny for De Monfort though who might have preferred the modern day punishment^&grin
On This Day:
‘1265 – Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.’
Unhappy with the leadership of Henry III, de Montfort had some early success before being slaughtered with most of his 5000 men at Evesham.
After having his neddy brought down from under him, de Montfort was promptly despatched. At the conclusion of the battle and after his body was located, de Montfort’s head, hands, feet and testicles were cut off – which was that time’s equivalent to being banned from Twitter.
Perhaps people might want to add to the thread with interesting On this days.
On This Day:
‘1265 – Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.’
Unhappy with the leadership of Henry III, de Montfort had some early success before being slaughtered with most of his 5000 men at Evesham.
After having his neddy brought down from under him, de Montfort was promptly despatched. At the conclusion of the battle and after his body was located, de Montfort’s head, hands, feet and testicles were cut off – which was that time’s equivalent to being banned from Twitter.
Perhaps people might want to add to the thread with interesting On this days.