Record Details
NHER Number: | 7567 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Medieval battlefield |
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Summary
The site of the deciding battle of the Peasants Revolt in 1381 where Bishop Spencer crushed the rebels led by Litester. It is now a cultivated field.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 273 282 |
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Map Sheet: | TG22NE |
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Parish: | NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1978. Visit.
Site of a battle between Bishop Spencer and the rebels under Litester in 1381, during the Peasants Revolt.
Now a ploughed field, crossed by a deep north to south depression. Old road on north side.
See NHER 11397 for cropmark; NHER 7566, 7568-9 for crosses.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 September 1978.
Monument Types
- BATTLEFIELD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 NE 3. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Walsham (North). |
Related records - none
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