John Beaufort Somerset, 3rd15 May 1464
Forced to surrender to Lord Montagu & immediately beheaded
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Forced to surrender to Lord Montagu & immediately beheaded
Captured & executed at the Battle of Hexham by Lord Montagu
Executes Somerset & Lord Roos & Lord Hungerford. Defeats a Lancastrian army led by Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerest. By the middle of the year the Nevilles wipe out Lancastrian opposition in the north
After victory Edward Neville is rewarded with the hereditary Earldom of Northumberland
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