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Siege of Boroughbridge
The Scots then march through Northumberland and Durham into Yorkshire, burn Northallerton and Boroughbridge on their way, pocket the sum of a 1,000 marks for agreeing to leave Ripon alone, before going home again
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The Scots then march through Northumberland and Durham into Yorkshire, burn Northallerton and Boroughbridge on their way, pocket the sum of a 1,000 marks for agreeing to leave Ripon alone, before going home again
Executed for supporting the rebellious barons
Death of Humphrey de Bohun, executed
Executed for supporting the rebellious barons
Roger Mortimer is arrested & sent to the Tower at the Battle of Boroughbridge
Forces the rebel nobles to make a truce, Lancaster is later arrested & executed
Defeat of Thomas of Lancaster marks the rise of the Despensers & decline of Pembroke
Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial
Killed in battle in Yorkshire by the northward advancing forces of Edward II
Defeated by Edward II & beheaded
Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial at the Battle of Boroughbridge
Parliament repeals the Ordinances after Edward's victory at Boroughbridge
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