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Bishop
Appointed Bishop of Hexham
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Hexham in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Bishop of Hexham
Venerated as a saint because a light had been seen where he was murdered
Buried in Hexham Church
Killed & buried in Hexham Church
Death of Aelwald I
Captured & executed at the Battle of Hexham by Lord Montagu
Forced to surrender to Lord Montagu & immediately beheaded
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
Death of Henry Beaufort
Death of Edward Herbert, executed
Death of Henry Beaufort, executed
Captured & executed at the Battle of Hexham by Lord Montagu
Captured & executed at Hexham, virtually putting an end to Lancastrian resistance
Provenance
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