Cocklaws Castle
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The Battle Of Shrewsbury, 1403
Anne of Gloucester, archers, Battle of Shrewsbury, Chester, Clwyd, Cocklaws Castle, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Douglas, Earl of Kent, Earl of Warwick, Edmund Earl of Stafford, executions, Flint, George Dunbar Earl of March, Henry IV, Henry Percy, Henry V, Homildon, Owain Glyn Dwr, Percies, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, rebellions, Richard II, Sandiway, Scotland, Shropshire, Sir Walter Blount, Tarporley, Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester, Venables, Vernon, Wales, WhitchurchIn order to appease (as he hoped) the Percy family Henry IV granted them all those parts of southern Scotland that they could conquer. Despite advice from Northumberland that royal assistance was not needed he set out in the summer of 1403 to march to the borders with a small army to support their siege…
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