The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, in which English forces commanded by William of Aumale repelled a Scottish army, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire. The Scottish forces were led by King David I of Scotland. King Stephen of England (fighting rebel barons in the south) had sent an army of mainly local militia and baronial retinues from Yorkshire and the north Midlands.
The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, in which English forces commanded by William of Aumale repelled a Scottish army, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire. The Scottish forces were led by King David I of Scotland. King Stephen of England (fighting rebel barons in the south) had sent an army of mainly local militia and baronial retinues from Yorkshire and the north Midlands. The centre of the English position was therefore marked by a mast (mounted upon a cart) bearing a pyx carrying the consecrated host and from which were flown the consecrated banners of the minsters of Durham, York, Beverley and Ripon: hence the name of the battle.
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Location: Northallerton, Northallerton, UK
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