The history of Banbury : including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighborhood . taken their way to-wards Warwick, hoping to obtain the support of the Earl, whohad returned from Calais and was gathermg his men before the Northern men received any succour, the opposingarmies met, says Hall, by chaunee, in a faire plain, nere to atoune called Hedgecot, three myle from Banbery, wherin be threehilles, not in equal distaunce, nor yet in equall quantitie, but liyngin maner although not fully ^ The particular spot men- (37) Turners Hist. Eng. (28) Halls Chron
The history of Banbury : including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighborhood . taken their way to-wards Warwick, hoping to obtain the support of the Earl, whohad returned from Calais and was gathermg his men before the Northern men received any succour, the opposingarmies met, says Hall, by chaunee, in a faire plain, nere to atoune called Hedgecot, three myle from Banbery, wherin be threehilles, not in equal distaunce, nor yet in equall quantitie, but liyngin maner although not fully ^ The particular spot men- (37) Turners Hist. Eng. (28) Halls Chronicle, p. 273. (29) Halls Chron., p. 273. z3 180 BATTLE OF DANESMOOR. tioned is Danesmoor/ now called Dunsmoor, the recorded sceneof a former battle (see p. 56) between the Saxons and the is an extensive plain, lying on the south side of the Cherwellabout Trafford bridge, one mile southeast from Edgcot church,and five miles northeast from Banbury.^ The three hills al-luded to by Hall are plainly, 1st, Chipping Wardon hill, 2nd,Edgcot hill, 3rd, Culworth and Thorp hills, as marked in the. THE FIELD OF DANESilOOB. plan. An ancient road leads from Danesmoor towards the north-western parts of the country, and must have been the medi-tated line of the Northmens course towards Warwick. The oldroad from Banbury leading to Edgcot and Chipping Wardonappears to have been the line of march of the forces of LordsPembroke and Stafford. The Welshemen, continues Hall, gatfirste the West hill [Chipping Wardon], hopj-ng to haue recoueredthe East hil [Culworth and Thorp]: whiche if thei had obteined,the victory had been theirs, as their vnwise Prophesiers promisedthem before. This advantage was prevented by the prior move-ment of the insurgents, who had encamped on the South hUl,^ (30) Stows Annales, p. 423. (31) Hearnes fragment informs us that the land on whicla the battle was fought belongedto a person named Clarell. In Bakers Northamptonshire (p. 493) we find that RichardClarell of E
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