. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . to the battle of Nevills Cross, David, king ofScotland, with an army of forty thousand men, halted here three days, and converted theplace into a depdt for military stores and provisions. The next event of importance wasthe battle of Hexham Levels, in which Henry VI., of the house of Lancaster, suffered afinal defeat by the Yorkists.—The romantic incidents attending the escape of Margaret andprince Edward, will form an episode in
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . to the battle of Nevills Cross, David, king ofScotland, with an army of forty thousand men, halted here three days, and converted theplace into a depdt for military stores and provisions. The next event of importance wasthe battle of Hexham Levels, in which Henry VI., of the house of Lancaster, suffered afinal defeat by the Yorkists.—The romantic incidents attending the escape of Margaret andprince Edward, will form an episode in this brief history. The Queens Cave. After the defeat at Hedgeley Moor, the Lancastrians concentrated their forces on theplain of Hexham Levels, and there waited the advance of the Yorkists, resolving to placeon the issue of the expected contest their final overthrow or triumph. The result of thisbattle is well known : the army of Henry was completely routed, and even the high cap ofstate, with its two rich crowns, fell into the hands of the Duke of York, who shortly afterascended the throne of England by the title of Edward IV. Henry fled from the field ;.
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