Battle of Northampton (1460)

Battle of Northampton
Part of the Wars of the Roses
Date 10 July 1460 Location Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 52°13′23.4″N 0°53′2.8″W / 52.223167°N 0.884111°W / 52.223167; -0.884111 Result Yorkist victory[1]
Belligerents
House of York	House of Lancaster
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Warwick Earl of March Baron Fauconberg	Henry VI  Duke of Buckingham † Earl of Shrewsbury † Viscount Beaumont † Baron Egremont † Baron Grey (switched sides)
Strength
Unknown	5,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	300 killed

The Battle of Northampton was fought on 10 July 1460^[2] near the River Nene, Northamptonshire. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their six-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March, and Warwick the Kingmaker on the other. The battle was the first in which artillery was used in England.^[3]