Monument About 2 Metres North Of The Monument Inn

Heritage listing

Details SO 46 SW KINGSLAND CP A 4110 (east side) 5/26 Monument about 2 metres north of the Monument Inn - II Monument. Built 1799. Painted ashlar. Pedestal on moulded plinth with moulded cornice and shallow hipped top. Inscribed: "This pedestal is erected to perpetuate the Memory/ of an obstinate, bloody, and decisive battle fought near/ this Spot in the Civil Wars between the ambitious Houses/ of York and Lancaster, on the 2nd Day of February 1461/ between the Forces of Edward Mortimer Earl of/ March, (afterwards Edward the Fourth) on the Side of/ York and those of Henry the Sixth, on the Side of/ Lancaster./ The King's Troops were commanded by Jasper Earl/ of Pembroke, Edward commanded his own in Person and/ was victorious. The Slaughter was great on both sides/ Four Thousand being left dead on the Field and many/ Welsh Persons of the first distinction were taken Prisoners/ among whom was Owen Tudor (Great-Grandfather to/ Henry the Eighth and a Descendant of the illustrious/ Cadwallader) who was afterwards beheaded at Hereford./ This was the decisive Battle which fixed Edward the/ Fourth on the Throne of England who was proclaimed King in London on the Fifth of March following". Inscribed on plinth: "Erected by Subscription/ in the Year 1799". (BoE, p 206). Listing NGR: SO4363561981 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 150047 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.