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The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire, England. English forces under William of Aumale repelled a Scottish army led by King David I of Scotland.
Aug 22, 2019 · On the 22nd August 1138, the Battle of the Standard (also known as the Battle of Northallerton) was fought between a Scottish army under King David I and English forces commanded by William of Aumale. The battle took place on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire.
Nov 18, 2020 · In 1138, as rival factions staked claim to the English crown, the English and the Scots engaged in a fierce clash in the marshy reaches of Northallerton, North Yorkshire. . While the opposing forces grappled on the battlefield, amid the English lines rose an unusual totem comprising a wooden mast, a dangling silver box and sacred banners—a standard the English hoped would bring them divine ...
March 13 – Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. August 9 – Deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria killing about 230,000 people. August 22 – Battle of the Standard between David I of Scotland and the English. The Scots were defeated.
Battle of the Standard — August 22, 1138 AD. The Scots relied on a crushing charge during The Battle of the Standard that pit them against the English. This article appears in: April 2002. By Terry Gore. The English commander, William de Aumale, heard the roar of the Scots army even before it appeared out of the early morning mists.
The Battle of the Standard, 1138, from the Hexham Chronicle. by DRM_peter Posted on February 4, 2014. Richard, prior of the church of Hexham, wrote an account of Scotland’s invasion of England in 1138, along with their defeat at the Battle of the Standard. A. D. 1137. In the following year, immediately after Easter [11th April], when king ...
