Battle of Mortimer's Cross

Question 1

When was the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross?

Answer 1

2nd/3rd February 1461

Question 2

What was the background of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross?

Answer 2

Battle of Wakefield - public embarrassment of the Yorkists

Question 3

Details of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross.

Answer 3

Edward, Earl of March went to Wales and gathered troops from his fathers estates - he hears of the Earl of Pembroke and the earl of Wiltshire gathering Lancastrian troops and confronts them at Mortimer’s Cross. They both escaped but Henry VI’s step-father (Owen Tudor) was captured.

Question 4

Outcome of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross.

Answer 4

Yorkist success