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Evesham

Evesham, Worcestershire

Simon de Montfort, father of parliament, cut down in a thunderstorm.

Simon de Montfort led the barons against Henry III and called one of the first parliaments to include ordinary townspeople. At Evesham in 1265, he was trapped in a loop of the river by the army of the king's son, Prince Edward.

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When
4 August 1265
Where
52.1000, -1.9400
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

A memorial marks his grave in the abbey grounds. A battlefield trail runs from the town.

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