Over the past few months I have been watching your videos I think they are truly outstanding, with a great in-depth into history, thank you very much will enjoy watching them, keep them coming Baldy 👍🌹

Thank you, Richard. I have driven through Battlefield many times on my way to and from Ludlow and my home in Cumbria, and have often been curious about this site. You told this interesting story well and I now need to do the same walk-around tour.

Breathtaking view, breathtaking story

It was here the soon to be Henry V learned how devastating the longbow could truly be. A lesson that served him well at Agincourt

Most interesting and informative. Thank you!

brilliant program

Fascinating story. I will visit this weekend.

Your videos are fantastic Richard. You're a very eloquent, well spoken gentleman and I really am enjoying what I have seen thus far!

Amazing. Thank you! 🙏🏼

I lived and worked in Shrewsbury in the mid-80’s. I did a lot of cycling time-trials back then. Most of the local courses turned at Battlefield Corner.

My ancestor Sir Walter Blount died at this 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury fighting alongside his friend King Henry IV

There is a great little museum for this battle at Battlefield 1403 Farm Shop.

Fascinating and engrossing, you know how to tell a good tale. Many thanks.

Thanks - very interesting! I read 'The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King' by Ian Mortimer last year and find his Life fascinating.

I love a good information board. It's nice to know what you are looking at.

Hotspur had done a deal with the Welsh, and they had the best archers in Europe. They invented the war bow after all. Luckily for Henry Glyndwr was campaigning in Carmarthenshire at the time. He sent an army but the impetuous Percy went ahead with battle too early., before they could combine forces. Percy also had the very fine Cheshire archers loyal to the dead King Richard. If Glyndwr had got there in time things may have been different!

It is hard to imagine a terrible battle there as it all looks so peaceful. Of course, most historical battlefields these days are set up with greenery and quiet to encourage reflection, I imagine.

I love these historical battle sights!!!

Excellent walk Richard, interesting piece of history. Thanks.

Just moved to the area luv your tours

really good video indeed..this period I'm really interested in..so was good to see that you had done a video about the battle of Shrewsbury

I live close by and have been twice to see this battlefield and it poured with rain both time. Had good cuppa and cake ! Looks good in the dry. 3 rd. time lucky ?

Very good! Very informative! Loved the history lesson & the beautiful old church!

Sadly I knew nothing of this battle, very interesting and thanks for enlightening me

An interesting slice of English history, great work Richard.

You must have done a lot of reading and research to get that narrative. Fascinating!

Your best video so far I have done this walk several times

I’ve heard that Percy ordered the pea plants tied together to make things more difficult on the field. Botanical Warfare!

so very well don and thorouly enjoyable

Hi Richard thanks for such a interesting video from New Zealand

Wow thank you, I shall be visiting today.

very interesting video Richard, im a 21 year old from shrewsbury and loving the vids !

We have always been a warlike lot. Thanks for your account !

Good to see another of your Shrewsbury videos. It is pronounced as spelt Shrew not Shrow of course. It's only 616 years since the battle not 800 years unless you are watching this video in 2203 of course lol. Cheers.

I just wanna tell this story. I’m adopted. My fathers last name was percy (english/scottish/frisian) mother was karno (finnish). I took a dna test. Turns out im more scottish than english. I know alnwick was basically on the border of scotland and northumbria at the time and the battles they had. But percy was an english name. I just wish there was more documentation about this. I wish i knew exactly what happened.

Great walk. Please visit more battlefields if possible. Really interesting. Hotspur, in fact, was also angry ay Henry IV for not paying the ransom money for his cousin Mortimer, a prisoner of the Welsh..

Used to pest control around this church and the surrounding land spent many beautiful morning over thier.

Thank you very interesting from New Zealand

He must remember to shut the said confusing gates or he may find himself in another battle with the present landowners

Morning Richard.... 🤗👍🏻😘

There are two villages, Upper Battlefield and Battlefield ! As well as Battlefield Farm.

Nice one.

Thank you Richard. For many hundreds of years, innocent, peasants and the like died because of the greed and egos of barons, earls and kings etc.

Ironic that is was the Percy family who helped Henry depose Richard II and claim the throne. They didn't rebel because the King refused to give them land or money, it was a dispute over ransomed prisoners, the Percys had won a battle against the Scots and taken prisoners to ransom back to the Scots which was a normal practice, but Henry claimed the prisoners for himself and refused to give the Percys anything, that is why they rebelled!

I'm in Arizona. I enjoyed the Henry plays with Falstaff. Also, there is a parallel between President George W. Bush and Henry 5. Bush was a fool.

A battle over a misunderstanding? Hmmm, England seems to have gone to war over misunderstandings before , The War of Jenkins Ear for instance. I think the Argentinians have also made this claim as well?

At 11:15 it's 600 years later not 800 years later

Well presented. A bit pedantic I know, but you said the church was C18th then later said C19th.

You do not FIRE a longbow, you shoot or lose with a longbow. You FIRE GUNS.

talking of armies and battles..have you done one about the Skeleton army and Worthing..if not and you haven't heard of this.then it may interest you for a future video..en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_Army

You should close the gates.

poor Percy

Lucky owain glyndwr was fighting some where else and he had won many battles against Henry before that

Mate please be my history teacher

Henry Bolingbroke - the unrightful king

they had imposter kings on the battlefield .to fool hotspurs troops they actually killed one and thought the king was dead.but dunbar had taken the real king to the rear for safety..these men was dressed up to looklike him .it was quite a short battle lasting around 3hrs...it was around 14000 on hotspurs side and kings side may have have been more but not as one source said around 60000...that more of an exaggeration than the truth.when you consider Towton was around 30000 on the Yorkist side and around same mark for the Lancastrian side.which is considered the the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.....other battles in the wars sizes varied but was smaller than Townton...if you like this period...go to Tewkesbury and visit the abbey and the bloody meadow..its a must..you could also pop along to Mortimers Cross another battle in the West near Wigmore..in fact you could possibly squeeze in Wigmore castle also..once home of sir roger Mortimer .1st Earl of March, Ruler of England 1327-1330, with Queen Isabella after they ousted Edward II...I've visited all three and it makes a great day out lol