Talk:Battle of Boroughbridge

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Martin of Sheffield in topic Spears and bridges
Good articleBattle of Boroughbridge has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford was allegedly killed by a spear through the anus at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322?
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 16, 2012, March 16, 2015, March 16, 2017, March 16, 2022, and March 16, 2023.

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Someone changed this to the battle of Crecy. I've no idea why. I reverted. Rich Farmbrough 18:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spears and bridges

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Has anyone else noticed the similarity between the Battle of Boroughbridge#Battle: "was killed as he crossed the bridge by a pikeman hiding underneath, who thrust his spear up through the Earl's anus" and the Battle of Stamford Bridge#Battle: "when an English soldier floated under the bridge in a half-barrel and thrust his spear through the planks in the bridge, mortally wounding the axeman". The incidents may be 250 years apart, but only 30 miles distance. Is there a chance that a good story was being reused? Maybe just idle speculation - anyone else go any thoughts? (This question is duplicated at the other talk page) Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)Reply