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Battle of Lewes

Name: Battle of Lewes
Start: 1264-05-14
Location: Lewes, United Kingdom

Battle of Lewes was a battle fought on 14 May 1264 at Lewes, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Second Barons' War, which ran from 1264 to 1267. The recorded result: Baronial victory. Recorded strength: ~10,000 against ~5,000.

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Fought14 May 1264

WhereLewes, United Kingdom50.879N, 0.014W

OutcomeBaronial victory

BelligerentsRoyal forcesagainstBaronial forces

Casualties and losses2,700andUnknown

Battlefield todayBattle of Lewes battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000018, 97 ha

Part ofSecond Barons' War1264 to 1267

Where it sits in Second Barons' War

4 placed engagements of Second Barons' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	14 May 1264
Place	Lewes, United Kingdom 50.879N, 0.014W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	~10,000	~5,000
Casualties and losses	2,700	Unknown
Commanders	Henry III of England Edward I Richard of Cornwall Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke	Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave Henry de Montfort Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola Hugh Despenser (justiciar)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Bramber Bridge 1643, 21 km W
Action of 2 May 1707 1707, 24 km SE
Battle of Beachy Head 1690, 24 km SE
Battle of Mercredesburne AD 485, 31 km E
Battle of Hastings 1066, 35 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Northampton March 1264
After: Battle of Evesham 4 August 1265
All 4 engagements of Second Barons' War

Elsewhere in 1264

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Lewes battlefield (entry 1000018), 97 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Lewes is one of 629 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2164009, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lewes, revision 1376128297, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.