mentioned in his patent for Marquess.

However, there appears to be little further direct evidence on this. Even Peter Newman in his thesis on the Royalist Northern Army speculates on only one other possible reference which is from 'Mercurius Brittanicus' and would place the battle in the June/July of 1643 which is somewhat later than Mrs. Newcastle implies.

Naturally, living within a couple of miles of the battlefield, I have been particularly interested to find out any information I can. That a battle actually took place is evidenced by the finding of cannon balls in a field near Tankersley Lane in 1917, and a musket ball in a tree cut down in 1876. These are still held in the Parish Church.

The story starts with the battle of Seacroft Moor on 30th March 1643 after which the Duchess tells us:

"... in pursuit of that victory, my Lord sent a considerable party into the West of Yorkshire, where they met with 2000 of the enemy's forces, taken out of their several garrisons in those parts, to execute some design upon a moor called Tankerly Moor, and there fought them, and routed them; many were slain, and some taken prisoners."