Which battle was fought on 23 September 1459 in Staffordshire?

The battle fought on 23 September 1459 in Staffordshire was the Battle of Blore Heath.

It was an early Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses. Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, was marching from Yorkshire toward Ludlow to join the main Yorkist army when Queen Margaret of Anjou ordered James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, to intercept him.

Salisbury’s smaller force faced a Lancastrian army behind a hedge and a stream. He used a feigned retreat to tempt the Lancastrians into an attack across difficult ground, then turned on them. Audley was killed and the Lancastrian army collapsed after further fighting.

Blore Heath is often confused with later battles such as Wakefield or St Albans. It took place near Market Drayton, close to the Staffordshire–Shropshire border, and its date is firmly recorded as 23 September 1459.