Battle of Radcot Bridge breaks Richard II's favorites
December 1387
Five aristocratic lords, calling themselves Appellants, defeated the king's favorite Robert de Vere at a Thames crossing in Oxfordshire. The Merciless Parliament that followed executed and exiled most of Richard's intimates in a sweeping purge. The young king resented the humiliation and would spend a decade quietly preparing his revenge against the Appellants.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.