On 20 March 1470, Lord Lisle and Viscount Berkeley settled their long-running land dispute the medieval way — with a pitched battle. Around 1,000 men fought at Nibley Green, between Wotton-under-Edge and North Nibley. Lord Lisle was killed, shot through the face with an arrow, and his body was stripped and left on the field. The battle is considered the last private battle fought in England. A monument on the hillside above North Nibley, the Tyndale Monument, commemorates not the battle but William Tyndale, who translated the Bible into English and is believed to have been born nearby.
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history · Cotswold Way
The Battle of Nibley Green
In 1470, the last private battle in England was fought near here between two feuding noble families, the Talbots and the Berkeleys.
“Lord Lisle was killed, shot through the face with an arrow, and his body was stripped and left on the field.”
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