# Talk:Battle of Boroughbridge

Someone changed this to the battle of Crecy. I've no idea why. I reverted.   Rich Farmbrough 18:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Has anyone else noticed the similarity between the Battle of Boroughbridge#Battle: "was killed as he crossed the bridge by a pikeman hiding underneath, who thrust his spear up through the Earl's anus" and the Battle of Stamford Bridge#Battle: "when an English soldier floated under the bridge in a half-barrel and thrust his spear through the planks in the bridge, mortally wounding the axeman".  The incidents may be 250 years apart, but only 30 miles distance.  Is there a chance that a good story was being reused?  Maybe just idle speculation - anyone else go any thoughts? (This question is duplicated at the other talk page) Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Of the cited sources this one explicitly casts doubt on the detail based on this similarity: However, as Clark suggests, this may be an elaboration based on the events of the battle of Stamford Bridge. (Clark is apparently this book, which doesn't look like a super reliable source for Wikipedia's purposes to me). Our article on Hereford says, without citation, the details have been called into question by a few historians. I haven't easily been able to find a historian who does in fact call this into question in an academic work, though I agree that it does look iffy... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 17:53, 4 July 2025 (UTC)