The Battle of Losecoat Remembered - All Saints church - Pickworth, Rutland - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The Battle of Losecoat Remembered. A memorial sculpture, by Tony Rawlings, outside All Saints' Church, Pickworth.

"The Battle of Losecoat Field (also known as the Battle of Empingham) was fought on 12 March 1470, during the Wars of the Roses. Spellings of "Losecoat" vary, with "Losecote" and "Loose-coat" also seen.

The battle secured the defeat of the poorly organised Welles Uprising against King Edward IV, but ultimately led to the defection of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and the king's brother George, Duke of Clarence to the Lancastrian cause after they were forced to flee the country having been implicated in the rebellion.

According to popular etymology, the name of the battle is explained in this way; many of Welles' men were wearing jackets displaying Warwick's and Clarence's livery, and when the rout began, not wanting to be caught wearing such identification, many discarded their garments. The battle was thus called "Lose-coat". This story does not appear to have any historical basis, being first recorded in the 19th century. Contemporary accounts refer to the battle site as "Hornfield" (Horn was an adjacent parish), and do not use the name Losecoat or anything comparable.

The name is probably derived from an Old English phrase hlose-cot meaning "pigsty cottage". Forms of Losecote also appear as field names in other parishes in Rutland. A field at the site of the battle seems to have acquired that name, which later generated the imaginary "lose coat" etymology which was linked to the battle. An adjacent woodland is now called Bloody Oaks and Bloody Oaks Quarry is a 1.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust."

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Battle of Losecoat Remembered Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Tony Rawlings Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2015 Materials used: Stone Location: Outside All Saints' church, Pickworth

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