The Battle of Losecoat Field (also known as the Battle of Empingham) is fought in March 1470, during the Wars of the Roses.
Spellings of "Losecoat" vary, with "Losecote" and "Loose-coat" also seen.The battle secures the defeat of the poorly organized Welles Uprising against King Edward IV, but ultimately leads 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 are forced to flee the country having been implicated in the rebellion.
