Myton, Battle of
1319 CE
The Battle of Myton, nicknamed the Chapter of Myton or The White Battle because of the number of clergy involved, is a major engagement in the First Scottish War of Independence, fought in Yorkshire on September 20, 1319.
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Robert the Bruce dispatches a diversionary force commanded by Douglas in 1319 into Yorkshire, where at Myton, so many clergy and monks are involved in an Anglo-Scottish skirmish that the Scots call their victory “the chapter of Myton.”