Shrewsbury Resources

The Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle fought on 21 July 1403 between an army led by the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland. The battle, the first in which English archers fought each other on English soil, ended with Hotspur’s death which finished the rebel challenge to Henry’s seizure of the throne from Richard II in 1399.

Educational Resources

Download the classroom activities, documents, illustrations and maps:

• An Introduction to England in the 15th Century
• An Introduction to Medieval Warfare
• Medieval Battles – How Do We Know What Happened? An Introduction to Sources
• Shrewsbury People
• Shrewsbury Timeline
• Shrewsbury Walking Guide
• Specially commissioned Illustrations
• Maps
• Classroom Resources
• The story of the battle – Produce a Storyboard
• The story of the battle – Produce a Shadow-play
• The story of the battle – Produce a Lego documentary
• Picture Source worksheets
• Text Source worksheets
• Source analysis worksheets
• Equipment worksheet
• Picture Source worksheets
• 'A Monarch or a Monorchid' active learning activity.
• 'Not Here, but on the Field' active learning activity.
• Henry V arrowhead removal activity.

Find out more

Visit the Battle of Shrewsbury Battlefields Resource Centre.