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On This Day In Royal History . 21 July 1403 . The Battle of Shrewsbury; . ◼ The Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle fought on 21 July 1403, waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King Henry IV & 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, demonstrated the effectiveness of the longbow & ended the Percy challenge to King Henry IV of England. . ◼ Part of the fighting is believed to have taken place at what is now Battlefield, Shropshire, England, three miles north of the centre of Shrewsbury. It is marked today by Battlefield Church and Battlefield Heritage Park. . ◼ During the battle, Henry V then a sixteen-year-old prince was almost killed by an arrow that became stuck in his face. An ordinary soldier might have died from such a wound, but Henry had the benefit of the best possible care. . ◼ Over a period of several days, John Bradmore, the royal physician, treated the wound with honey to act as an antiseptic, crafted a tool to screw into the broken arrow shaft & thus extract the arrow without doing further damage, & then flushed the wound with alcohol. . ◼ The operation was successful, but it left Henry with permanent scars, evidence of his experience in battle. . . . #Onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #Theyear1403 #KingofEngland #HenryV #KingHenryV #HouseofLancaster #BattleofAgincourt #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #d21jul #kinghenryvofengland #BattleofShrewsbury #HenryIV #Kinghenryiv #Instahistory #Royalhistory #England #medieval #Longbow #Lancastrian #Lancastrians #Historic #battlefield #Shrewsbury (at England) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0MbBTpAi5v/?igshid=8yb45m9y5pbn