Battle of the Standard
The
Battle of the Standard took place on
22 August 1138 near
Northallerton in
Yorkshire. English levies of
Yorkshire and the north Midlands, who arrayed themselves round a chariot carrying the consecrated banners of St Peter of York, St John of Beverley, St Wilfrid of Ripon and St Cuthbert of Durham, defeated the Scottish army under King David I.
Original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica