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.
