Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, the Red Bull of Flodden

On this day in Tudor history, 25th November 1467, Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, was born in Cumberland.

Dacre would become one of the most powerful northern magnates of Tudor England, but he was also a soldier who helped bring the English to victory at Flodden, striking fear into the Scots with his war-cry, "A red bull! A red bull!"...