While the three Northumbrian castles of Alnwick, Bamburgh, and Dunstanburgh held Lancastrian garrisons in 1461-1464, their occupants were not merely passive defenders. Somerset and his commanders raided the surrounding countryside, terrorising Yorkist sympathisers, collecting supplies, and maintaining Scottish links. These offensive operations from the castles complicated the Yorkist suppression of northern resistance and made the sieges more difficult by keeping the surrounding countryside hostile.
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