Dunstanburgh Castle was the last of the great Northumbrian castles to be reduced in 1464 alongside Bamburgh. It had changed hands multiple times since 1461 due to Ralph Percy's defections. The 1464 reduction coincided with the defeat at Hedgeley Moor and Hexham which finally destroyed the Lancastrian northern army.
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