Alnwick Castle in Northumberland was one of several northern castles held by Lancastrian forces with Scottish support after the Yorkist victory at Towton. Edward IV besieged it in late 1462 with a large army including artillery. The Scots negotiated a surrender allowing the garrison to march out, but the castle repeatedly returned to Lancastrian hands over the following two years making it one of the most contested fortresses of the Wars of the Roses.
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