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Tudor

Stanhope Expedition against Scottish Reivers 1543

1543
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Also known as: English punitive expedition Scotland 1543 · Rough Wooing border raid 1543
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Scottish border communities
Forces
Scottish border communities c.100–300. Warden expedition.
VS
Victor
English forces
Forces
English punitive force c.200–500
Outcome
English expedition under Sir Ralph Evers raids deep into Teviotdale burning settlements and taking prisoners as part of the Rough Wooing strategy
The Battle

History & Significance

The Stanhope-type punitive expeditions of the Rough Wooing period blurred the boundary between warden enforcement and state-sponsored terror against Scottish border communities.

Casualties & Losses

Several hundred Scots killed; settlements burned

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Stanhope Expedition against Scottish Reivers 1543

Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Russell's Cairn, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's Cairn
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward Law
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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