The Scottish capture of Roxburgh in 1460 changed the strategic balance on the border. James II was killed when his own bombard exploded beside him — one of the earliest cases of an artillery accident killing a king. The castle's fall left Northumberland more exposed to Scottish pressure and contributed to the Wars of the Roses crisis in the northeast
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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