BattlefieldsWarden Raid on Liddesdale 1528
Tudor

Warden Raid on Liddesdale 1528

1528
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Also known as: Dacre punitive raid Liddesdale 1528 · English raid Liddesdale 1528
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Liddesdale reivers
Forces
Liddesdale reivers c.200–400.
VS
Victor
English warden (Dacre)
Forces
English warden (Dacre) c.300–600
Outcome
Dacre leads English march wardens into Liddesdale to burn settlements and hang captured reivers
The Battle

History & Significance

The punitive march into Liddesdale in 1528 represented one of the most forceful English warden actions of the early Tudor period but failed to break reiver power long-term.

Casualties & Losses

Several reivers hanged; farms burned

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