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English Raid into Teviotdale — Surrey and Suffolk 1523

1523
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Scotland
Forces
Scottish border lords with 3,000 to 4,000 men unable to engage in open battle
VS
Victor
England
Forces
Norfolk with approximately 12,000 English troops
Outcome
English army burned Jedburgh and surrounding townships; Teviotdale severely damaged; Scottish border lords unable to give battle against the full English force; English withdrew after extensive devastation.
The Battle

History & Significance

In 1523, the Duke of Norfolk (Thomas Howard) and Lord Admiral Surrey mounted a major English raid into Teviotdale as part of Henry VIII's renewed Scottish pressure coinciding with an English intervention in France. The 1523 campaign was intended to open a northern front that would prevent Scotland from intervening against English operations in France. The raid burned Jedburgh for the second time since Flodden and ravaged a broad swathe of Scottish Border country. The scale of English operations in 1523 marked a significant escalation from the normal pattern of warden-level raiding.

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Scheduled Monuments near English Raid into Teviotdale — Surrey and Suffolk 1523

Kilnsike Tower
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Lintalee,earthworks
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Iron Castle,earthwork
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Mervinslaw Tower
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
Overton Tower
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
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