The finest Scottish success of the Rough Wooing period. Sir Ralph Evers had boasted to Henry VIII of killing over 10,000 Scots and burning 192 towns and villages. At Ancrum Moor, Angus feigned retreat to draw the English up onto unfavourable ground, then turned his schiltrons to face the pursuit. Scottish Border horsemen who had been riding with the English switched sides at the critical moment. Evers and Layton were both killed. Angus reportedly said of Evers: he sold me these lands too dear. A local legend tells of Lilliard, a woman who fought and died in the battle — a stone bears her supposed inscription.
c.800 English killed including both commanders; c.1,000 prisoners
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