BattlefieldsEnglish Raid supporting King's Party 1570
Tudor

English Raid supporting King's Party 1570

1570
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Marian Border forces
Forces
Marian Border forces
VS
Victor
English forces under Hunsdon
Forces
Hunsdon with c.3,000 English troops
Outcome
English raid damaged Marian support in Borders; Hamilton properties burned
The Battle

History & Significance

Elizabeth I sent an English force under Lord Hunsdon across the Border in 1570 to support the Regent Lennox and the King's party against the Marian lords. The English troops burned Hamilton properties in Teviotdale and supported the besieging of Marian strongholds in the Borders. It was a limited but significant intervention — demonstrating English commitment to Protestant government in Scotland and putting pressure on the Marian lords who held the south-west.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around this battlefield

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.

Research a location near this battlefield