BattlefieldsLancastrian Hold on Northumberland Castles 1461 to 1464
Medieval

Lancastrian Hold on Northumberland Castles 1461 to 1464

1461–1464
Northumberland, England
Also known as: Northumberland Lancastrian resistance 1461-64 · Alnwick Bamburgh Dunstanburgh holdout
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Lancastrian garrisons
Forces
Lancastrian garrisons with Scottish support
VS
Victor
Yorkists
Forces
Yorkist besieging forces under Warwick
Outcome
Alnwick, Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh held for Lancaster against Yorkist sieges; Scottish relief expeditions repeatedly intervened; castles finally fell 1464
The Battle

History & Significance

The three-year Northumberland campaign was the most sustained military operation of the early Wars of the Roses; it exhausted both sides and showed the limitations of siege warfare

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