During Henry V's campaigns in France, Scotland exploited English preoccupation to raid into Northumberland and attempt to capture key border fortresses. The siege of Wark-on-Tyne in 1419 was one such attempt. Wark's repeated appearances in border military history — it was besieged dozens of times over two centuries — make it perhaps the most fought-over castle in England. Its position controlling the central Northumberland border made it perennially significant.
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