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Tudor

Border Reiver Raid on Hexham 1532

1532
Northumberland, England
Also known as: Reiver attack on Hexham 1532 · Liddesdale raid Hexham 1532
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Hexham community
Forces
Hexham community c.50–150.
VS
Victor
Border reivers
Forces
Border reivers c.100–200
Outcome
A reiver band raids Hexham market town, taking cattle and goods from the market and killing several townspeople who resist
The Battle

History & Significance

The raid on Hexham, an established market town, illustrated that no English border settlement was beyond the reach of determined reiver bands in the mid-Tudor period.

Casualties & Losses

Several townspeople killed; significant property losses

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Border Reiver Raid on Hexham 1532

Hexham Manor Office (or gaol)
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Remains of medieval priory and Anglo-Saxon monastery under and around Hexham Abbey and its precincts
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Hexham Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Linnels (or Linnolds) Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Motte castle, 170m west of Warden parish church
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
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