The bombardment of Bamburgh in 1464 was a landmark event in English castle warfare — Warwick explicitly ordered the castle to be battered down rather than accept a long siege, because the Lancastrian cause had to be destroyed with it. The great tower was breached and Sir Ralph Grey, the Lancastrian constable, was captured in the rubble. He was executed at Doncaster. The fall of Bamburgh, Alnwick, and Dunstanburgh in 1464 ended organised Lancastrian resistance in Northumberland.
Sir Ralph Grey captured (later executed); garrison losses unknown
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