Richard, Duke of Gloucester, directed the formal siege operations against Berwick Castle and town in 1482, systematically reducing the Scottish garrison's capacity to hold out. The siege was a professional operation supported by artillery and a substantial English army — Scotland was unable to relieve the town because James III was imprisoned at Lauder by his own nobles. The fall of Berwick in August 1482 completed the definitive shift of this contested town to English sovereignty, a settlement that has endured to the present day despite Berwick technically remaining outside both England and Scotland in some legal formulations.
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