BattlefieldsEnglish punitive raid on Teviotdale 1570
Tudor

English punitive raid on Teviotdale 1570

1570
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Also known as: Hunsdon burns Teviotdale 1570 · Pacification of Teviotdale 1570
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Scottish Teviotdale communities
Forces
Scottish Border communities
VS
Victor
England (Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon)
Forces
English punitive force under Hunsdon c.3,000
Outcome
Elizabeth I sent a punitive expedition into Teviotdale to punish the Scottish Borderers who had supported the rebellion of the Northern Earls in 1569
The Battle

History & Significance

After the Northern Earls rebellion of 1569, Scottish Border reivers had provided refuge and assistance to the English rebels. Elizabeth I authorised a punitive expedition by Lord Hunsdon that burned the principal towers and settlements of Teviotdale. The raid was diplomatically sensitive — an English army burning Scottish territory — but the weak Scottish regency government could not prevent it. It was one of the last significant English military operations into Scotland before the Union of Crowns.

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