Together with Dunstanburgh and Alnwick, Bamburgh was the last Lancastrian holdout after Towton. The sieges of 1462–64 were notable for the first use of artillery to systematically reduce English castles. Warwick brought cannon by sea and threatened to execute prisoners if the ancient masonry was damaged. The eventual surrender in 1464 ended organised Lancastrian resistance in northern England.
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