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English Raid supporting King's Party 1570

1570
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Raid
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Marian-sympathising Border reiver clans (Armstrongs, Elliots and others) sheltering the fled Northern Rebellion leaders
VS
Victor
English forces under the Earl of Sussex, Lord Hunsdon and Sir John Forster
Outcome
In 1570, following the assassination of Regent Moray and the collapse of the Northern Rebellion (whose leaders Percy and Westmorland had fled into Liddesdale and been sheltered by the Armstrongs), an English force under Sussex, Hunsdon and Forster launched a major punitive raid into the Scottish Borders, burning over 300 towns and homesteads and around 50 towers and castles in Liddesdale and Teviotdale, devastating the area and its Marian-sympathising inhabitants.
The Battle

History & Significance

English Raid supporting King's Party 1570 was a raid of the Tudor period, fought in Scotland in 1570. This engagement forms part of the broader pattern of conflict that shaped the political and military history of the UK during this era.

Suspected site. The exact location is uncertain.
Casualties & Losses

not recorded

Forces Involved

not recorded

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near English Raid supporting King's Party 1570

Cauldshiels Hill,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.5 miles
Huntly Burn,earthworks
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Lindean,earthwork
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
Rink Hill,fort 700m NE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles
Lindean,old church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.8 miles
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