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Tudor

Liddesdale Reivers Attack Naworth 1542

1542
Cumberland, England
Also known as: Naworth Castle skirmish 1542 · Reiver attack Naworth 1542
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Liddesdale reivers
Forces
Liddesdale reivers c.200–400. Small-scale border skirmish.
VS
Victor
Naworth garrison
Forces
Naworth garrison c.100–200
Outcome
Reiver force attacks the outer enclosures of Naworth Castle taking cattle but driven off before reaching the castle proper
The Battle

History & Significance

Attacks on the estates of major English border lords such as the Dacres at Naworth illustrated that even the powerful warden families were not immune to reiver incursion.

Casualties & Losses

Several reivers killed; cattle taken

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Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Liddesdale Reivers Attack Naworth 1542

Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
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