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Tudor

Execution of Border Reivers at Newcastle 1598

1598
Northumberland, England
Also known as: Newcastle reiver executions 1598 · Tudor border pacification Newcastle 1598
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Captured border reivers
Forces
c.20–40 captured border reivers (judicial execution, not combat).
VS
Victor
Elizabeth I (crown)
Forces
Crown execution force
Outcome
Mass execution of captured reivers at Newcastle as crown attempts to make example of persistent offenders in the final years of Elizabeth I
The Battle

History & Significance

The Newcastle executions of 1598 were part of the late Elizabethan attempt to break reiver culture ahead of the anticipated union of the crowns under James VI.

Casualties & Losses

Several dozen reivers hanged

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Execution of Border Reivers at Newcastle 1598

Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Newcastle Swing Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall and town ditch between Forth Street and Hanover Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
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