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Scottish Raid on Richmond, 1318

1318
North Yorkshire, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Raid
Location
North Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Richmond and other North Yorkshire towns
VS
Victor
Scotland (Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, and Sir James Douglas)
Outcome
Following the Scottish capture of Berwick in April 1318, raiding parties under Randolph and Douglas swept into Yorkshire; Richmond was bought off/ransomed by its nobles rather than sacked, while Ripon was spared destruction on payment of 1,000 marks and six hostages; other settlements suffered burning and property damage recorded in reduced church valuations (the Nova Taxatio).
The Battle

History & Significance

Scottish Raid on Richmond, 1318 was a medieval raid, fought at North Yorkshire, England in 1318. Scotland (Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, and Sir James Douglas) prevailed over Richmond and other North Yorkshire towns. Following the Scottish capture of Berwick in April 1318, raiding parties under Randolph and Douglas swept into Yorkshire; Richmond was bought off/ransomed by its nobles rather than sacked, while Ripon was spared destruction on payment of 1,000 marks and six hostages; other settlements suffered burning and property damage recorded in reduced church valuations (the Nova Taxatio).

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Scottish Raid on Richmond, 1318 lies on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Scottish Raid on Richmond, 1318

St Martin's Benedictine Priory, Richmond
St Martin's Benedictine Priory, Richmond
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

St Martin's Benedictine Priory, Richmond is a medieval religious house founded in the 11th century as a daughter house of the Norman monastery at Gisors in Normandy. The priory was established within Richmond's defensive complex, benefiting from the patronage of the Breton lords who held the hono…

Admiralgary / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Richmond Castle: eleventh to fourteenth century enclosure castle
Richmond Castle: eleventh to fourteenth century enclosure castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Richmond Castle is a late eleventh-century enclosure castle situated at Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. Founded shortly after the Norman Conquest by Alan the Red, Count of Brittany, the castle was constructed to command the crossing of the River Swale and to consolidate Norman control over…

Dylan Moore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Bar, a surviving gateway originally part of Richmond’s medieval town wall
The Bar, a surviving gateway originally part of Richmond’s medieval town wall
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

The Bar is a surviving gateway that formed part of Richmond's medieval town wall in North Yorkshire. Dating from the medieval period, it represents an important example of urban defensive architecture and demonstrates the town's historical significance as a fortified settlement. The structure exh…

Richmond Bridge
Richmond Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Richmond Bridge is a stone arch bridge crossing the River Swale at Richmond in North Yorkshire. The bridge was constructed in the late eighteenth century, completed in 1789, and represents a significant example of Georgian bridge engineering. It comprises a single elliptical arch of approximately…

Joe Regan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Franciscan friary
Franciscan friary
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Franciscan Friary is a medieval religious house located in Yorkshire, England, founded during the thirteenth century as part of the expansion of the Franciscan order across England. The friary represents the material remains of mendicant religious life, with archaeological and architectural evide…

Immanuel Giel / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
St Giles medieval hospital, post-medieval farmstead and Iron Age occupation site immediately north of St Giles Farm
St Giles medieval hospital, post-medieval farmstead and Iron Age occupation site immediately north of St Giles Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

St Giles medieval hospital, post-medieval farmstead and Iron Age occupation site is an ancient monument located immediately north of St Giles Farm in Yorkshire. The site encompasses evidence of occupation spanning from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period, with particular archaeologic…

Tony Simms / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 225m south of St Martin's Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m south east of St Martin's Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
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