What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 1575
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 55.36° N, 2.48° W
- Description
- 1575 16th-century border skirmish between Scotland and England
Raid of the Redeswire
1575 Anglo-Scottish border skirmish
The Raid of the Redeswire, also known as the Redeswire Fray, was a border skirmish between England and Scotland on 7 July 1575 which took place at Carter Bar, the Cheviot pass which enters Redesdale. The skirmish was between the English Warden of the Middle Marches, Sir John Forster, with George Heron, Keeper of Redesdale, Keeper of Liddesdale and Scottish Warden and Sir John Carmichael, the Lord Warden of the Marche…
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