1296 (30 Mar) Berwick
Northumberland
Edward I bt Scottish Nobles (Sir Wm Douglas, Le Hardi) and afterwards
massacred the towns 16,000 inhabitants.
King John
Ballioli, who ascended to the throne in 1296, was a weak king, but he was
nevertheless a king, something Scotland hadn’t had since 1286.
Edward I (Longshanks) had already conquered Wales, and he looked to
Scotland as his next conquest. In 1296 he marched with 30,000 infantry and
5000 cavalry intent on defeating the troublesome Scots. There he massacred
most of the inhabitants of Scotland’s main trading post. He had ordered
his men to kill 7,500 souls of both sexes, and to make the mills
"flow with the flow of their blood." The Massacre of Berwick
forced the survivors of the region to submit to English rule.
See also biography of Robert Douglas
1317 (Jun?) nr Berwick
Northumberland
Sir James Douglas bt Robert Neville of Raby
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