| Raid of the Redeswire | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Anglo-Scottish Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of England |
 Kingdom of Scotland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sir John Forster (POW) | Sir John Carmichael | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 25 dead, unknown wounded | 2 dead, several wounded | ||||||
The Raid of the Redeswire, also known as the Redeswire Fray,[1] 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 (on the English side) the English Warden of the Middle Marches, Sir John Forster, with Sir George Heron, Keeper of Redesdale, Keeper of Liddesdale and Scottish Warden and (on the Scottish side) Sir John Carmichael, the Lord Warden of the Marches, with George Douglas of Bonjedworth.[2] It was the last battle between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.[3]
- ^ Popham, Peter (20 July 2014). "Photographer Colin McPherson walked the Scottish border to meet the people pondering independence – and their view of England". The Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Charles H. Hunter Blair, "Wardens and deputy wardens of the Marches of England towards Scotland in Northumberland and the English wardens of Berwick upon Tweed", Archaeologia Aeliana, 28 (1950), p. 32. doi:10.5284/1060129
- ^ "The Raid of the Reidswire". Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border education site. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 July 2018.