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| Battle of Lochmaben Fair | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Scottish Rebels | Scottish Royalist forces | ||||||
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James, 9th Earl of Douglas Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany |
Robert Crichton Cuthbert Murray John Johnstone | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500 horsemen | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Lochmaben Fair was an engagement in Lochmaben, Scotland, on 22 July 1484 between Scottish loyalists to James III of Scotland and the rebels Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, leading cavalry from England. Both exiles from Scotland, Albany and Douglas invaded with permission but not support of Richard III of England, hoping to encourage rebellion against James. Instead, they were met with armed resistance. The loyalists took the day. Douglas was captured and Albany forced to retreat.[2]
- ^ Site Record for Lochmaben, Old Market Cross; Mercat Cross, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Grid reference refers to the former site of the modern market cross, believed to have been built c. 1612 to replace the one destroyed in the raid of 1484.
- ^ Battle of Lochmaben Fair douglashistory.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2013.