Battle of Sark

Battle of Sark
Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

Battle of Sark, miniature from Bibliotheque Nationale de France, MS Fr. 2691, a copy of a chronicle of Jean Chartier, c. 1470s, probably painted by Philippe de Mazerolles.
Date23 October 1448 or 1449
Location
Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway[1][2]
grid reference NY314662[1][2]
54°59′10″N 3°4′19″W / 54.98611°N 3.07194°W / 54.98611; -3.07194
Result Scottish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders

Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde

Sir John Wallace of Craigie

John Somerville

The Sheriff of Ayr

Lord Herbert Maxwell

Lord Adam Johnstone

David Stewart of Castlemilk

Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy

Sir John Pennington

Sir John Harrington

Magnus Redmane †
Strength
4,000, mainly spearmen with some archers. 6,000, including a battle of archers and some cavalry.
Casualties and losses
26-600 killed, Sir John Wallace of Craigie later died of wounds received at the battle. 2,000-3,000 killed and drowned, many captured including Sir John Pennington, Sir John Harrington, and the younger Percy.
Designated3 August 2016[2]
Reference no.BTL40[2]

The Battle of Sark,[1][2] or the Battle of Lochmaben Stone,[1][3] was fought between Scotland and England on 23 October 1448[1][2] or 1449.[3][4][5] It was a decisive Scottish victory, the first since the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, and the last pitched battle to be fought between the two kingdoms during the Medieval period.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Battle of Sark, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Battle of Sark, Historic Environment Scotland
  3. ^ a b Thomson, Thomas (1819), The Auchinleck Chronicle: ane Schort Memoriale of the Scottis Corniklis for Addicioun to which is added a Short Chronicle of the Reign of James the Second King of Scots MCCCCXXXVI-MCCCCLX, Edinburgh, pp. 18-19, 27
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Maxwell, Sir Herbert (1896). A History of Dumfries and Galloway. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 126–128.