Siege of Haddington

Sieges of Haddington
Part of Anglo-Scottish Wars
Rough Wooing

The restored Church of St. Mary the Virgin, heavily damaged during the sieges
DateJuly 1548–19 September 1549
Location
Haddington, Scotland
Result Scottish/French victory; Scots claim back Haddington
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Arran
Lord Methven
Paul de Thermes
André de Montalembert
Henri Cleutin
Earl of Shrewsbury
Baron Grey of Wilton
Sir James Wilford
Sir Thomas Palmer
Thomas Gower
Strength
5000–6000 Up to 15,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The sieges of Haddington were a series of sieges staged at the Royal Burgh of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, as part of the War of the Rough Wooing, one of the last Anglo-Scottish Wars. Following Regent Arran's defeat at the battle of Pinkie Cleugh on Saturday 10 September 1547, he captured the town of Haddington. The intention was to form a network of mutually supporting English forts in lowland Scotland. The English forces built artillery fortifications and were able to withstand an assault by the besieging French and Scots troops supported by heavy cannon in July 1548. Although the siege was scaled down after this unsuccessful attempt, the English garrison abandoned the town on 19 September 1549, after attrition by Scottish raids at night, sickness, and changing political circumstance.[1]

  1. ^ Marcus Merriman, 'Rough Wooing', An Historical Atlas of Scotland (Scottish Medievalists, 1975), p. 84.