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	Gavin Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From this date till the Battle of Flodden, in September 1513, he appears to have been occupied with his ecclesiastical duties and literary work.
		The marriage of this youth to James IV 's widow on August 6, 1514 did much to identify the Douglases with the English party in Scotland, as against the French party led by Albany, and incidentally to determine the political career of his uncle Gavin.
		During the first weeks of the queen's sorrow after the battle, Gavin, with one or two colleagues of the council, acted as personal adviser, and it may be taken for granted that he supported the pretensions of the young earl.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gavin_Douglas (1565 words)

	Battle of Flodden, September 9, 1513 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One of the bloodiest battles in Scotland's history was the Battle of Flodden, a disastrous confrontation which took place on September 9, 1513, on the River Till, near Branxton, Northumberland.
		The battle is re-created in the sixth canto of the metrical romance, "Marmion, A Tale of Flodden Field", by Sir Walter Scott.
		Flodden is remembered in the famous poem "Flowers of the Forest" written by Jane Elliot (1727-1805).
	www.tartans.com /articles/battleflodden.html (493 words)

	Battle of Flodden Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Scottish army advanced down the ploughed field, the English down the grassy field in the foreground, and they met, presumably at the valley boundary between the two fields.
		The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in northern England on September 9, 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard.
		The battle actually took place near the village of Branxton in the county of Northumberland, rather than at Flodden - hence the alternative name of Battle of Branxton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Flodden_Field (364 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - Battlefield walk reveals history of forgotten Flodden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Apart from a modest stone memorial erected on Flodden Field in 1910 near the north Northumberland village of Branxton, and an annual cross-Border pilgrimage across the Tweed from Coldstream, the battle attracts little attention.
		"Flodden was extremely important for a number of reasons, not least the military tactics employed by the respective armies and the fact the two nations were united under one crown less than a century later," said Mr Hallam-Baker.
		There are proposals for an electronic archive with information on present day descendants of Flodden victims and survivors who have traced their history back through at least 11 generations to the battle on 9 September, 1513.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=811612004 (691 words)

	Coldstream Pipe Band - Coldstream & Flodden
		The battle of Flodden Field, six miles from Coldstream near the English village of Branxton was fought in 1513.
		Although other factors played their part, the defeat at Flodden never really allowed Scotland to keep pace with a rapidly increasing change in events, religion and power and from it you can chart the major events that led to the creation of modern Scotland as we now know it.
		For the Borders, Flodden was the gravest of military disasters.
	www.coldstreampipeband.co.uk /coldstreamandflodden.htm (904 words)

	Byways of the Scottish Border - Flodden's Fatal Field
		FEW even in summer-time are the pilgrims who make their way to the scene of the overthrow of James IV.; and as the days shorten towards the end of autumn the paths to the spot are trodden by fewer still.
		Somewhere to the right of the rushy meadow, at the foot of the hill slope, raged the fiercest of the battle on the dire and eventful day, and the tiny streamlet meandering through the hollow ran purple then with the blood of fallen men.
		While executing this manoeuvre the English general was fully exposed to the fire of the Scottish artillery, had the King chosen to give the word; for the river runs close beneath Flodden side, and the valley grows narrower at the spot.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/borders/byways8.htm (2213 words)

	scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Battle of Flodden in 1513 was the most devastating clash ever between the two nations.
		Yet the greatest tragedy of Flodden was that it was a battle which need not have been fought at all.
		Flodden was not a one sided victory - Surrey also suffered huge losses, and the English did not try to follow up on their victory by pushing north into Scotland.
	www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_period.cfm?tl_id=1&id=13 (1547 words)

	The Medieval English Longbow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Flodden Bow is a self yew weapon, 'probably of English yew", approximately six feet long, and "rather roughly made".
		"Flodden is a landmark in the history of archery, as the last battle on English soil to be fought with the longbow as the principle weapon..."
		Unlike the Flodden and Hedgeley Moor Bows, we are sure of the age and use of these artifacts.
	www.student.utwente.nl /~sagi/artikel/longbow/longbow.html (2767 words)

	cycling scotland england flodden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Remembering that we're heading for Branxton and Flodden Field, the easiest way is to go L, R at the main road, then L again.
		It is, however possible to go straight on at the T junction, L at the farm, turn R at the main road (906 386) and then L at Crookham Westfield (888 384) to follow a vague track towards Branxton.
		Take a few minutes to walk up to the monument at Flodden and reflect on how it could be that upwards of 12000 men were slaughtered in a single afternoon in the fields that you see laid out before you.
	www.bikeroutes.org.uk /routes/flodden.htm (359 words)

	Fletcher and Flodden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The figure of Fletcher with the English standard is captured in a memorial by the Galashiels sculptor, Thomas Clapperton outside the largest meeting place in Selkirk, the Victoria Halls.
		The Flodden and Fletcher story is major part of Selkirk’s heritage and as such is remembered at the climax of the annual Selkirk Common Riding where each trade incorporation casts a flag in the Selkirk market place.
		This event takes place on the second Friday after the first Monday in June and is observed by the towns people, visitors and friends some of which travel from the other side of the world to attend.
	www.paterson-selkirk.freeserve.co.uk /fletcher.htm (216 words)

	Sir Henry Mercer, Baron of Meikleour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
		He was killed at the Battle of Flodden so Margaret lost both her husband and her father on the same day.
		The Scots forces took a strong position on Flodden Hill and were met by the Earl of Surrey and his English force who won the day through a combination of surprise, luck, opportunism and bad Scottish leadership.
	www.mercermillions.co.uk /mercers_of_perth/07_sir_henry_mercer.htm (390 words)

	About the Flodden 1513 Club
		The principal aim of the club is to commemorate the Scots who died at the Battle of Flodden, which was the last medieval battle fought between England and Scotland, on 9 September 1513.
		In the ‘Border Men Who Fell’ toast the speaker usually ends his speech by referring to the Border Men who Fell at Flodden but during the speech reference is normally made to the significant number of Border men, hailing from both sides of the Border, who fell in the Great Wars.
		The Flodden 1513 Club has given verbal support to this project from day one and is currently assisting wherever possible with its successful conclusion, which is likely to be in the spring 2004.
	www.flodden1513club.com /about.html (718 words)

	Battle of Flodden 1513 - ScotWars
		His intent was not conquest, but merely to cause a diversion which would bring Henry back from France.
		He was met at Flodden by an army of the north under the Earl of Surrey, a veteran of Bosworth Field.
		Flodden marks a watershed in military history, for it was the last major battle in which the longbow played a part, and one of the first in which artillery played a major role.
	www.scotwars.com /html/battle_of_flodden.htm (354 words)

	SAIR - Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 10: Conservation and Change on Edinburgh's Defences: Archaeological ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Flodden Wall is the name given to the 16th-century extension of the capital's town defences, traditionally seen as having been constructed in the months following the defeat at Flodden in 1513.
		Prior to this project the extent and condition of this particular stretch of the Flodden Wall (the north-western boundary of the Grassmarket and a Scheduled Ancient Monument) was not fully understood.
		This project has shown that here the Flodden Wall and surrounding area had undergone three major phases of construction and redevelopment, from its origins in the early 16th century to the formation of a drying green (Granny's Green) to the west of the Wall in the late 19th century.
	www.sair.org.uk /sair10 (376 words)

	Scotland and the battle of Flodden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Battle of Flodden was a decisive victory for the English.
		For the Scots it had been a disaster,with many of the most important members of Scottish society killed or slain in the conflict.
		It is said that every great family in Scotland mourned the loss of someone at the Battleof Flodden.
	www.scotlandvacations.com /flodden.htm (130 words)

	Antique & Collector Books Marmion Tale Of Flodden Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In late 1806 Scott began to write a poem on one of the greatest disasters in Scottish history, the battle of Flodden Field (1513), where an English army inflicted heavy losses on the Scots, killing King James IV and most of his nobles.
		Scott replied that at Flodden 'all was lost but our honor', making it an eminently suitable subject for a poet (letter of February 20, 1807).
		Much of the poem was written at Ashestiel, and the epistles to friends which preface each of the six cantos describe the effects of the changing seasons upon its scenery.
	www.mr-tweet.com /marmion.html (887 words)

	Clan Muirhead at Flodden in 2001, by Raymond Morehead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clan Muirhead at Flodden in 2001, by Raymond Morehead
		Editor's Note: More than 500 years after the Battle of Flodden, the Clan Muirhead will have a memorial wreath laid on its behalf by Clan Hunter representatives at a commemorative ceremony marking the Battle on September 9, 2000.
		An old Gaelic proverb goes, "Remember the men from whence you came." I would like to update this to," Remember all the men and women from whence you came, for in the remembering they live once again for you and all those that follow".
	www.tartans.com /articles/floddenwreath.html (241 words)

	Battle of Flodden Field, 1513 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With these the king took up a strong position on the crest of Flodden, a gentle rising ground strengthened by the river Till, a deep stream with high broken banks.
		With Surrey challenge and acceptance had been exchanged, after the fashion rather of the arrangement of a passage at arms, where all advantages are abandoned, than the preparation for a battle.
		Surrey formed his order of battle on the plain called Brankstone, and the Scots descended to meet him there; whence in the English dispatches the battle of Flodden, as it came afterwards to be named, is called the battle of Brankstone.
	www.royal-stuarts.org /flodden.htm (1131 words)

	Coldstream - The Guards, Sir Alec Douglas Hume, Flodden, Abbey and Ancient Market Place
		Coldstream Abbey was one and it was here that Abbess Hoppringle gave the noble casualties, who fell at Flodden in 1513, a Christian burial.
		The highlight of the week is the mass mounted cavalcade, which sets off from the town on the Thursday to Branxton Hill.
		At noon on Thursday, in the first full week of August, this battle of Flodden is commemorated by a ride out led by the ‘Coldstreamer’, a young man who is elected to carry the town standard for the week’s festivities.
	www.coldstream-scotland.co.uk /about.html (977 words)

	Fishing on Flodden, Tweed, Scotland
		The Flodden beat runs from Redscar Bridge downstream for 2.5 miles and is let to Syndicate Season Rods.
		Recently Flodden was dramatically improved with a series of double croys and bank reinforcement, bringing several more streams and deep pools to the beat, now 25 pools in total.
		On Flodden the river runs North, fishing taking place from the West bank.
	www.fishtweed.co.uk /flodden (236 words)

	BBC - History - James IV, King of Scots, and the Battle of Flodden 1513 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While Henry was campaigning on the continent in 1513, the Scottish king broke a Treaty of Perpetual Peace with his brother-in-law, Henry VIII, and invaded England (in French interests).
		In the ensuing battle - the famous Battle of Flodden Field - on 9 September 1513, James IV deployed his resources poorly.
		The Scots were massacred, along with their king, the Archbishop of St Andrews (James IV's son), eight earls and over twenty lords.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/britain/tud_james_iv.shtml (262 words)

	The Flodden Wall Photo Page. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In misguided support of the Auld Alliance James IV invaded England when Henry VIII attacked France, and was disasterously defeated at Flodden in 1513.
		This was the most catastrophic defeat in Scottish history, which claimed the lives of one-third of all Scottish men of fighting age.
		This photo shows a section of Edinburgh's Flodden wall along Pleasance Street across from Pollock Halls which was unearthed only a few years ago.
	www.tarasthistle.org /20flodden.html (192 words)

	Flodden Field, plain in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland, at the base of Flodden Hill, a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Flodden Field, plain in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland, at the base of Flodden Hill, a north-eastern extension of the Cheviot Hills.
		It is the site of a celebrated battle, fought on September 9, 1513, in which a Scottish army commanded by James IV, king of Scotland, was defeated by the English under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (later 2nd duke of Norfolk), chief lieutenant of King Henry VIII of England.
		By the time the Scottish army reached Flodden Field, it had dwindled to about 30,000 as a result of desertions.
	www.geordiepride.demon.co.uk /flodden_field.htm (279 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Flodden Field
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	encarta.msn.com /Flodden+Field.html (167 words)

	BBC - History - Flodden 1513 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Flodden was possibly the greatest defeat in Scottish history.
		Although James IV had married an English wife and made a Treaty of Perpetual Peace with England, he remained very friendly with France.
		Then the Earl of Surrey's English army arrived at Flodden.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/scotland/flodden.shtml (128 words)

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		The same historian adds--"The names of the gentry who fell are too numerous for recapitulation, since there were few families of note in Scotland which did not lose one relative or another, whilst some houses had to weep the death of all.
		Arnot, in the history of that city, says,-- "The news of their overthrow in the field of Flodden reached Edinburgh on the day after the battle, and overwhelmed the inhabitants with grief and confusion.
		It is a standard still held in great honour and reverence by the burghers of Edinburgh, having been presented to them by James the Third, in return for their loyal service in 1482.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/0/9/4/10945/10945-8.txt (16254 words)

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