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| County of the Borough | } | above Berwick called "Halidon Hill" | ||||
| and Town of | } Continued | and after one of the fiercest battles | ||||
| Berwick upon Tweed | } | on record, defeated Douglas and | ||||
| the Scottish Army. The slaughter | ||||||
| on this occasion was very great | ||||||
| ie. 8 Earls, 90 Knights & Baunerets, | ||||||
| 400 Esquires, & 35,000 men. Edward | ||||||
| on the evening of the same day marched into Berwick, and it again becomes an English town | ||||||
| Berwick was retaken by the Scotch in 1348. Edward came over from France | ||||||
| marches immediately to Berwick & recovers it again. | ||||||
| During the truce of 1384 Berwick was betrayed into the hands of the | ||||||
| Scotch by the Deputy Governor, but Percy, Earl of Northumberland | ||||||
| got it back by the payment of 2000 marks. | ||||||
| In 1404, the Earl of Northumberland engaged to give the Castle & | ||||||
| town to the King of Scotland Robert the 3rd & having rebelled against | ||||||
| the King (Richard the 2nd) he brought Troops to reduce it. The Castle, altho | ||||||
| defying the King surrendered upon the first cannon shot | ||||||
| being fired. This was the first time Gunpowder was used in | ||||||
| all the Sieges of Berwick. | ||||||
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