Fleet Sails for Scotland
Seymour assembles troops and shipping at Tynemouth before sailing north with the invasion force ordered to devastate Scottish centres and compel the royal marriage.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Edward Seymour Biography and Timeline
Follow Edward Seymour through 10 dated historical records for Scotland.
Edward Seymour, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
10Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1544–1549Years on this page
1544
Landing at Leith
Seymour lands the English invasion army at Leith, securing a coastal base from which his forces can attack Edinburgh and the surrounding countryside.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
Burning of Edinburgh
Seymour's troops burn large parts of Edinburgh after failing to take the castle, carrying out Henry VIII's punitive invasion strategy against Scotland.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
Burning of Dunbar
Seymour's returning army burns Dunbar and other settlements while marching south, extending the devastation of the 1544 invasion into the Scottish Borders.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
Destruction of Leith
English forces destroy and burn much of Leith before withdrawing, damaging Scotland's principal east-coast port during the invasion.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
1545
Autumn Invasion of Scotland
Seymour returns with another large English force and conducts a renewed destructive campaign through the Borders after the setback at Ancrum Moor.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1509-1547
1547
Battle of Pinkie
Somerset defeats the Scottish army at Pinkie in the largest battle of the campaign, using coordinated infantry, cavalry, artillery and naval gunfire.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1549
Crossing of the Scottish Border
Somerset marches the main English army from Berwick into Scotland, renewing the Tudor attempt to force a dynastic settlement by direct invasion.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1549
Occupation of Leith
After Pinkie, Somerset's forces occupy Leith and use the port while consolidating the coastal route supporting the English invasion.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1549
1549
Withdrawal from Haddington
The English evacuate Haddington as domestic rebellion, financial strain and Franco-Scottish resistance make Somerset's occupation strategy increasingly unsustainable.
Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1549
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.