Henry VIII3 May 1544
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, lands at Leith with an English expeditionary force during the Rough Wooing.
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Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, lands at Leith with an English expeditionary force during the Rough Wooing.
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, commands the English expedition that lands at Leith.
English forces take Leith as the expedition advances toward Edinburgh.
Hertford's army enters Edinburgh during Henry VIII's punitive campaign against Scotland.
Hertford's troops damage Holyrood and nearby religious buildings during the attack on Edinburgh.
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, sacks and burns Edinburgh during the Rough Wooing.
English forces sack and burn Edinburgh during the Rough Wooing.
The destruction of Edinburgh becomes one of the most notorious actions of Henry VIII's Rough Wooing.
The raid is intended to punish Scotland for rejecting the Treaty of Greenwich and the proposed Edward and Mary marriage.
Holyrood Abbey and buildings around the abbey are damaged during Hertford's raid.
Hertford withdraws after devastating Edinburgh, Leith and nearby settlements.
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