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Siege of Leith

Name: Siege of Leith – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Warfare / England War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1544Date range

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Chronological records

1544

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1stMay 1544

Leith · Warfare / England War

Seymour captures & burns Leith

Names involved

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st

Provenance

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