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Burning of Dunbar

Scotland · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1544Date range
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Chronological records

1544

Edward Seymour Earl of HertfordMay 1544

Dunbar · House / House of Tudor

Seymour's returning army burns Dunbar and other settlements while marching south, extending the devastation of the 1544 invasion into the Scottish Borders.

Names involved

Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford

Provenance

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