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Fleet Sails for Scotland

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 HertfordApril 1544

Tynemouth · House / House of Tudor

Seymour assembles troops and shipping at Tynemouth before sailing north with the invasion force ordered to devastate Scottish centres and compel the royal marriage.

Names involved

Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford

Provenance

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